The Infiniti Emerg-E from the Geneva Motor Show was actually a Lotus Evora 414E under the skin making production more likely. One of the stars of the Geneva Motor Show in March was the stunningly good looking Infiniti Emerg-E, a range-extender sports car from Nissan’s posh arm offering 402bhp from a pair of electric motors and a […]
Jaguar F-Type to get 5.0 litre Supercharged V8
We already know the new Jaguar F-Type will get a supercharged V6 and now it seems it will also get a supercharged V8 option. There’s a lot resting on the new Jaguar F-Type for JLR. The first two-seat Jaguar for half a century and the first Jaguar designed and built entirely under Tata’s ownership. We already know that Jaguar […]
Aston Martin DBS Ultimate Edition mooted as run-out special
The Aston Martin DBS is to be refreshed at the end of 2012 and AML look set to produce a run-out model – the DBS Ultimate Edition. There’s no doubt that Aston Martin likes a variation on a theme, and has a real penchant for a limited edition car whenever a suitable occasion can be found. So […]
MG Icon wins Best Concept: Beijing 2012
The MG Icon – an SUV/Crossover Concept – has won the ‘Best Concept’ Award at the Beijing Motor Show from Autoweek Magazine. Just before the Beijing Motor Show kicked off we got the first sketches of the MG Icon, a compact, funky SUV Crossover in the mould of the Nissan Juke with an MGB bonnet […]
Volkswagen reveals VW Polo R-Line
Volkswagen has added an R-Line trim for the Polo in the UK. Comes in 3dr or 5dr with 105PS 1.2 TSI engine. Starts at £15,195. We tend to think of the VW R-Line cars as a bolt-on sporty pack for VW’s more prosaic offerings. For example, the Tiguan R-Line is an add-on pack across the […]
Bye bye Maserati Kubang – hello Maserati Cinqueporte?
Maserati has decided that now the world has seen its Kubang Concept it’s going to retire it from public view ahead of a production reveal. The Maserati Kubang is the concept for an SUV that’s been doing the motor show rounds since it arrived at Frankfurt last year. Currently on show in Beijing, it appears that the trip […]
New Bugatti Galibier tease video seems a bit…familiar
The Interwebs are full of a ‘new’ video of the 4-door Bugatti Galibier. But Cars UK published the same video in 2009. Is the Bugatti Galibier going to make it in to production? Of course it is. Is the Bugatti Veyron going to disappear to make way for the Galibier? Of course not. They are the […]
2013 Audi RS6 spy video
The next generation of the Audi RS6 caught on video testing at the Nurburgring. The RS6 Avant is expected to arrive early 2013. We’ve had the new Audi S6 – and S6 Avant – arrive to put a performance halo at the top of the new A6 range, but there’s still a level to go […]
Nissan GT-R Track Pack arrives in UK
Just in case a Nissan GT-R isn’t quite aggressive enough you can now have the Nissan GT-R Track Pack in the UK. Costs £10k. When Nissan told us the Track Pack for the GT-R was going to be available in the UK for £10k they said it would reach Nissan’s UK showrooms by March. So by car industry […]
Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8: Australia gets 1,000 but UK gets just 100
The range-topping Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8 arrives in the UK in the Autumn, but just 100 cars are allocated to the UK in the first year. We like just about everything that makes up the new Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8. We like its styling – still very US but with a welcome does of European panache; we […]