Month: March 2017

Porsche Panamera Sport Turismo Wagon is a reality

Porsche Panamera Sport Turismo Wagon is a reality

Porsche has unveiled the new 2018 Panamera Sport Turismo, sharing the stage at the 2017 Geneva Motor Show with the Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid. The Panamera Sport Turismo is a wagon by any other name. Porsche carves out an odd niche, as there exists no other full-size ‘wagons’ with 550 hp in the market. It remains to be seen whether there will be enough customers for a car dreamt of only by teenage bloggers. We have yet to see a single Audi RS6 wagon on the road that isn’t a press test-drive car.

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Long-term update: Jaguar XK -- the dealer is the best option sometimes

Long-term update: Jaguar XK — the dealer is the best option sometimes

There are a few obvious things you should know about owning a luxury car. One is dealer maintenance and repair can be ridiculously expensive. The other is that most non-dealer garages don’t know how to maintain or repair a modern luxury car beyond the mechanical basics. So you can save money by going to non-dealer garages, but certain tasks can only be performed by the dealer. The tricky part is figuring out which is which without losing a ton of money on experimentation. We did exactly that with our Jaguar XK.

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Lamborghini Huracan Performante claims fastest 'Ring time, allegedly

Lamborghini Huracan Performante claims fastest ‘Ring time, allegedly

Recently, Lamborghini set all car discussion forums on fire by releasing a video of a 06:52:01 Nurburgring lap by their new Huracan Performante. This made it the fastest production car to lap the ‘Ring, beating the Porsche 918 Spyder by five seconds. The video didn’t give us a clear idea of what the car looked like. But Lamborghini is showcasing the Huracan Performante at the ongoing 2017 Geneva Motor Show.

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