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All the best from the New York Auto Show 2018. The NY show this year was, despite the Koenigsegg Regera poster car, not festooned with hypercars and track specials. The focus was more on practicality, with two pairs of classic rivals fighting it out for the sales advantage, if we're being brutally honest. Jaguar and Maserati both unveiled performance versions of their first SUVs, while Mercedes-AMG and Audi went into classic super-saloon warfare. The RS5 has been timed at 3.2s to 62, proper supercar pace. The Audi RS5 Sportback is a 4-door version of the dull Coupé version, and so is just as powerful, nearly as quick and slightly heavier, at 1840kg. That means 444bhp, 443lb ft of torque, 0-62mph in 4.1s claimed. You can read the whole story on it by clicking  on these words. These two are classic saloon rivals, representing sensible vs stupid. The Mercedes C63 has been given a mid-life facelift, and by clicking on the link, you can learn the 503bhp monster's whole s...

The F1 season kicks off, Dallara launches the Stradale and the new Ford Mustang is driven. VW unveils the new Tiguan. F1 season F1 2018, after many complaints of the cars sounding rubbish, the new 'halo' device (protection for drivers, shown below) looking hideous, the whole thing being a one-horse race... Basically a lot of abuse and groaning from the loyal fanbase negated Liberty Media's attempts to make people excited for the coming season. That isn't to mention Formula E's stunning looking Gen 5 car, polar-bear friendly propulsion and wheel-to-wheel races. However, it has started off nonetheless with the Melbourne GP this year, and, annoyingly for all the keyboard warriors of the world, the Halo doesn't look all that bad on the cars. Speaking of looking, from Williams' recent onboard video, visibility does seem to be an issue. The central support arm blocks the driver's view on straights, which might make seeing - which, surprisingly, is quit...

Geneva Motor Show report and the death of the Audi R8. The Geneva International Motor Show doesn’t need a whole lot of introduction. It is the pinnacle of jaws hitting the floor. Not exactly surprisingly, Geneva last year did nothing short of amazing everyone, with new supercars being the main name of the game. The gleaming machines littered the halls, so it shouldn’t come as a surprise that 2018’s GIMS had, despite the weight-reducing efforts of the show cars, a LOT to live up to. Luckily, however, the high rolling cars managed to roll even higher, with the first two days being a frenzy of track-focused hyper and supercars, as you shall see.  As a recap, last year gave us the McLaren 720S, Ferrari 812 Superfast (nope, still sounds weird), Lamborghini Huracán Performante, and much more in the way of start-up electric cars. This is a report on this year’s contenders, so sit back, relax, and enjoy the article. The first thing to come racing onto the showstands was, after a...