June 19, 2013

New Mercedes S Class starts production – & reveals the new S 63 AMG

2014 Mercedes S 63 AMG photo

Mercedes has started production of the new S Class and revealed a video of the S C lass rolling off the production line, one of which is the 2014 Mercedes S 63 AMG. Last month we finally had the reveal of the new 2014 Mercedes S Class and it’s now started production in Sindelfingen in Germany. [...]

New BMW 4 Series: Official – Full specs, prices and photos

Photo of new BMW 4 Series

BMW has revealed the production version of the 2014 4 Series – the new 3 Series Coupe – and we have specifications, prices and plenty of photos. We had the arrival of the new BMW 4 Series as a concept back in  December, but this afternoon BMW has revealed details of the production 4 Series [...]

Toyota GT86 TRD Griffon heading for Goodwood FoS

Photo of Toyota GT86 TRD Griffon on track

An extreme version of Toyota’s TRD GT86 – the GT86 TRD Griffon is heading for the Goodwdood Festival of Speed, but it gets no more power. We’ve had a road-going version of the Toyota GT86 fettled by TRD and now we’re getting a track-focused version too. Just like the Toyota GT86 TRD, the Griffon version [...]

Audi RS6 Avant heads for EJAF with a little help from Gwyneth Paltrow

Photo of Gwyneth Paltrow signing Audi RS6 Avant

The Audi RS6 Avant is heading for auction at Elton John’s White Tie & Tiara Ball to raise funds for the EJAF, signed by Gwyneth Paltrow. Audi UK has a bit of a history of donating cars for auction at Elton John’s annual White Tie & Tiara Ball in aid of the Elton John Aids [...]

Porsche shows Cayenne can do off-road – just like the new Range Rover Sport

Photo of Porsche Cayenne S Diesel off-road

The Porsche Cayenne Diesel S is out on the Porsche Performance Drive 2013 from Chisinau to Bratislava, proving it can do off-road like a Range Rover Sport. The Porsche Cayenne has come in for some stick since it first arrived a decade ago as the first SUV from Porsche. The world declared the Cayenne too ugly [...]

Want to be a Racing Driver? Fiat’s Abarth could have the answer

Abarth Racing photo

Abarth – Fiat’s sporty division – is running a competition to find racing drivers with winners joining a 10 day camp to be assessed by international motorsport coaches. It’s every boy’s dream to be a racing driver and get behind the wheel of a race car for real, and Abarth - the go-faster bit of Fiat – may [...]

Electric Ford Focus starts European production

Photo of Ford Focus EV Europe

Ford has started to build the electric Ford Focus in Saarlouis, in Germany, alongside the regular Focus, with the Focus EV reaching customers in July. The electric Ford Focus is already in production, and on sale, in the USA, and now it’s gone in to production in Germany ahead of arriving with owners in July. So [...]

New Range Rover is Car Dealer’s Car of the Year

Photo of award winning new Range Rover

The new 2013 Range Rover has won the Car Dealer Magazine Car of the Year Award, voted on by 2500 dealerships across the UK. The new Range Rover may have started its trophy cabinet with an award for the best 4×4 from the Sunday Times – even though they’d never driven it – but the [...]

MG3 UK details & photos revealed

Photo MG3 UK

MG has released details and photos of the 2014 MG3 for the UK, which gets a lot of customisation options and a 1.5 litre petrol engine. Arrives September 2013. MG has revealed the MG3 for the UK market at their European Design Centre in Birmingham, ahead of a debut in the UK market in the [...]

Volkswagen Golf R Cabriolet price cut – down by £5,600

Photo Golf R Cabriolet

Volkswagen has decided that the price they were asking for the new Golf R Cabriolet was silly, so it’s price is being cut by £5,600 to £33,170. We’ve long wondered why Volkswagen hadn’t built a Golf R Cabriolet. But when they did finally bite the bullet and take the top of the Golf R for [...]