Autocar tests the Aston Martin Rapide-based Bertone Jet 2+2 Shooting brake, a one-off, road legal concept car built for a wealthy UK customer.
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When Bertone built its Jet 2 concept car to show off its coachbuilding expertise, one wealthy UK petrolhead was so impressed, he asked Bertone to make it for real. One donated Aston Martin Rapide and four months later and the bespoke Jet 2+2 Shooting Brake was ready to be shown at the 2013 Geneva motor show ahead of its delivery. But, not before Autocar’s Steve Sutcliffe took the £4m one-off for a spin on the roads around Bertone’s HQ.
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Read Autocar’s Aston Martin Rapide S review: http://www.autocar.co.uk/car-review/aston-martin/rapide-s
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On this episode of The J-Turn, Jessi Lang finds out what it takes to be a rally co-driver. With the help of Scion Racing Rally driver Andrew Comrie-Picard and his co-driver Jeremy Wimpey, she learns the basics of recce, how to write pace-notes, and how and when to call them. As Jessi quickly learns, being a good co-driver means being many things at once– a navigator, a rule-enforcer, a time-keeper, and a pace notes reader, to name a few, and is one of the most demanding roles a racer can play.
To show Jessi the ropes, the team uses Scion’s new xD rally car, which debuted earlier this year at the Sno*Drift Rally on January 25th. Powered by a 1.8-liter 2ZR-FE that’s fed by a GReddy turbo, the xD has received several upgrades this year including a boost in horsepower, a dog engagement transmission, a new suspension, and better weight distribution.
On this episode of Ignition, Carlos Lago heads back to Fontana and the mountainous roads of Angeles Crest Highway to tackle the newest update to the Audi S4, the considerably faster and more aggressive version of the popular A4 sedan. The 2013 Audi S4 is just as precise but with much more attitude and when equipped with the Sport Differential, the all-wheel-drive sedan rotates almost like one of its rear-wheel drive counterparts.
Will the new Audi S4’s V6T engine reign supreme over the previous generation’s V8? Will people even be able to tell the difference between the S4 and that A4? Stay tuned to find out.
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Take a behind the scenes look at Jeremy Renner fighting Witches from “The Witching Hours,” available on the “Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters” Blu-ray Combo Pack June 11th!