2012 Aston Martin Cygnet – “Luxury for the city”

This has to be the most surprising and talked about Aston Martin ever built. Initial reactions, when people lay their eyes on the Cygnet, range from absolute disbelief to "It’s kinda cute". I have to admit, I do dread to think what would happen if anyone tried to use the chat-up line: "I drive an Aston Martin" on some poor unsuspecting date and then took them outside and showed them this. Awkward, to say the least . . Read The Rest...

2012 McLaren MP4-12C Profile

Despite sounding more akin to the code for an office printer, here is all new £170k British sports car built in a brand new factory in Surrey with the sole aim of beating the Italians at their own game, supercar manufacture.     It’s a massive gamble which involves pumping £40million into a state-of-the-art production facility and building up a worldwide network of dealers and after-sales agents in which to sell and service their new offering. This is against a backdrop of Ferrari Read The Rest...