New Peugeot 107 Sportium Special Edition for the UK Market

When automakers don’t have something truly new to add to one of their models, they tend to introduce special edition versions, which most of the times translates to added equipment features. And that’s the case with the new Peugeot 107 Sportium Special Edition for the British market. Read more »

Alfa Romeo 4C Sports Concept Heading to Goodwood Festival of Speed

The new Alfa Romeo 4C Sports Concept will receive its UK public debut at the rapidly approaching 2011 Goodwood Festival of Speed, which takes place from July 1 to 3.

Seen for the first time at the Geneva Salon in March, Italy’s answer to the Lotus Elise boasts a lightweight chassis with power coming from a mid-mounted 1.75-liter turbocharged four-cylinder engine delivering 200 ponies to the rear wheels. It can complete the 0-62mph (100km/h) sprint in less than 5 seconds and reach a top speed of 155mph (250km/h). Production is set to start in 2012.

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Mugen’s Supercharged Honda CR-Z Hybrid Prototype Debuts on Film

With development of the new Honda CR-Z Mugen concept nearing its end, the Japanese automaker decided it’s time to release the first video of the supercharged hybrid model on the road before its world premiere at the 2011 Goodwood Festival of Speed in July.

The prototype CR-Z is the collaborative work of Honda UK and its in-house tuning shop Mugen Euro. The hotted-up hybrid sports car feature modifications to the 1.5-liter i-VTEC petrol engine with the addition of a supercharger as well as to the Honda IMA system.

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Soweto Kinch

While still being on a jazz wave I'll present you another fine musician, this time coming from England who has his own unique way of combining jazz with hip-hop. Soweto Kinch, a native londoner is a accomplished jazz alto saxophonist who does share a love for hip-hop too although his music sound more jazzy understandable giving the fact that Soweto Kinch is a self-taught jazz musician and fan of John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins and Duke Ellington. His music recounts stories from his everyday live like living on a welfare and in council estates, the unemployment in the UK or the good education which is for the privileged few. And that he performs using his sax and his skills as a MC. Winner of numerous jazz awards Kinch speaks so very humbly about his achievements. He does collaborate occasionally with other artists like Eska Mtungwazi (on "Good Nyooz), Homecut and Corinne Bailey Rae (on Homecut's "I Don't Even Know") and numerous other jazz musicians. No matter whether you listen to Louis Armstrong or A Tribe Called Quest, Soweto Kinch is sure to appeal to fans of both genres. Soweto Kinch's soul music is for the appreciative few with refined taste in contemporary jazz and hip-hop music. Listen and feel. Best enjoyed at late night in small company.

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