Subaru has revealed a new Impreza – the WRX STI Carbon – with carbon roof, suede trim and a five-speed automatic. On more of the ‘What’s coming to Tokyo’ theme that’s starting to crop up, we have news of the Subaru WRX STI Carbon. Which sounds very promising. A slimmed-down carbon-clad version of the WRX [...]
Audi has revealed an A5 featuring an aluminium space frame and aluminium body. This points the way to new lightweight Audi models to add to the A8 and R8. The headline is reminiscent of the ‘Jaguar Land Rover – Aluminium Future’ story we ran a couple of months ago. But this time it’s Audi who [...]
Honda are bringing the Skydeck Hybrid Concept to Tokyo – a Concept People Carrier aimed at Ford’s new C-Max. We warned you – lots of Tokyo stuff coming in. We had Honda’s CR-Z Concept earlier, and now we gate Honda’s take on the new Ford C-Max – the Honda Skydeck Concept. But again, it’s more [...]
Subaru are bringing the Hybrid Tourer Concept to Tokyo, featuring a 2.0 litre Boxer engine and a pair of electric motors. Last month just about every piece we ran had ‘Frankfurt’ in it somewhere. And now, with the Tokyo Motor Show looming, the Japanese car makers are busy rolling out their offerings for the show, [...]
Honda are showing the CR-Z Concept at Tokyo – a three door sports coupe hybrid – which will launch in the UK in 2010 Honda are calling the CR-Z a concept. But it’s not. It’s actually one of those ‘Concept’ cars that is ready to roll. It’s not a flight of fancy, but a production-ready [...]
Mazda Global Premiere of Eco-Friendly and Powerful Next Generation ‘SKY-G’ and ‘SKY-D’ Engines, and Sky-Drive Automatic Transmission at Tokyo Motor Show 2009 * Mazda Kiyora concept car, which achieves 3.1 l/100 km fuel economy, to make its Japan debut Mazda Motor Corporation will showcase the world premiere of its next-generation engine line-up and automatic transmissions [...]
Mazda is taking the futuristic Kiyora Concept to the Tokyo Motor Show, together with their new SKY engines and transmission. Despite the world’s car makers staying away from the Tokyo Motor Show next month, the home-grown makers are expected to put on a bit of a show, and Mazda has revealed that they will be [...]
Full price and specification details for the 2009 / 2010 Jaguar XK 5.0 – Coupe and Convertible. Jaguar has recently updated the XK and fitted it with the new 5.0 litre V8. The difference is quite remarkable, and makes the XK in to the car it should always have been – a beautiful, well-built, glorious [...]
Broadcaster and journalist Richard Madeley joins Cars UK as a guest tester for this review of the Jaguar XK 5.0 Portfolio Convertible. I’ve always held a torch for Jaguars; forgave them their trespasses even back in the bad old 1970s; loved them as things of beauty even when they weren’t. Whatever the model, whatever the year, [...]
Maserati has launched an online configurator for the new Maserati GranCabrio recently released at the Frankfurt Motor Show. Earlier this month Maserati launched their four-seater GranCabrio to the world at the Frankfurt Motor Show. An elegant and sexy Italian Convertible and, so say Maserati, the longest wheelbase convertible on the market. Presumably if Mussolini were [...]
Renault has revealed the Renaultsport Twingo 133 Cup, with reduced specification and the Cup suspension as standard. It’s been a bit of a Renaultsport year this year, with Renault releasing a whole raft of their hot cars on to the market, most recently the Megane Renaultsport 250 which we reported on just a couple of [...]
Hyundai has become the last major, non-domestic car manufacturer to pull out of the Tokyo Motor Show. The annual motor shows around the world were once the only place your average petrol-head could get his/her fix of high-octane fumes. Lots of new sheet metal – from supercars to the more prosaic – they were prepared [...]
We wonder if Lamborghini are still planning the Estoque after it was spotted out in Germany. At the Paris Motor Show last year we were treated to a four-door Lamborghini – the Lamborghini Estoque. When we first heard about it we were pretty sceptical. It was bound to be another horrible attempt by a supercar [...]
Lord Mandelson looks set to announce an extension to the Scrappage Scheme later today. Update: It’s now been confirmed that the Scrappage Scheme has been extended. The Scrappage Scheme has run out of money and is due to end well short of the original estimated end date in February. But it’s being reported that Lord [...]
Fiat has made a number of small changes to the Panda for 2010, including cosmetic tweaks and a new engine choice. If you think about the Fiat Panda at all, you probably tend to think of it as a relic from Fiat’s past. A car that’s still made but just doesn’t cut the mustard up [...]
The Top Gear Crew are out filming Series 14 in Romania on the stunning Transfagarasan Road in the Carpathian Mountains with a Ferrari, an Aston Martin and a Lamborghini. We won’t get the latest series of Top Gear (Series 14) on our screens until November, but the Top Gear Crew are out filming – in [...]
Lewis Hamilton managed to convert his pole position at Singapore in to a win for McLaren, but the biggest winner of the day was Jensen Button. It always looked as if McLaren’s late-season renaissance would continue at Singapore, and world champion Lewis Hamilton didn’t disappoint his team as he drove to his second successive Grand [...]
Richard Madeley – journalist and broadcaster – is writing for Cars UK as a guest car reviewer in the first of an occasional series of ‘Stars Test Cars’. It’s always interesting to read car reviews – well, it is for us – and equally interesting to see how people judge the car they’re driving. We tend to [...]
It looks like Mercedes is planning a Black Series version of the SLS AMG Gullwing with up to 700bhp and a 3.0 second 0-60mph. We’ve only just had the official launch of the Mercedes SLS AMG Gullwing at Frankfurt, and it won’t hit the roads until well in to 2010. But we also know that [...]
BMW are planning a new M1 Supercar based on the Vision EfficientDynamics Concept seen at the Frankfurt Motor Show by 2012. It’s been on the cards for years – a range topping Supercar from BMW. The last was the M1 from the late ’70s (actually conceived as a joint project between BMW and Lamborghini), which is an [...]
Land Rover are working on a new Land Rover Defender – Project Icon – based on the current Discovery and due to market in 2012. Yesterday we wrote about the future of Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) and noted that – despite the new models JLR are planning – one model that would continue would be [...]
Overfinch are to build a £140k Range Rover in conjunction with Gun Makers Holland & Holland Overfinch has always done good things with the Range Rover. They’ve made a very sound business out of taking Land Rover’s flagship model and giving it the power and on-road manners keen drivers always sought. And they add a [...]
SEAT are running a new advert for the Altea XL, featuring a ‘Brother Monster’ who – however big he gets – still fits in to the Altea XL. The SEAT Altea is really a jacked-up SEAT Leon. But it was a sensible crossover/estate thingy from SEAT which didn’t really mimic anything else available in the [...]
Mitsubishi’s 2010 Model Year Outlander Reveals Aggressive Styling and Upgraded Features Mitsubishi Motors Australia Limited (MMAL) is pleased to announce the arrival of the 2010 model year Outlander featuring a distinctive and aggressive styling make-over which includes the company’s trademark “jet fighter” grille, and a host of new comfort, convenience and safety appointments. Improvements to [...]
