Better Place, the Israeli company that planned to revolutionise electric car ownership by offering battery swap technology, has filed for bankruptcy. It seemed like a good idea: take the cost of batteries out of the cost of buying an electric car and instead charge EV owners to use ‘Battery Swap’ stations where depleted batteries could […]
BMW 4 Series Coupe makes UK debut at PGA Championship
[nggallery id=1324 template=customlinks] The BMW 4 Series Coupe Concept – the soon to arrive replacement for the old 3 Series Coupe – has made its UK debut at the BMW PGA Championships this weekend. We had our first look at the car that will replace the old 3-Series Coupe ahead of its debut at the […]
1953 Ferrari 340/375 MM Pinin Farina Berlinetta ‘Competizione’ makes €9,856,000
[nggallery id=1522 template=customlinks] A 1953 Ferrari 340/375 MM Pinin Farina Berlinetta ‘Competizione’ has made €9,856,000 in R. M. Auctions Villa Erba sale during the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este weekend. It’s the annual Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este festival of supercars and classic cars this weekend, and poart of that is the RM Auctions sale at Vella Erba, on the […]
Henrik Fisker wants to buy back Fisker
[nggallery id=1015 template=customlinks] Henrik Fisker has teamed up with Hong Kong billionaire Richard Li to try and save the Fisker Car Company from bankruptcy. The resignation of Henrik Fisker in March from the eponymous company he worked so hard to build in to a credible ‘Green’ car company precipitated the meltdown of Fisker, which now […]
Hyundai i20 WRC starts testing
Ahead of an official WRC debut in Monte Carlo in January 2014, Hyundai has starting testing their i20 WRC Rally car on real roads. Hyundai has been busy plotting its return to WRC Rallying for 2014, but so far it’s all been about behind the scenes work on building an i20 capable of taking on […]
Monaco Grand Prix (2013): RESULT
With a Mercedes front row – and Rosberg on pole – can Mercedes finally turn their stunning qualifying in to a stunning result in Monaco? Monaco can often be a bit of a procession, with limited opportunities to pass, and the 2013 Monaco Grand Prix was no different. But it was so interspersed with accident and […]
Best Western Hotels rolling out EV charging points in the UK
Best Western Hotels – a chain of independently run hotels in the UK – are fitting electric car charging points in their hotel car parks. We’re electric car sceptics – or at least sceptical about their ability to replace the ICE car as our principal form of personal transport – although EVs do have their […]
Renault Twin’Run takes on Renault 5 Turbo & Clio V6 (video)
The new V6 powered Renault Twin’Run concept takes on its predecessors – the R 5 Turbo and Clio V6 – in a trailer clip for a longer film – Block Racer. [nggallery id=1521 template=customlinks] It’s only a couple of days since the Renault Twin’Run Concept sprang in to life, complete with V6 Turbo powering the […]
Monaco Grand Prix: It’s a Mercedes front row
Nico Rosberg beat Lewis Hamilton to pole position in the 2013 Monaco Grand Prix by 0.091s to take his third consecutive pole and the second Mercedes front row in succession. Two weeks ago in Spain, Nico Rosberg pipped team mate Lewis Hamilton to pole position, and he’s pulled the same trick on the streets of […]
Aston Martin teases new car – could this be the ‘Final Edition’ V12 Vantage? (video)
Aston Martin has released a video teasing a new car, but rather than a new car it looks like it could be a ‘Run Out’ Edition of the V12 Vantage. We reported recently that Aston Martin had told its dealers to stop taking orders for the V12 Vantage Coupe, which we took to mean the […]