The new Range Rover – fresh from its world debut at the 2012 Paris Motor Show – has now arrived in one of its key markets – the Middle East. [nggallery id=1178 template=customlinks] The 2013 Range Rover looks set to keep the Range Rover crown as the luxury SUV of choice for the wealthy, with […]
Hyundai i30 Tourer gets five-star Euro NCAP
The latest version of Hyundai’s i30 Estate – the Hyundai i30 Tourer – has gained a five-star Euro NCAP safety rating – the same as the i30 hatch. [nggallery id=953 template=customlinks] Apart from Hyundai’s huge all round improvement in the appeal of their cars over the last few years, style, dynamics and equipment aren’t the only things […]
New VW Golf MK 7 goes on sale
The 2013 Volkswagen Golf – the Golf Mk 7 – is now on sale in the UK just weeks after its official debut at the 2012 Paris Motor Show. [nggallery id=1211 template=customlinks] It often takes months from a new car’s official debut before it goes on sale, but not so with the MK 7 Golf. Volkswagen […]
2013 New York F1 Grand Prix cancelled
The 2013 Grand Prix of America in New Jersey has been dropped as organisers run out of time to prepare for the New York street F1 event. With Bernie Ecclestone pushing to get America to fall in love with F1, a headline F1 act on the streets of New York – a Monaco GP for […]
Citroen DS3 Cabrio to get Top Gear Live UK debut
The drop top version of the DS3 – the Citroen DS3 Cabrio – is to get its UK debut at this year’s Top Gear Live shows. [nggallery id=1204 template=customlinks] There’s been expectation that Citroen would chop the top off the excellent DS3 ever since the tin top version of the DS3 launched 3 years ago, […]
Hyundai i30 SR – a taste of Sporty Hyundai
Hyundai in Australia has revealed the Hyundai i30 SR, an i30 with a 2.0 litre petrol engine and a sportier edge. [nggallery id=1283 template=customlinks] Hyundai in the UK defaults to its diesel engine offerings across almost its entire range, with the Golf challenging i30 offering only a 1.4 litre petrol with a very modest 98bhp apart from […]
German new car sales drop 11 per cent – pre-reg accounts for 33.5 per cent
New car sales in Germany dropped by 11 per cent in September with pre-reg cars accounting for over a third of all sales. [nggallery id=983 template=customlinks] The UK bucked the European trend in new car sales in September as sales fell across the continent, with even Germany – which is almost a quarter of the European car […]
Volkswagen puts a price on the VW Polo BlueGT
The Volkswagen Polo Blue GT – a warmed over Polo – will cost from £17,400 for the 1.4-litre 138bhp 6 spd manual. [nggallery id=986 template=customlinks] Volkswagen revealed the Polo BlueGT at this year’s Geneva Motor Show as the acceptable face of green performance for cars, if there is such a thing. The Polo Blue GT gets […]
New Jeep Grand Cherokee S-Limited launches
Jeep has revealed a limited edition Grand Cherokee with the looks of the SRT8 but without the price or outright power – the new Jeep Grand Cherokee S-Limited. Reports of the death of the SUV have been greatly exaggerated in recent years, and the whole SUV sector – from compact to full size – still holds a […]
Want to see the new Jaguar XF Sportbrake ahead of the pack?
The new Jaguar XF Sportbrake is heading in to Jaguar showrooms next month, but Scottish Jaguar dealers Taggarts are ahead of the game. [nggallery id=968 template=customlinks] The Jaguar XF Sportbrake – the long awaited XF Estate – finally got a public debut at the Geneva Motor Show in the spring (after a long teaser campaign from Jaguar before it […]