In part 2 of our review and road test of the Range Rover TDV8 Autobiography, we examine why the Range Rover is much greater than the sum of its parts. After 40 years of Range Rover, buyers know that the Range Rover stands alone. There is no other car that can do Grouse Moor and [...]
We have the Range Rover 3.6 TDV8 Autobiography for a week to review and road test. Is it still the best, or is the Range Rover past its best? The Range Rover – as most of you already know from the celebrations Land Rover had in June – is forty years old this year. Which [...]
Ford are going to manage battery temperature in the electric Focus to improve range and battery longevity. Just like everyone else, Ford is working on battery electric vehicles. And in particular – certainly in the UK – they’re working on an Electric Ford Focus. Which for us is a daft way to go. Electric cars [...]
NEW MINI COUNTRYMAN MAKES ITS UK DEBUT MINI will launch its latest and largest model, the MINI Countryman, to the UK market on September 18 2010. Countryman will be the fourth member of the MINI family following Hatch, Convertible and Clubman but the first to have four doors, seating for five adults and the first [...]
The MINI Countryman hits the UK this month, and MINI has marked that with Countryman Video, Photos and information specific to the UK. To be honest, if we were to cover every MINI as it hits the UK – in addition to reporting its initial reveal – since BMW revived the MINI badge we’d have a whole [...]
We have the first photos of the SSC Ultimate Aero II, which hopes to take back the crown as world’s fastest production car in 2011 The car world may have been in melt down for the last year or three, but some things are beyond recession. Ultimate hypercars is one, and it seems there are [...]
Gumpert – makers of extreme road-going race cars – has been brought back from the financial brink with investment from Asia. There are some bonkers car manufacturers out there. But precious few make cars quite as bonkers as the Gumpert. Or, some would argue, quite as ugly. But not so ugly you don’t covet them After all, the Gumpert Apollo S [...]
Renault has revealed tweaks to the Renault Laguna for 2011 with a revised nose and Euro 5 compliant engines. The 2011 Renault Laguna will debut at the Paris Motor Show. Just like yesterday with the Citroen C4 Picasso Facelift, this Renault Laguna Facelift is about having new product to show to the world at the [...]
Chevrolet are showing the Chevrolet Cruze Hatchback at the Paris Motor Show before it goes in to production mid 2011. Chevrolet are trying hard in Europe. Last year we saw the launch of the Chevy Cruze in to Europe – before even the US got it – and we recently reported on the Chevrolet Orlando [...]
Having already gone mad by Aston-ising a Toyota IQ, Aston Martin have lost the plot and are planning an electric Aston Martin Cygnet. When Aston Martin first revealed the re-badged Toyota iQ as the Aston Martin Cygnet we were quite enamoured by the idea. But only because Aston Martin inferred – no, they actually said [...]
Citroen has revealed a 2011 facelift for the C4 Picasso and the C4 Grand Picasso. But you’d be hard pushed to notice. As you can’t have failed to notice – even though it is still a month away – Europe’s second biggest motor show is looming – the Paris Motor Show 2010. And you’d have [...]
Hyundai has revealed a teaser sketch of their latest offering – the Hyundai ix20 – a sort of crossover come mini mpv. Will debut at Paris As is often the case, ‘revealed’ is perhaps too strong a word for what we have on Hyndai’s latest offering – the Hyundai ix20. One up from a tease [...]
We have spy shots of the Ford Fiesta Crossover – a high-riding Fiesta designed to take on the likes of Nissan’s Juke and MINI’s Countryman. The car landscape never stands still, and as new flavours of car become fashionable every mass car maker does their best to jump on the bandwagon with a model designed to [...]
Suzuki has released model and price details for the 2011 Suzuki Swift. Starts at just £9,995 for the SZ2 manual, rising to £13,245 for the SZ4 auto. Suzuki gave us some details – and an official photo – of the 2011 Suzuki Swift back in June. But their hand was somewhat forced after photos leaked [...]
Toyota will be launching a mini MPV – the Toyota Verso S – at the Paris Motor Show next month. It always seems like something of an oxymoron – mini MPV – but there really is no other way to describe Toyota’s new B-Class MPV – the Toyota Verso-S. Unfortunately, this release by Toyota is [...]
We have spy shots in of the next generation SLK – the 2012 Mercedes SLK – which show a car with a new nose, reshaped flanks and tweaked back end. Considering we’re not actually expecting the next generation Mercedes SLK to hit the roads until 2012 – although it will surface in 2011 – we’ve been [...]
