The Skoda Fabia Monte Carlo Tech Edition is a limited edition of the already limited edition Fabia Monte Carlo, with added equipment. We all understand that producing limited edition cars adds a bit of showroom gloss, with car makers adding something extra – and often unique to the model, to create a ‘Limited Edition’ with extra […]
BMW X4 Leaks
We have the first official photos of the BMW X4 SUV – the ‘Lifestyle’ version of the X3 – which we expect to debut at the Shanghai Motor Show this month. [nggallery id=1468 template=customlinks] We’ve known for a while that the BMW X4 was on the way – although we’d expected it to launch at Detroit […]
New VW Golf GTI: Price from £25,845
Volkswagen has revealed that the 2013 Golf GTI MK 7 will cost from £25,845 – £195 up on the old GTI – with the GTi Performance from £26,825. [nggallery id=1253 template=customlinks] We revealed the 2013 VW Golf GTI back in September and now, after a debut at the Geneva Motor Show in March, it’s ready to go […]
Are used car prices about to spiral down?
CAP – the used car price specialists – are warning that used car prices, particularly ‘almost’ new car prices, are set to tumble as nearly new cars hit the market. The car market in the UK has proved amazingly resilient to the general malaise in the economy, with new car sales continuing to rise strongly and used cars seemingly immune to […]
New Ford Kuga production increased to meet strong demand
Ford has revealed that it having to increase production of the new Kuga by 10 per cent at its Valencia Plant to meet strong demand. [nggallery id=982 template=customlinks] Three years ago, when we reviewed the Ford Kuga, we decided that the Kuga, rather than the Mondeo or Focus, was the true inheritor of the affordable […]
Detroit Electric SP:01 – it’s a Lotus Exige EV
Detroit Electric has revealed the SP:01, a Lotus Exige based electric sports car promising 0-62mph in 3.7 seconds and a range of 190 miles. 999 are being built. [nggallery id=1467 template=customlinks] It may sound a bit familiar as a project: Take the underpinnings of a Lotus Exige, bolt in an electric motor and a battery bank and […]
2013 Ford Mondeo launches in China. UK & Europe still waiting.
With the UK and Europe having to wait until 2014 to get the new Ford Mondeo, Ford has managed to launch the new Mondeo in China this week. [nggallery id=895 template=customlinks] With Ford in the process of closing their plant in Genk, production of the new Ford Mondeo has been put on hold until Ford can transfer […]
VW Polo R-Line Style & more equipment across Polo range
Volkswagen has introduced the VW Polo R-Line Style – price from £11,740 – in the UK and added more equipment across the Polo range for 2013. We though that VW had done the R-Line thing with the launch of the Polo R-Line this time last year, but it seems the bean counters at Volkswagen have worked out […]
2013 Skoda Superb Facelift revealed
The Skoda Superb has been given a facelift for 2013 with cosmetic tweaks and improved emissions and economy. Debuts at Shanghai Motor Show. [nggallery id=1466 template=customlinks] Skoda are busy at the moment updating their range of cars, and the latest to come under the knife is the Skoda Superb which gets a facelift for 2013 and will […]
Hennessey Venom GT hits 265.7mph for new world top speed record (+ video)
The Hennessey Venom GT – an American, Lotus Elise-based supercar – has clocked 265.7mph for a new world record top speed for a production car. [nggallery id=1465 template=customlinks] Somehow, the fastest production car in the world title seems pretty irrelevant when there’s almost nowhere you could actually manage to emulate top speed claims in the real […]