Rolls Royce Wraith Convertible planned & the Wraith hits Harrods

That means the Wraith gets a stiffened suspension setup to stop it rolling too much and more weight to the steering so you have a chance of knowing where the front wheels are at any given moment. It’s a promising offering from Rolls Royce, but it looks as though the Wraith won’t be a stand-alone model but will be joined, in due course, by a convertible version for those who find the Wraith Coupe not quite ostentatious enough. Who’d have guessed?

Tokyo motor show 2009: news, reviews, live blogs

Welcome to CAR Online's coverage of the 2009 Tokyo motor show. Editor Phil McNamara (PM) and staff writer Ben Pulman (BP) have been reporting live from the Makuhari Messe on the 41st Tokyo car show – and you can keep up to date with all the news, photos and reviews right here. Use our Twitter-powered blog and galleries to catch up with all the Tokyo motor show news, or click on the links below to see the separate news articles and galleries. Click here to read Phil McNamara's review of the 2009 Tokyo motor show And if you want to see Ben Pulman, our staff writer, looking stupid, check out his reviews of Honda's mad U3-X electric unicycle and the company's crazy walking assist devices.

Salon Privé 2011: Night Shift

Salon Prive does a Night Shift for the Pommery Picnic It may be a bit of an exagerration to say that Salon Privé – one of our favourite ‘Car’ outings – is going to include a night shift in 2011 – but almost. Salon Prive’s move from the Hurlingham in Chelsea out to the less central – but more hospitable – Duke of Northumberland’s gaff at Syon Park means there’s room to expand the event, so we’re getting treated to the ‘Pommery Picnic’ on the Friday evening – 7pm ’til 11pm. As we never fail to mention when we bang on about Salon Prive, it’s just like a Garden Party in a wealthy friend’s house where he just happens to have littered the grounds with the world’s greatest cars.