Richard Noble’s Bloodhound Land Speed Record attempt will now be carbon neutral thanks to sponsorship by Carbon Neutral Investments (CNI). People like Richard Noble – leader of the Bloodhound Project aiming to break the 1000mph land speed record – are made of the same stuff as Spitfire pilots and Biggles, with a gung-ho approach to the inherent dangers and an […]
New Kia Cee’d & Procee’d GT Turbo Geneva 2013 debut
Kia will launch the Cee’d & Pro_cee’d GT at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show with a 200bhp Turbo engine and cosmetic tweaks. [nggallery id=1228 template=customlinks] With the cars of Kia (and sister company, Hyundai) becoming ever more convincing with every passing year, the time had to come when the Koreans figured it was right to […]
Audi R8 e-tron: Killed off before it launches?
It’s being reported that the electric Audi R8 e-tron is close to being killed off before production starts, as Audi question its viability. [nggallery id=266 template=customlinks] The electric R8 – the Audi R8 e-tron – arrived in a fanfare of electric car evangelism at the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show – complete with outrageous claims for its power and torque – and […]
Ford to shut up shop in Belgium in 2014
Ford has revealed plans to stop producing cars at its production facility in Genk, Belgium in 2014. Production will move to Spain and Germany. Finally, the inevitable is happening – Ford is moving to reduce its manufacturing capacity in Europe. For plans to close its production facility in Genk, Belgium in 2014, with production of the new Mondeo, S-Max and Galaxy moving to Valencia in […]
Your new Volvo will drive itself by 2014
Volvo is ready to offer an autonomous driving system in their cars by 2014 that will drive the car for you in traffic jams. Every petrolhead on the planet will throw their hands up in horror at the news that Volvo are to introduce a semi-autonomous driving system in to their cars in 2014. But […]
Jaguar Land Rover Virtual Showroom
Jaguar Land Rover has developed a Virtual Showroom allowing customers to engage and interact with almost life-size cars. If you were at the debut of the 2013 Range Rover and new Jaguar F-Type in Paris last month you may well have seen Jaguar Land Rover’s new Virtual Showroom on display, and it looks like JLR […]
New Mercedes A Class: Production increased to meet demand
With over 70,000 orders already in the pipeline for the new Mercedes A Class, Mercedes are increasing production to meet demand. [nggallery id=983 template=customlinks] If anything demonstrates the ongoing trend for downsizing in cars, the news that Mercedes are having to increase production of the new A Class to cope with the order book they already have does it convincingly. The […]
Hyundai i30 R Turbo at Geneva 2013
The anticipated ‘hot’ Hyundai i30 looks like it’s arriving at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show with the turbo engine from the Veloster. It’s nearly a year since we reported that Hyundai were planning to make a performance version of the i30, with the 1.6 litre turbo from the Velsoter Turbo promising decent performance and up to 200bhp. Now Autoblog […]
Skoda Superb Outdoor: Price & Specs
The ‘Allroad’ version of the Skoda Superb Estate – the Skoda Superb Outdoor – will cost from £26,465 in the UK and gets extra equipment. The Skoda Superb outdoor – a rufty-tufty ‘Allroad’ Superb estate – was revealed by Skoda back in June when it appeared the ‘Outdoor’ bit was going to be a bolt-on pack for […]
London Black Taxi maker Manganese Bronze in administration
Manganese Bronze – makers of the London Black Cab – has called in administrators after failing to secure funding following a TX4 recall. Manganese Bronze – makers of the iconic London Black Cab – has had a pretty torrid few years. They sold a chunk of their shares in LTI (London Taxis International) to China’s […]