http://www.squaremile.com/motors/ Check out what is new on SquareMile en Copyright (c) SquareMile 2010 60 http://www.squaremile.com/reviews/10999/Centre-Of-Attention.html <img src='/filestorage/articles/oryginal/d7r78ddG/300_200_crop.jpg' align='left' hspace='4' vspace='2'> Wallflowers should steer clear of the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG roadster, says Jon Hawkins – it’s something of an attention seekerA strange thing happened while I crawled my way back to a congested London in a Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG roadster. Other drivers were staring at the front of the car with such neck-wrenching enthusiasm that I managed to convince myself there was something wrong with the car. Perhaps I’d left the bonnet open, maybe the engine was on fire, or I... <p> <a href='http://www.squaremile.com/reviews/10999/Centre-Of-Attention.html'>Read the full article on squaremile.com</a> </p> Tue, 27 Nov 2012 17:00:00 GMT http://www.squaremile.com/reviews/10999/Centre-Of-Attention.html http://www.squaremile.com/reviews/10990/Greased-Lightning.html <img src='/filestorage/articles/oryginal/bK6kJcRx/300_200_crop.jpg' align='left' hspace='4' vspace='2'> Matt Huckle always thought electric cars were a little, well, naff. He soon changed his tune when he heard about the Lightning GT.Electric cars. A phrase that could knock the enthusiasm out of even the most hardened motoring fanatic – especially if wielded by the wrong manufacturer. They’re slow, ugly and called things like ‘G-Whazz’, right? What electric cars need is a mean-looking, expertly-engineered standard bearer to fly the flag for their kind. And, as luck... <p> <a href='http://www.squaremile.com/reviews/10990/Greased-Lightning.html'>Read the full article on squaremile.com</a> </p> Fri, 23 Nov 2012 16:15:00 GMT http://www.squaremile.com/reviews/10990/Greased-Lightning.html http://www.squaremile.com/reviews/10949/An-Affair-to-Remember.html <img src='/filestorage/articles/oryginal/0OCS5hBH/300_200_crop.jpg' align='left' hspace='4' vspace='2'> As the king of the supercars and James Bond’s marque of choice, Aston Martin can do no wrong. Mark Hedley explains why the DBS volante is so special.Supercars are like affairs: they may seem like a good idea at the time, and they can certainly be exhilarating, but essentially, theyre a bit idiotic. At least, so Ive heard. Im afraid Im not nearly exciting or stupid enough either to have an affair or, indeed, to own a supercar. But if I had the money, there arent many of... <p> <a href='http://www.squaremile.com/reviews/10949/An-Affair-to-Remember.html'>Read the full article on squaremile.com</a> </p> Fri, 05 Oct 2012 14:30:00 GMT http://www.squaremile.com/reviews/10949/An-Affair-to-Remember.html http://www.squaremile.com/reviews/10911/Blast-To-The-Past.html <img src='/filestorage/articles/oryginal/0hjSwBWU/300_200_crop.jpg' align='left' hspace='4' vspace='2'> Taking the new XJ for a spin brings Mark Hedley back to childhood drives in his father’s Jag. Now he’s in the driving seat and the XJ has a serious upgrade.I have to confess, this review is not going to be wholly impartial. I’ll lay it on the line: I have always loved the Jaguar XJ. Growing up, my father’s car was a 1988 XJ6 Sovereign – and as such, I believed it to be the finest automobile ever crafted by man. In just about every way, it wasn’t. It was... <p> <a href='http://www.squaremile.com/reviews/10911/Blast-To-The-Past.html'>Read the full article on squaremile.com</a> </p> Tue, 04 Sep 2012 14:00:00 GMT http://www.squaremile.com/reviews/10911/Blast-To-The-Past.html http://www.squaremile.com/reviews/10863/Cut-Down-To-Size.html <img src='/filestorage/articles/oryginal/9Z8dmPXF/300_200_crop.jpg' align='left' hspace='4' vspace='2'> If you thought the Lamborghini Aventador was something dreams are made of, you’ll love the speedster version, says Jon Hawkins.If only everything in life were as simple as Lamborghini’s approach to creating the Aventador J. Take something great, chop a bit of it off and, hey presto, you’ve made something even better. In this case, that meant decapitating the ‘regular’ Aventador. Though, in fact, that’s not strictly true because the J only shares a handful of body... <p> <a href='http://www.squaremile.com/reviews/10863/Cut-Down-To-Size.html'>Read the full article on squaremile.com</a> </p> Tue, 31 Jul 2012 09:45:00 GMT http://www.squaremile.com/reviews/10863/Cut-Down-To-Size.html http://www.squaremile.com/reviews/10845/League-Of-Gentlemen.html <img src='/filestorage/articles/oryginal/wWPMaeWc/300_200_crop.jpg' align='left' hspace='4' vspace='2'> Mark Hedley seals himself in the impeccable Bentley Mulsanne and discovers that its noble manner soon wears off on him. Almost.Ive decided its time to change the way we drive. You may consider that being stuck in an exasperating two-hour, Friday-night tailback on the North Circular would not be the most likely scenario in which to have such an epiphany. But it wasnt where I was that lead to it; rather what I was in. If I had been driving my own car, Id have been banging the... <p> <a href='http://www.squaremile.com/reviews/10845/League-Of-Gentlemen.html'>Read the full article on squaremile.com</a> </p> Thu, 19 Jul 2012 11:30:00 GMT http://www.squaremile.com/reviews/10845/League-Of-Gentlemen.html http://www.squaremile.com/reviews/10833/Fantasy-League.html <img src='/filestorage/articles/oryginal/FGufzt0j/300_200_crop.jpg' align='left' hspace='4' vspace='2'> Jon Hawkins road tests the Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG and soon discovers that it is everything he’s always wanted.Every self-respecting, car-mad kid has a fantasy garage, and I’m not talking about an imaginary outbuilding filled with cars, a ramshackle collection of tools and old bits of wood. No, I mean the collection of cars that would, if all went to plan, be yours as soon as you had crossed the effortless pubescent divide between adolescence and adulthood. Composing my... <p> <a href='http://www.squaremile.com/reviews/10833/Fantasy-League.html'>Read the full article on squaremile.com</a> </p> Wed, 11 Jul 2012 11:15:00 GMT http://www.squaremile.com/reviews/10833/Fantasy-League.html http://www.squaremile.com/reviews/10792/The-Gentleman-s-Guide-To-Motoring.html <img src='/filestorage/articles/oryginal/zSikQa5C/300_200_crop.jpg' align='left' hspace='4' vspace='2'> Improving your car with style and panache.AHOY CHUM! PRIMP MY RIDE The Bubble Royce This converted Isetta retains maximum parking convenience as well as its two-cylinder, two-strokemotorcycle engine, allowing the driver all the manoeuvrability and economy of the bubble car,but primped to give it the nobility and hauteur of a vintage Rolls. Especially convenient for those nightsout in town, enabling the driver to cock a snook at traffic wardens by being able to squeeze... <p> <a href='http://www.squaremile.com/reviews/10792/The-Gentleman-s-Guide-To-Motoring.html'>Read the full article on squaremile.com</a> </p> Tue, 26 Jun 2012 15:00:00 GMT http://www.squaremile.com/reviews/10792/The-Gentleman-s-Guide-To-Motoring.html http://www.squaremile.com/reviews/10563/Fisker-Karma.html <img src='/filestorage/articles/oryginal/NSbC5mrY/300_200_crop.jpg' align='left' hspace='4' vspace='2'> For too long, the Toyota Prius has been the ‘eco-conscience’ of the Hollywood garage. But thanks to US carmaker Fisker, its new Karma should make this a thing of the past.Leonardo Di Caprio has bought one, and if its good enough for the Great Gatsby, its good enough for us. Like the Prius, the Karma is a hybrid but there the similarities end. Before we even consider its eco-credentials, just look at it. LOOK AT IT! Designed by the man who created the... <p> <a href='http://www.squaremile.com/reviews/10563/Fisker-Karma.html'>Read the full article on squaremile.com</a> </p> Mon, 16 Apr 2012 13:45:00 GMT http://www.squaremile.com/reviews/10563/Fisker-Karma.html http://www.squaremile.com/reviews/10532/Just-Skidding-Around.html <img src='/filestorage/articles/oryginal/PnN6SpEE/300_200_crop.jpg' align='left' hspace='4' vspace='2'> The tech-laden FF, Ferrari’s first four-wheel-drive supercar, can virtually drive itself – anywhere it likes. Jon Hawkins thinks he’s got the wheel.Samedan is a sleepy village on the outskirts of St Moritz, Switzerland, where a few houses, a small industrial estate and a goods yard sit in the shadow of beautiful, snow-capped peaks. Today the sky is a deep blue, unbroken by clouds and dotted with paragliders hunting thermals and spiralling slowly down towards the valley... <p> <a href='http://www.squaremile.com/reviews/10532/Just-Skidding-Around.html'>Read the full article on squaremile.com</a> </p> Thu, 05 Apr 2012 13:45:00 GMT http://www.squaremile.com/reviews/10532/Just-Skidding-Around.html http://www.squaremile.com/reviews/10458/Run-Like-the-Wind.html <img src='/filestorage/articles/oryginal/Ze37OwSB/300_200_crop.jpg' align='left' hspace='4' vspace='2'> Emphasising aerodynamics and speed, the new Pagani Huayra is named after an ancient wind god. Mark Hedley is simply blown away…Its hard to imagine many people looking at the Zonda and thinking, Hmm, you know what this cars lacking? More exciting doors. But then, your names not Horacio Pagani (or if it is, then that is one hell of a coincidence). Topping the Zonda, which enjoyed more than a decade at the top of cars teenage boys are most likely to drool over, was always... <p> <a href='http://www.squaremile.com/reviews/10458/Run-Like-the-Wind.html'>Read the full article on squaremile.com</a> </p> Mon, 19 Mar 2012 16:15:00 GMT http://www.squaremile.com/reviews/10458/Run-Like-the-Wind.html http://www.squaremile.com/reviews/10454/Blowing-the-Roof-Off.html <img src='/filestorage/articles/oryginal/vs8HF1Io/300_200_crop.jpg' align='left' hspace='4' vspace='2'> When a car is as achingly beautiful and devastatingly powerful as Bentley’s Continental GTC, who wants a top on it? By Jon Hawkins.The King of truffles holds court in the hilltop town of Motovun, a sleepy medieval relic full of cobbled streets lined with shops selling nothing but truffles and truffle-related products, and dotted with the odd rusting Fiat 500 that appears to have been strategically placed for rustic, aesthetic appeal. Even in the achingly pretty peninsula... <p> <a href='http://www.squaremile.com/reviews/10454/Blowing-the-Roof-Off.html'>Read the full article on squaremile.com</a> </p> Mon, 19 Mar 2012 15:15:00 GMT http://www.squaremile.com/reviews/10454/Blowing-the-Roof-Off.html http://www.squaremile.com/reviews/10453/Beast-in-Class.html <img src='/filestorage/articles/oryginal/yWWtsXQb/300_200_crop.jpg' align='left' hspace='4' vspace='2'> The new XKR-S is the fastest production car in Jaguars history. Jon Hawkins is happy to tame the big cat…ITS Electric blue snout poking out of the pitlane garage, the Jaguar XKR-S emerges slowly to a soundtrack of snarls, pops and the most outrageous V8 noise this side of hell. The body is barely less subtle; all air-ducts, wings and swathes of bare carbon-fibre pouring out of gaps in the bodywork. Inside, theres no suggestion that hundreds of trees have been chopped down... <p> <a href='http://www.squaremile.com/reviews/10453/Beast-in-Class.html'>Read the full article on squaremile.com</a> </p> Mon, 19 Mar 2012 15:00:00 GMT http://www.squaremile.com/reviews/10453/Beast-in-Class.html http://www.squaremile.com/reviews/10372/The-Fastest-Ferrari-Ever.html <img src='/filestorage/articles/oryginal/eHFc3jMS/300_200_crop.jpg' align='left' hspace='4' vspace='2'> Everyone knows that Ferrari makes blisteringly fast cars. So when it announced the new F12 Berlinetta leaves them all in the dust we couldnt help but take notice...The F12 Berlinetta has turned heads with its new 12-cylinder engine and is being hailed as the start of a new generation of Ferrari cars focused on innovative design and aerodynamics. The new 12-cylinder engine can get to 100km/h (around 62mph) in an impressive 3.1 seconds, which is more than enough to worry your... <p> <a href='http://www.squaremile.com/reviews/10372/The-Fastest-Ferrari-Ever.html'>Read the full article on squaremile.com</a> </p> Wed, 29 Feb 2012 17:00:00 GMT http://www.squaremile.com/reviews/10372/The-Fastest-Ferrari-Ever.html http://www.squaremile.com/reviews/10328/Top-Ten-Car-Investing-Tips.html <img src='/filestorage/articles/oryginal/NvR6hWwy/300_200_crop.jpg' align='left' hspace='4' vspace='2'> Rob Myers is the CEO of RM Auctions, the largest auction house for investment-quality classic automobiles in the world and a first-class restoration facility to boot. Pretty much every significant classic car sale in the last decade has been made under his command. Here, Myers gives us his unique insight into how to make money from your motor…1. Do Your HomeworkOnce you decide on your ultimate dream car, do your homework. The internet is, of course, a valuable research... <p> <a href='http://www.squaremile.com/reviews/10328/Top-Ten-Car-Investing-Tips.html'>Read the full article on squaremile.com</a> </p> Fri, 17 Feb 2012 13:30:00 GMT http://www.squaremile.com/reviews/10328/Top-Ten-Car-Investing-Tips.html http://www.squaremile.com/reviews/10327/Dark-Side-of-the-Vrooom.html <img src='/filestorage/articles/oryginal/cB6VJXiT/300_200_crop.jpg' align='left' hspace='4' vspace='2'> Rock stars and flash cars just go together but Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason’s garage of classic racing cars is more about a lifelong passion rather than a cold investment…I generally try and avoid using the word ‘collection’ to describe the cars I own. It sounds too deliberate, too passionless. Like a lot of people who buy old cars, I’ve ended up with an idiosyncratic (with an emphasis on the ‘idio-’) mix of models that reflect my own personal enthusiasms.... <p> <a href='http://www.squaremile.com/reviews/10327/Dark-Side-of-the-Vrooom.html'>Read the full article on squaremile.com</a> </p> Fri, 17 Feb 2012 12:15:00 GMT http://www.squaremile.com/reviews/10327/Dark-Side-of-the-Vrooom.html http://www.squaremile.com/reviews/10145/The-Art-of-Darkness.html <img src='/filestorage/articles/oryginal/foakkBLR/300_200_crop.jpg' align='left' hspace='4' vspace='2'> If Bruce Wayne’s in the market for a new ride, here it is. “Quick, Robin, to the Genty Akylone,” doesn’t quite have the same ring, though. By Mark Hedley.The French can make three things well: wine, women and, well, supercars it would appear. First was the Bugatti Veyron. (OK, I know that’s technically a VW, but it’s still a French marque). And now there’s the Genty Akylone. Despite the dodgy name, the statistics speak for themselves: 1,000bhp 4.8-litre V8... <p> <a href='http://www.squaremile.com/reviews/10145/The-Art-of-Darkness.html'>Read the full article on squaremile.com</a> </p> Wed, 21 Dec 2011 12:30:00 GMT http://www.squaremile.com/reviews/10145/The-Art-of-Darkness.html http://www.squaremile.com/reviews/10124/Shooting-Range.html <img src='/filestorage/articles/oryginal/v9pShOfk/300_200_crop.jpg' align='left' hspace='4' vspace='2'> Martin Deeson took the new Range Rover Evoque to his local gun club and discovered that, with the unlikely help of Mrs Beckham, it’s bang on target…Land Rover lore has it that 67 years ago a man called Maurice Wilks crouched down in the sand on his farm at Red Wharf Bay in Anglesey and sketched the first Land Rover design right there in the dirt. He was using an American Army surplus Willys Jeep at the time and with his brother decided it was high time the British... <p> <a href='http://www.squaremile.com/reviews/10124/Shooting-Range.html'>Read the full article on squaremile.com</a> </p> Thu, 15 Dec 2011 16:00:00 GMT http://www.squaremile.com/reviews/10124/Shooting-Range.html http://www.squaremile.com/reviews/7950/Lord-of-the-Ring.html <img src='/filestorage/articles/oryginal/EDX0S5VI/300_200_crop.jpg' align='left' hspace='4' vspace='2'> From Nürburgring to Brands Hatch, Matt Huckle reckons he can handle a racing car. But that’s on the PS3. How will he fair in real life – where there are people and everything...?Im in the drivers seat of a Nissan 370z at Brands Hatch and Im travelling extremely fast. Im travelling extremely fast sideways. I dont feel 100 percent in control. In fact, Ill be honest, I dont feel any percent in control. Its brilliant. Id been invited to come down and experience the... <p> <a href='http://www.squaremile.com/reviews/7950/Lord-of-the-Ring.html'>Read the full article on squaremile.com</a> </p> Tue, 11 Oct 2011 10:00:00 GMT http://www.squaremile.com/reviews/7950/Lord-of-the-Ring.html http://www.squaremile.com/reviews/8081/Round-The-Bend.html <img src='/filestorage/articles/oryginal/TwTvF83D/300_200_crop.jpg' align='left' hspace='4' vspace='2'> David Stansell, loyal to his faithful Panamera 4S, reluctantly takes the driver’s seat in the new Porsche 911 GT3 but comes out the other side, a changed man, almost as much a hoon as the car...Porsches GT3, or rather, to distinguish it from the somewhat confusing range of 911s, Porsches 911 (997) GT3 (facelift), is quite possibly the only car Ive ever driven that deserves to have an Asbo. Its a hooligan of a car that seems bent on doing your head in. And, like a real... <p> <a href='http://www.squaremile.com/reviews/8081/Round-The-Bend.html'>Read the full article on squaremile.com</a> </p> Fri, 07 Oct 2011 12:15:00 GMT http://www.squaremile.com/reviews/8081/Round-The-Bend.html