Peugeot is cutting back on production of the new 208 as its sales fail to reach expectations, just six months on from launch. [nggallery id=811 template=customlinks] As far as we can see, the new Peugeot 208 has a lot to recommend it. It’s decent looking, well priced and is perhaps the best small Peugeot since […]
2013 Range Rover gets its first Award
The 2013 Range Rover – which has just arrived at the 2012 Paris Motor Show – has garnered its first award as the top 4×4 by the Sunday Times. [nggallery id=1178 template=customlinks] We have no doubt that the 2013 Range Rover – Land Rover’s first new Range Rover in a decade – will be mopping up the award gongs […]
Volvo V40 Cross Country & V40 R-Design: UK Price
We have UK prices for the Volvo V40 R-Design and V40 Cross Country. The V40 Cross Country starts at £22,595 and the V40 R-Design at £22,295. [nggallery id=1264 template=customlinks] Last week we had news of the prices for the new Volvo V40 Cross Country – Volvo’s ‘Allroad’ take on the new V40 – from Sweden, […]
Hyundai Veloster Review: Sport 1.6 GDi (2012)
We have the new Hyundai Veloster Sport 1.6 GDi – complete with Media Pack – in for review and road test. A quirky Hyundai coupe – but is it any good? [nggallery id=1274 template=customlinks] Along with a sizeable chunk of UK car buyers, we’re big fans of the recent cars from Hyundai. Well built, decent looking […]
2013 Renault Clio: Price & Specification revealed
The new 2013 Renault Clio 4 arrived officially at the Paris Motor Show and we now have full details of price and specification ahead of the on sale date. [nggallery id=1137 template=customlinks] The new 2013 Renault Clio (the fourth version of the Clio) was actually revealed back in July and, although it’s not a completely new Clio […]
Lamborghini 50th Anniversary Grand Tour
2013 is the 50th anniversary of the creation of Lamborghini by Ferruccio Lamborghini and is being celebrated by the Lamborghini 50th Anniversary Grand Tour. Ferruccio Lamborghini may just have been a tractor builder in the eyes of Enzo Ferrari, but 50 years on from the point where Ferruccio Lamborghini started to make the cars he wanted to drive […]
Electric car sales DOWN 20% in 2012 – time to scrap subsidies for EVs?
The SMMT are reporting that sales of electric cars in the UK have fallen by 20 per cent in the year to date (2012). Despite every green evangelist proclaiming that electric cars are the way to save the planet from imminent doom, UK car buyers obviously disagree. Despite a taxpayer bribe of £5000 to buy an over-priced electric car, car […]
Volvo V60 T6 Polestar Review (2012)
We have the AWD, R-Design equipped Volvo V60 T6 Polestar in for a road test and review. Can a 329bhp, 4WD Volvo estate make sense? [nggallery id=1273 template=customlinks] So, you buy a Volvo estate if you want to lug round big lumps of brown furniture from boot sale to Antique fair. Don’t you? Not any […]
Range Rover Evoque gets cheaper in USA
Land Rover has introduced a new entry-level Range Rover Evoque for the US with fewer toys and a lower price tag. It’s quite hard to believe that the USA has taken to the Range Rover Evoque considering their love for full size SUVs and their general feeling of unease about the reliability of Land Rover’s products. But take to […]
Fiat 500 Review (2012): 500C Cabriolet TwinAir
We have the cabriolet version of the Fiat 500 in for review and road test – the Fiat 500C – with the 2 cylinder TwinAir engine. [nggallery id=1272 template=customlinks] As recreations of iconic cars from the past go, the Fiat 500 is a convincing effort. It’s fun, it’s good looking and it works as a […]