Featured Pre-Owned Vehicles News & Reviews 2010 Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport Road Test Review So, just what does 1001hp and 922 lb-ft of torque feel like at takeoff? Absolutely nothing can prepare the mind, body and soul for such an otherworldly experience, and unless your name happens to be Alan Shepherd, Joe Engle, Joe Walker, Neil Armstrong or any of the twelve brave souls who manned the experimental X-15 back in NASA's glory days, only time behind the wheel of Bugatti's soul-stirring Veyron 16.4 can relate the g-force inducing sensation. If it weren't for the paddle shifters connecting through to its 7-speed DSG transmission I probably wouldn't have been able to lift my right arm to make the necessary shifts, so intense was the Veyron's acceleration... Read more | 2010 Volkswagen Golf Road Test Review Anyone who has driven a Volkswagen product knows that it's a cut above its entry-level competition in perceived quality, the touchy feely details that fall easily to hand, and driving dynamics. And each generation, like with most automakers' cars, gets better, keeping each VW model ahead of its rivals. The new 2010 Golf is no exception. Like what you see? I certainly do. This is the new look of Volkswagen, a design also shown earlier this year on the global market (almost everywhere but North America) Polo and the Scirocco before that. It's a great new look that's fresh but doesn't stray too far from VW's roots, especially in hatchback form. Read more | 2010 Aston Martin DBS Volante Road Test Review The Aston Martin DBS Volante I recently put through its paces is the latest in a long line of highly desirable sports cars from this fabled British automaker that goes way back to the earlier part of the last century. Over the years, the cars have earned widespread fame (not least in many a James Bond movie) and successive generations have each improved upon the last despite periodic corporate upheavals. The "Aston Martin" name, for those who care about such trivia, came from the marque's founder Lionel Martin, who attached the prefix "Aston" in honour of the once-famed Aston Clinton hill climb course on which he raced before and after the First World War... Read more | |
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