To be entirely accurate, Volvo aren’t actually out to get Boris Johnson, just the ridiculous exemptions policy that exists for London Congestion charging. At present, a wide range of Hybrid cars are exempt from congestion charging. Which does seem odd. On what basis? Because they’re flavour of the month, or because Ken – when he [...]
When Jaguar sent us the last teaser video on the new Jaguar XJ, they promised us faithfully that it was the penultimate one. But as that was less than a week ago, and the new XJ isn’t going to be revealed until 9th July, I have a sneaking suspicion there may be more to come! [...]
As we’ve said before, the McLaren F1 has proved to be not only an incredible car, but a very sound investment. From a selling price of around £600k when they were launched in 1995, you can expect to pay somewhere north of £2 million for one now, and a fair bit more for an exceptional [...]
We tend to think of Goodwood as all high-performance cars and classic cars. But things can and do go wrong, so support vehicles are a necessity. Rolls Royce has supplied a Phantom Coupe to the Goodwood Festival of Speed as the official Course Car, but Ford is supplying a vehicle with a much more prosaic [...]
We’ve moved on a long way from car adverts that centre around cars driving through fire, with a Stadium Rock soundtrack to get the adrenalin and testosterone flowing. On the whole, they are more considered and/or more humorous (although some – particularly in the States – are still dire). A good example of the current [...]
We’ve seen a raft of new models from Lamborghini this year – or at least derivatives of models – and the latest has just surfaced online – the Lamborghini Gallardo LP550-2. If you know anything at all about Lamborghini’s, it won’t take too long to work out that this will be a 550hp V10, but [...]
The Peugeot 207 is the best selling small car in Europe, and to keep things fresh Peugeot has just revealed a facelift for the car which will be in UK showrooms in August. There are a plethora of 207 models in hatchback, SW and CC forms, with no less than 12 engine options in total. [...]
Most of the news coming out of Citroen of late has been about the new range of upmarket Citroens – the DS Range. And in a sense so is this, as the new Citroen C3 – which Citroen has just revealed – will be the underpinnings for the upmarket version – the new Citroen DS3. [...]
The last Aston Martin concept we saw was the big Lagonda SUV Concept at Geneva in March. It wasn’t received with unmitigated delight, but Aston Martin said it was just that – a concept – to get views and opinion on the future direction of the Lagonda marque. But now we have a concept from [...]
FASTEST JAGUAR EVER AT GOODWOOD FESTIVAL OF SPEED 2009 The fastest Jaguar ever will make its UK debut at the famous Goodwood Festival of Speed this July, driven by Rocketsports Racing owner, Paul Gentilozzi. Paul drove Jaguar’s XFR Prototype on its record-breaking run at the legendary Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah last November, reaching a [...]
We know Jaguar made a bit of a loss in the last year (although it looks as if Jaguar did better than Land Rover), but Jaguar are a company very much on the up. The new Jaguar XF is an unmitigated success, and we’re waiting with bated breath for the reveal of the new Jaguar [...]
Well, it certainly looks like what we have here are the first leaked official shots of the new Saab 9-5. They’ve cropped up on the Saab United web site, and look pretty convincing to us. But they’re obviously not straight out of Saab – they look a little too ‘dirty’ to us – but these [...]
As we reported a couple of months ago, Tata has been appointed as importers for Jaguar Land Rover in India (how did that happen?!) and have already launched web sites for both Jaguar and Land Rover for the Indian market, and have today opened the first Flagship Jaguar Land Rover Showroom at Ceejay House in [...]
Despite signs of ‘Green Shoots’ in the economy, car makers are still suffering. And mainly car makers at the prestige end of the spectrum. Supercar makers are all reporting car sales on the floor still, and it seems only car makers that can supply cars at the budget end, like Ford and Hyundai, are managing [...]
Due to be revealed at the World Series by Renault event at Silvesrstone on the weekend of 4th / 5th July (the same weekend as the Goodwood Festival of Speed, which might keep the numbers down), Renault has revealed the World Series Editions of the Clio, Megane Hatch and Megane Coupe. The World Series Limited [...]
I suppose we shouldn’t be shocked that Autoblog – perhaps the most influential car blog there is – loves the new Ford Fiesta, after getting their hands on a Euro spec version for testing in the US. After all, they know cars; love cars and probably have a more Euro-centric view of cars than the [...]
With the dust now starting to settle on Chrysler’s move in to the hands of Fiat, more detail is starting to emerge on exactly what the US will get in the way of Fiat products. We already know that the only Fiat making its way to the US is the Fiat 500, but it now [...]
As we reported quite recently, Tesla are planning an expansion in their European facilities as the first Tesla cars start to arrive, and have now opened their Flagship European Showroom in London. Located in Cheval Place in Kensington, which is round the corner from Harrods and with easy access to Heathrow (depending on the time [...]
BMW 7 Series Updates for 2010 – Press Release Following its successful introduction into the market, the new BMW 7 Series is further expanding its position in 2010 as the most innovative model series in the luxury segment. New drivetrain and equipment variants emphasise both the driving pleasure and the outstanding efficiency of BMW’s top-class [...]
Yesterday we reported on a BMW 7 Series sporting an M-Sports Pack. The picture we ran wasn’t direct from BMW and we had no real detail. But as we said, BMW will sit up and get busy sending us the detail once the news leaks. And they have. But not just the M-Sport Pack. Lots of updates for 2010.
BMW see the 1 Series as a winner now that people are out looking for kudos in their cars but without spending a shed-load of money on buying and running their pride and joy. So they’ve taken a leaf out of the MINI book of marketing, and are shoving a couple of limited edition 1 [...]
The new Mazda 3 only started to show up in UK showrooms last month, but already Mazda is adding to the range with the new Mazda3 i-stop, which first showed at Geneva this year. We won’t go on about our review of the new Mazda 3 as you’ve heard it all before, but it is [...]
