Archive for August, 2010
Wheels | Peugeot 3008
Peugeot’s 3008 is a 2×4 that likes to look, think and behave like a 4×4 PEUGEOT 3008 £17,495MILES PER GALLON: 55.4 CO2 PER KM: 137 GRAMS GOOD FOR: HIGH FLYERS BAD FOR: GROUND CREWS Here’s something you may not know you needed: a car which can launch a glider. At long last, I hear you [...]
Lewis Hamilton admits McLaren’s F1 ambitions ‘hang by a thread’
• Red Bull lead the way after dominant weekend in Hungary• Break in racing has come at right time for McLaren Lewis Hamilton fears his world title dreams are “hanging by a thin thread” following a disastrous weekend for his McLaren team in Hungary. McLaren went into the race leading the constructors’ championship and with [...]
wheels | Renault Clio 200 Cup
It’s a Renault Clio, but not as you know it. Martin Love straps himself into an old-style hot hatch RENAULTSPORT 200 CUP CLIO£15,750TOP SPEED: 141MPHMILES PER GALLON: 34.4GOOD FOR: SPEED FREAKSBAD FOR: SPEED BUMPSMud snorkelling, naked cycling, speed eating… I’m happy to take my sporting pleasures where I find them, but I didn’t imagine I’d [...]
McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton loses top spot after Hungarian grand prix woe
• Briton ousted by Mark Webber after failing to finish • Red Bull’s superior technical expertise is all too clear Such is the level of engineering excellence at the front of the field in Formula One that it is a relatively rare sight to see a car suffer a mechanical failure. They tend to either [...]
