We have the first official details on the new Koenigsegg One:1, the most extreme Koenigsegg produced to date, a series of 5 cars for China. The Interwebs have been full of speculation about a new Koenigsegg in the last few days – the Koenigsegg One:1 – which has surfaced after a brochure scan for the One:1 was leaked online (above). The […]
Audi Q8 Coupe SUV and Audi A9 coupe on the way
It looks like Audi are to fill more automotive niches with the Audi Q8 Coupe SUV and Audi A9 coupe planned to extend the Audi range. The idea that Audi would jump on the coupe SUV bandwagon has been around for some time. In fact, we reported almost two years ago that Audi would be […]
New Mercedes GL (2013): Price from £59,465 to £91,680
Mercedes has announced that the new 2013 GL will cost from £59,456 for the GL 350 BlueTEC AMG Sport to £91,680 for the GL 63 AMG. [nggallery id=1016 template=customlinks] We got the reveal of the new Mercedes GL back in April (and the GL 63 AMG a month later) and now, with production about to start on […]
2013 Mazda MX-5 Facelift on sale next week
The mildly revised 2013 Mazda MX-5 – with a new nose and some minor tweaks – goes on sale in the UK on 1st December. [nggallery id=1145 template=customlinks] Mazda revealed it was giving the evergreen MX-5 a bit of a tweak for 2013 – although nothing that anything but an MX-5 anorak would notice – back in July, and […]
Bentley SUV will be the Bentley Falcon
It looks like Bentley has come up with a name for its SUV – Bentley Falcon – and, as expected, it will get a complete redesign before it arrives. [nggallery id=979 template=customlinks] It’s only a month since we reported that the Bentley SUV – EXP 9 F – was on hold as VW looked to keep […]
Mercedes CLA Detroit debut & CLA45 AMG at Frankfurt 2013
It looks like 2013 will be the year of the new baby CLS at Mercedes, with the regular Mercedes CLA debuting at Detroit in January and the CLA45 AMG at Frankfurt 2013. [nggallery id=1039 template=customlinks] The new Mercedes A-Class is already filling Mercedes order books more quickly than any Mercedes has before, and with that […]
Hyundai i30 Review: 1.6 CRDi 110PS Blue Drive (2012)
We have the Hyundai i30 Active 1.6 CRDi 110PS Blue Drive in for a week to review and road test. Is the new Hyundai i30 really a match for the VW Golf and Ford Focus? [nggallery id=1313 template=customlinks] Hyundai probably won’t see it quite the same way (they have been in the business of making cars for […]
Car Finance: ING withdrawal sees Bridford & DSG merge
The withdrawal of ING from the UK car finance market has led to the merger of Bridford Financial Solutions and DSG Financial Services. The resilience of the UK’s luxury car market is, to a great degree, driven by the availability of decent finance deals to secure a sale, and much of that business was underwritten by ING. But ING has withdrawn from the […]
Ford Focus WTCC Edition gets 200bhp
World Touring Car outfit Arena has launched the Ford Focus WTCC Edition with a Mountune performance upgrade offering 200bhp. [nggallery id=1312 template=customlinks] If you only saw the ‘Ford Focus WTCC Edition’ in the headline, you’d be forgiven for thinking that this could be a pointer towards a new Focus RS, or even a tweaked and fettled […]
Opel Adam going rallying
Opel is adding a bit of rally credibility to the new Adam by taking it rallying with an Adam R2 rally car for a one-make cup. [nggallery id=1311 template=customlinks] The new Opel Adam (and Vauxhall Adam, for that matter) is a car we love the look of – even if it does seem to be […]