An industry report claims the UK Government’s Department for International Trade is searching for a UK site for a new Tesla Gigafactory. All the UK car news in recent months has, unsurprisingly, been pretty negative, with production virtually at zero and even apparently successful companies like McLaren cutting jobs and trying to raise finance as […]
New Volkswagen Golf gets a BIT cheaper with new 1.0 litre three-cylinder engine option
The new MK 8 Volkswagen Golf range gets extended with the arrival of the Golf Life 1.0 TSI with a three-cylinder engine good for 109bhp. Costs from £23,300. The Volkswagen Golf MK 8 finally arrived in the UK in March as VW managed to drag themselves away from the ID.3 electric future and pay a […]
UK car production DOWN 99.7% in April – just 197 cars completed
Car production in the UK fell by 97.7 per cent in April as car production shut down in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. Just 197 cars completed. With the world and his dog on lockdown, and car factories across the UK lying idle, it’s not exactly a big surprise that UK car production all […]
Nissan 370Z replacement – probably the Nissan 400Z – TEASED in Nissan Transformation presentation
A replacement for the Nissan 370Z – which is expected to be the Nissan 400Z – gets a short tease on Nissan’s Transformation Plan video. How long has the Nissan 370Z been around? More than a decade is the answer, which means it’s been due a replacement for at least half its life, although it […]
New BMW 4 Series Coupe TEASED – complete with ‘Statement’ grille
BMW begins the tease for the new 4 Series Coupe with a single image showing the front of the new 4 Series, complete with big vertical kidney grille. It’s nine years since we learnt that there would be no more BMW 3 Series Coupe, and instead the Coupe take on the 3 Series would be […]
Mercedes E-Class Coupe and Cabriolet updated for 2020
Mercedes updates the E-Class Cabriolet and E-Class Coupe, with styling tweaks, updated engines and tech improvements. On sale in the UK in June. The Mercedes E-Class Cabriolet and Coupe have always been a stylish, and quite reserved, take on the four-door Mercedes E-Class saloon, and now, along with their four-door siblings, they’re in for a […]
Volvo XC40 Recharge P8 – Volvo’s ELECTRIC XC40 – now on sale in the UK
The Volvo XC40 Recharge – the BEV take on Volvo’s smallest SUV – is now on sale in the UK with prices from £53,155 and first customer deliveries in early 2021. Covid-19 lockdown or not, Volvo has been quite busy getting the XC40 Recharge – that’s the electric version of the XC40 SUV – front […]
MINI Countryman gets the MILDEST of facelifts for 2020
The MINI Countryman gets treated to a mild cosmetic facelift for 202, with improved engine efficiency and some improved technology. It’s easy to think of the MINI Countryman as the MINI for people who’ve actually out-grown MINI but still want to think of themselves as young, free and single, when in reality they have kids […]
BMW 5 Series and 6 Series GT FACELIFT – and there’s a new BMW X2 PHEV too
The BMW 5 Series and 6 Series Gran Turismo get a 2020 facelift including mild hybrid and PHEV powertrains, and there’s a new BMW X2 PHEV too. If you saw the teaser for the 2020 BMW 5 Series Facelift earlier this month, you’ll know it gets a titivated face for 2020 as BMW gives the […]
Hyundai Santa Fe TEASED ahead of a facelift – but it’s more than just a cosmetic tweak for the 2020 Santa Fe
Hyundai begins the tease for a facelift of the Santa Fe SUV, but it’s more than that with a new platform and hybrid and plug-in hybrid powertrains too. When it comes to mid-life facelifts for cars you can usually bank on new bumpers, new lights and new alloys, some extra technology and a tweak or […]