Ford has announced that the new Focus ST will cost £21,995 and the Ford Focus ST Estate £23,095. Goes on sale 1st June. To be honest, we’ve been expecting the new Ford Focus ST to start heading for showrooms for a while, but for whatever reason Ford has kept delaying its arrival. But no more. […]
BMW M7 coming after all?
Despite BMW’s stating they will never make an M7, BMW’s American boss Ludwig Willisch says it will happen. Three years ago the BMW ‘M’ anoraks got excited when they thought BMW was about to produce a range-topping M7, but it turned out the photos that elicited their excitement were simply a 7 Series with an M Sport pack […]
Mercedes CLS Shooting Brake Goodwood FoS debut
The estate version of the Mercedes-Benz CLS – the Mercedes CLS Shooting Brake – will debut at the 2012 Goodwood Festival of Speed. The Mercedes CLS Shooting Brake – well, a concept CLS SB – bowed in at the Beijing Motor Show in 2010 and although we’ve seen it running around the roads, it’s seemed […]
Monaco Grand Prix (2012) RESULT
Mark Webber starts on pole for Red Bull with Rosberg’s Mercedes alongside. It should stay much the same at the Monaco Grand Prix, but did it? It may have taken a mistake in Barcelona by Schumacher to see Mark Webber on pole at the 2012 Monaco Grand Prix, but with a tight street circuit like […]
New Mercedes A Class advert with no mention of Mercedes – or A Class
Mercedes-Benz are launching an advert campaign for the new Mercedes A Class that features just an image and the hashtag – #NewGeneration. Traditional advertising dictates that you need to get your brand front and centre and end with strapline that states what’s on offer. But Mercedes are going a different route with the New A Class. Aiming […]
Eric Clapton’s Ferrari SP12 EC ‘Official’
The Ferrari BB inspired Eric Clapton Ferrari – which is actually a 458 under the skin – is officially acknowledged by Maranello. Eric Clapton’s new Ferrari was all over the place in March as it sat in pride of place in a glass box at H.R. Owen’s in London. Except officially it wasn’t God’s new […]
New Porsche 911 Club Coupe revealed
Porsche will reveal a very limited special edition 911 to celebrate 60 years of Porsche Clubs – the Porsche 911 Club Coupe. Porsche built its first car in 1948 and it took just four years for the very first Porsche Club to arrive – Porsche Club Westfalen. To celebrate 60 years of Porsche Clubs, Porsche is building a […]
Schumacher takes pole in Monaco – but starts sixth
Michael Schumacher takes pole position in the 2012 Monaco F1 Grand Prix, but starts sixth after a penalty from Barcelona. Turn the clock back a day or two at the 2012 Monaco Grand Prix and all the clever money would have been on Lotus dominating proceedings. But 48 hours is a long time in a […]
New BMW 7 Series priced from £58,115
The facelifted BMW 7 Series will arrive in the UK in September and cost from £58,118 for the 730d rising to £104,050 for the 760Li M Sport. We had the reveal of the new BMW 7 Series (well, a facelift) earlier this week, but what we didn’t have was an arrival date in the UK or any […]
Lotus boss Dany Bahar ousted
Controversial Lotus boss Dany Bahar has been suspended from Lotus pending an enquiry in to his conduct. Since ex-Ferrari man Dany Bahar arrived at Lotus it’s all turned in to a bit of a soap opera. From announcing the creation of six new Lotus cars and plans to turn Lotus in to an East Anglian cross […]