Author Archives: Derek Shiekhi

Aston Martin Issues Multi-Year Recall Over Chinese Counterfeit Materials

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You’ve got to hand it to counterfeiters.  They’ve been able to clone money, Louis Vuitton handbags and Rolex watches.  Now, they’ve found a way to produce knock-off plastics used in genuinely bad-ass cars.  Seventeen thousand five-hundred and ninety of them, to be exact. Aston Martin is recalling “all of its left-hand-drive models built since November [...]

Aston Martin Issues Multi-Year Recall Over Chinese Counterfeit Materials

mansory-aston-martin-china-sldier

You’ve got to hand it to counterfeiters.  They’ve been able to clone money, Louis Vuitton handbags and Rolex watches.  Now, they’ve found a way to produce knock-off plastics used in genuinely bad-ass cars.  Seventeen thousand five-hundred and ninety of them, to be exact. Aston Martin is recalling “all of its left-hand-drive models built since November [...]

In Case You Didn’t Know: The SLR is for Real

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It’s true that you learn something new everyday.  I just discovered that I was misinformed about commercials.  How silly of me to think that television ads are typically for products that are necessary and/or affordable to the vast majority of consumers. This mid-2000s spot from Mercedes-Benz for the SLR McLaren taught me it’s worth alerting […]

Road & Track: G63 AMG vs. Range Rover

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For as long as the Mercedes-Benz G-Class and the Land Rover Range Rover have been staples in the high-end luxury SUV segment, you would think they have a lot in common.  True, the G63 AMG and the Range Rover Supercharged in this test are both V8-powered, leather-lined rigs that kick ass off road.  After that, […]

Road & Track: G63 AMG vs. Range Rover

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For as long as the Mercedes-Benz G-Class and the Land Rover Range Rover have been staples in the high-end luxury SUV segment, you would think they have a lot in common.  True, the G63 AMG and the Range Rover Supercharged in this test are both V8-powered, leather-lined rigs that kick ass off road.  After that, […]

The Koenigsegg One:1 is Going to be Absolutely Redonk

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Usually, a score of one to one is boring.  Nobody’s winning.  In Swedish, when spoken by Koenigsegg Automotive AB, it translates to “one horsepower per one kilogram of weight.”  And not just dry weight, either.  Christian von Koenigsegg, the founder of the eponymous firm, said his upcoming gut punch to competitors in the hypercar realm [...]