The third Dacia model for the UK – the Dacia Sandero Stepway – a rugged compact crossover based on the Sandero will cost from £7,995. [nggallery id=1321 template=customlinks] There’s no doubt that Renault’s budget Dacia Brand is causing shockwaves across the car industry in the UK, with its ‘Shockingly Affordable’ prices looking too good to […]
Ferrari F70: First Photo
We have what appears to be the first photo of the Enzo replacement – the Ferrari F70 – taken at a private viewing for Ferrari clients in China. Despite expectations that the new Ferrari F70 would be revealed before the end of 2012 – which is what Ferrari boss Luca di Montezemolo told us – we still haven’t had the […]
Buy John Cleese’s Bentley & he’ll take you to lunch
John Cleese is selling his Bentley Eight and throwing in some memorabilia and a lunch on him to the winning bidder. It probably won’t make much of a dent in the reported $1 million a year he has to pay his ex-wife number three, but for John Cleese, every little helps. So with wife number […]
2013 VW Beetle Convertible: Price from £18,150
After a reveal in October, the New Volkswagen Beetle Convertible has debuted at the Los Angeles Auto Show and will cost from £18,150 in the UK. [nggallery id=1269 template=customlinks] In amongst the news from the 2012 Los Angeles Auto Show comes the public debut of the new soft-top Beetle – the 2013 VW Beetle Convertible – and […]
Lotus sues Dany Bahar for £2.5 million
Lotus are suing ousted CEO Dany Bahar for £2.5 million to recover the cost of his expensive lifestyle billed to Lotus. [nggallery id=653 template=customlinks] After lots of grandstanding and lots of promise, but little in the way of substance, ex-Ferrari man Dany Bahar was ousted as CEO of Lotus in May. It seems DBR-HiCom, new […]
McLaren P1 caught on video
We have video of the new McLaren P1 – suitably camouflaged – out testing in Spain as McLaren fettles its Ferrari F70 basher. [nggallery id=1242 template=customlinks] We had the official reveal of the McLaren P1 – McLaren’s successor to the fabled F1 – at the Paris Motor Show in September, and although McLaren were calling […]
2012 Ford Focus ST gets 297bhp
Those clever chaps at SuperChips have given the 2012 Ford Focus ST a bit of an ECU tweak to deliver 297bhp and an extra 85lb/ft of torque. When we reported last week that WTC outfit Arena had in roped Ford’s tuner of choice, Mountune, to give the new Ford Focus a makeover, we were a […]
First Dacia Duster SUVs leave India bound for the UK
The first Dacia Duster SUVs built in RHD for the UK market left India this morning to help satisfy Renault’s growing order book for the Duster. [nggallery id=1036 template=customlinks] Renault may be struggling to sell its mainstream cars in the current economic climate, but it’s having no problems shifting cars in its budget Dacia range, […]
Hyundai U.S. fuel economy mess cleverly sorted
Hyundai and Kia’s misstated fuel economy figures in the U.S. could have been a PR disaster, but it looks like prompt action has limited any real damage. We moan constantly about ‘Official’ fuel economy figures (yes, we moan a lot). They’re good for nothing except limited comparison between the efficiency of different cars from different car makers. Worse than […]
Desperately seeking Toyota Carina E
It’s 20 years next month since Toyota opened its Burnaston Plant in the UK, and they’re desperately seeking the earliest Carina E built in 1992. Twenty years ago next month, in December 1992, Toyota started producing cars in the UK in a new plant at Burnaston in Derbyshire. And with such a milestone looming, Toyota are keen to celebrate. So they put out […]