Articles by James Lisle

James Lisle

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James Lisle (aka J3) likes all things cars.

Cynical and enthusiastic in equal measure, James loves to clamber into anything with a steering wheel and a decent amount of grunt.

Although it may seem the J3 glass is half empty on first acquaintance with a new ride, he maintains a balanced approach and will happily lose himself in technical details relating to even the most common, mass market models. Bore and stroke ratios, specific output stats, and thermal efficiency figures are his guilty pleasures.

Chinese automakers are now copying the Tesla Model X's interior

By James Lisle · 23 Jan 2019

It was only a matter of time, wasn't it?

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Driving without shocks? It's bucking madness...

By James Lisle · 23 Jan 2019

I'm not going to lie: every now and then I think of stupid things to do to my car.

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Someone shoehorned an 800hp, 9.3-litre Hemi in this Pantera

By James Lisle · 18 Jan 2019

This is what happens when you let a former Top Fuel fabricator loose on an Italian supercar.

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This die-hard is designing the next Mitsubishi Evo

By James Lisle · 15 Jan 2019

Hold up - it's not a production-spec car. But credit where credit's due, this rendering is impressively faithful to the Evolution ethos and more than Mitsubishi has bothered to do.

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Five car trends that need to stop in 2019

By James Lisle · 04 Jan 2019

Another year, another round. Which means there's plenty to get excited over - and even more to get irritated.

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Forget spark plugs - microwaves are the way of the future

By James Lisle · 17 Dec 2018

The awesome thing about motorsport is that it's a great place to test out cutting-edge prototypes in the real world.

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Want a free Rolls-Royce and Lamborghini? Buy this $38m penthouse

By James Lisle · 03 Dec 2018

Presumably designed for the winner of the record-breaking $2.25b lottery jackpot, this Miami Beach penthouse scores everything you could ever want in an A-list home - cars included.

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Dubai's "Ghiath" is the arm of the law you don't want to mess with

By James Lisle · 27 Nov 2018

There's cop cars that use speed and there's ones that use force. Guess which this one was built for?

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This driver walked away after his Mustang split in half

By James Lisle · 11 Oct 2018

This won't be the first article to talk about the dangers of racing on the public road. And unfortunately, it won't be the last either.

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You have to hear this Corvette with a flat-plane crank

By James Lisle · 20 Sep 2018

If there's anything to know about American V8s - LS-engines in particular - it's that they're big, meaty, and produce big lumps of grunt down low.

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