Car Throttle

Everyone's favorite British shed-built supercar company, Noble, has been pretty quiet lately. Sometimes no news is good news, and sometimes (like in the case of TVR) it isn't.  I've been wondering what Lee Noble's automotive offspring has been up to lately, and apparently the answer is "a lot." Up until  now, Noble has been marketing a serious of raw, hardcore sports cars for people who don't care about badges.  The M12 (and the GTO, GTO-3R, etc) were plastic-bodied mid engine rocket ships, powered by a twin-turbocharged version of Ford's 3.0L Duratec 24v V6 (found in the old Mondeo ST220), making 400-450bhp.  Car & Driver said the M12 GTO offered Ferrari Enzo performance for Porsche 911 prices, which really sums it up - 0-60 in the

"From Sweden with Löv". That's the new marketing campaign for Volvo's latest and greatest, the XC60 Crossover. A followup and little brother to the successful XC90 SUV, the new XC60 is billed as the "Safest Volvo Ever". Volvo really, really wants to establish a strong foothold in the luxury crossover SUV market. As I've said before, the segment is shaping up to be a big battleground between the luxury automakers. Proof comes that they mean business with this price tag. At $32,395 the XC60 undercuts every competitor. Mercedes-Benz GLK, Cadillac SRX, Audi Q5, BMW X3; all of them. I wonder if they were waiting on Cadillac's pricing of the SRX? To be quite honest each one of the mentioned offerings are very appealing. I would take (and like) any one of them,