http://www.drivenmagazine.co.uk News, reviews, and general car banter Fri, 11 Sep 2009 23:39:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en If you lined up all the petrolheads in the world, and asked them that if they could have any car in the world, what would it be, at least 50% of them would reply "McLaren F1". Built in the early '90s, it was the supercar to end all supercars. The ... http://www.drivenmagazine.co.uk/2009/09/11/the-f1s-successor-the-mclaren-mp4-12c/ We've been waiting at least two years for this one ever since it's concept design. It's Peugeot's attempt at putting themselves back on the map and if looks are anything to go by, this may well do the trick. The Peugeot RCZ. [caption id="attachment_116" align="aligncenter" width="583" caption="Forget the badge. If we ... http://www.drivenmagazine.co.uk/2009/08/26/a-peugeot-youll-actually-want/ The Mini. British? German? Either way the Mini is an iconic car that's been with us since the original design 50 years ago, and it has always been the definitive 'small car'. The Mini has changed over the years, getting fatter (and uglier, perhaps), incorporated more doors and practicality (Mini ... http://www.drivenmagazine.co.uk/2009/08/26/better-late-than-never/ It's a glorious summer. Record temperatures, months of blue skies, England thrashing the Aussies at cricket, and inevitably in the UK - swarms of drop-top convertibles. Britain buys more convertibles than France, Spain and Italy COMBINED, and the vast majority of convertible sales are done during the summer. So Italy's latest ... http://www.drivenmagazine.co.uk/2009/08/24/maserati-grancabrio/ I haven't updated this site for a while. I apologise profusely for any avid reader (if this site has any? Maybe? Maybe not...) for the lack of updates. As I mentioned in my previous blog, I bought a new (ish) car. A very rare 1987 Mazda RX-7 FC. It's quite fast ... http://www.drivenmagazine.co.uk/2009/08/17/modern-vs-classic/ I don't normally do personal blogs on this site, mainly because I fancy myself as being some sort of small-time motoring journalist than just a petrolhead with a blog. But I thought i'd talk about this to see if I can't encourage like-minded petrolheads to do what i've just done. I'm ... http://www.drivenmagazine.co.uk/2009/07/02/project-cars/ [caption id="attachment_93" align="aligncenter" width="400" caption="The Aston Martin \'Cygnet\' concept car..."][/caption] This is the first glimpse of a new concept from Aston Martin. They're calling it the 'Cygnet'. I so wish this was April 1st. Unfortunately, we're not kidding and neither are they. The Cygnet may well be a concept car, but there ... http://www.drivenmagazine.co.uk/2009/06/30/aston-martin-does-a-hatchback/ A short history lesson: The VW Golf GTi is a legend. The MkII model - along with Peugeot's 205 GTi - introduced to the world the concept of a 'Hot Hatch' in the late 80's and early 90's. A small, nimble car with enough performance to humiliate the £100k supercars ... http://www.drivenmagazine.co.uk/2009/05/20/vw-scirocco-r-too-much-of-a-good-thing/ I've been following this feud since it began at the Nurburgring last year. Nissan's new GTR beat Porsche's 911 Turbo's lap time, which is hugely impressive for any car to do, let alone a Nissan. Porsche acted like brats, frankly. They accused Nissan of running the GTR on race-spec tyres, ... http://www.drivenmagazine.co.uk/2009/04/25/nissan-vs-porsche/ The government has announced today that it will pay you £2000 to scrap your car in exchange for a brand new one, providing your car is 10 years old or older. Yay - that must mean we'll see more new cars on the road and this will boost everybody's standard ... http://www.drivenmagazine.co.uk/2009/04/22/get-paid-to-buy-a-new-car/