A fitting tribute to the legendary F1 champ One could imagine the inspiration felt within McLaren at naming a model after Aryton Senna. The legendary Formula One champion driver died tragically in a crash in the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix in Imola, Italy in his first season for the Williams team. Naming an ultimate track […]
As original as it gets There cannot be too many car enthusiasts who have not seen a 1962-1967 Cobra on the road or at car shows. That is a remarkable occurrence considering just under 1,000 were ever built by Shelby American in cooperation with AC Cars in England and Ford, which supplied the V8 engines. […]
A familiar crowd welcomes a wildcard For the first in Premier Financial Services history, a Chevy Corvette has become one of our top-10 leased cars. Technically, it tied for that honor with the #9 Ferrari SF90 and #8 Mercedes-Benz G63 AMG. It’s not a surprise, as we are talking about the eighth-generation Corvette (“C8”), the […]
For stick-shift 911 fans, it’s the automatic choice. Perusing the 2025 Porsche 911 model line is a bit like trying to choose toothpaste from the bewildering selection in the supermarket aisle. There are so many kinds, each promising one advantage or another. You can wrack your brain trying to decide which is just right for […]
The mighty 911 Turbo reaches its golden anniversary Celebrating anniversaries seems to be a full-time task for marketing departments of luxury car companies. Heck, some even celebrate the anniversary of movies their cars appeared in. (Looking at you, Aston Martin DBS OMHHS.) We can cut Porsche some slack for marking a milestone not only for […]
There are always two main avenues of news from Monterey Car Week: the results from the Pebble Beach Concours d’ Elegance and, of course, the results from the major collector-car auctions. There were surprises from both this year. The judges at Pebble Beach awarded top honors to a 1934 Bugatti Type 59 Sports, making it […]
Anyone making a personal Top-10 Porsches list would surely have to include the 1973 911 Carrera RS 2.7 and 1974 911 Carrera RS 3.0. There’s a much bigger difference between the two than their 0.3-liter cylinder displacement. The RS 2.7 was rare, with just 1,580 made and the car not sold in the U.S. market. In comparison, the RS 3.0 was a unicorn, a homologation special for the 3.0 RSR with just 55 made. That explains the $1.6M-$1.8M pre-sale estimate at RM Sotheby’s Monterey auction in August for what many consider the best RS 3.0 extant. A car with factory provenance, it remains in original condition with just about 18,000 miles.
BMW quickly sold out of the 1,000 M4 CSL coupes offered last year, but as consolation, it is offering 2,000 of the M4 CS, a slightly tamer rendition of the road/track coupe. It’s got the same 543-hp turbo inline-six engine and eight-speed transmission, but it’s latched to all-wheel drive in this version. The interior is a bit more civilized than the CSL’s but might still not be ideal for some daily commutes. No one should doubt, however, BMW’s claims for a 3.2-second 0-60 time and 188-mph top track speed. This very special M4 starts at about $125,000.
Orange must be the hot color this season because both Aston Martin and Lamborghini chose this bright hue to showcase their newly fortified 2025 SUVs. The Aston Martin DBX 707, an upgrade model currently, will be the sole version for 2025, featuring the 697-horsepower engine and a host of enhancements. Lamborghini, meanwhile, follows a different route for its Urus super SUV, making a new plug-in hybrid the top model, called the SE. The new hybrid powertrain kicks up a storm with 789 horsepower.
