The new Renault Clio E-Tech Hybrid goes on sale this month with prices starting at £21,295 as Renault aims to pick up stranded Ford Fiesta buyers. It’s more than three months since Renault revealed a refreshed Clio as they take aim at buyers who can no longer buy a Ford Fiesta, with new looks and […]
Skoda Scala and Skoda Kamiq SUV get a facelift and extra tech
Skoda has revealed facelifts for the Skoda Scala and Skoda Kamiq, with the usual tweaks to bumpers, grille, lights and wheels plus additional tech. It’s time for Skoda to refresh a couple of its smaller models, with facelifts revealed for both the Skoda take on the VW Golf – the Skoda Scala – and the […]
Volkswagen Polo GTI Edition 25 costs £31,295 – 350 for the UK
The Volkswagen Polo GTI Edition 25 – celebrating 25 years of Polo GTI – costs £31,295, with 350 for the UK. On sale 3 August. In May, VW revealed the Volkswagen Polo GTI Edition 25 to mark 25 years since the Polo GTI arrived to add the GTI badge to the Polo almost two decades […]
Electric Honda e:Ny1 costs from £44,995 – the same as the Tesla Model Y
The new Electric Honda e:Ny1, Honda’s answer to the Tesla Model Y, goes on sale in October with prices from £44,995. Honda revealed its first ‘proper’ electric car – the Honda e:Ny1 – a couple of months ago as it moved on from the niche, and expensive, Honda-e, and despite Honda CEO, Takahiro Hachigo, stating […]
BYD Seal U electric SUV heading for the UK to challenge the Tesla Model Y and VW ID.4
The BYD Seal U – an SUV take on the BYD Seal – is heading for the UK to challenge EVs like the Tesla Model 3 and VW ID.4. Due in 2024. It’s more than 14 years since BYD delivered the BYD T6 as a Chinese copy of the Porsche Cayenne and the BYD S6 […]
New Mercedes V-Class and electric EQV pushing upmarket – to counter the Lexus LM?
The Mercedes V-Class and its electric sibling the EQV push further upmarket as the 2024 V-Class is revealed ahead of arriving next year. When we revealed the new Lexus LM MPV last week, we were a bit surprised to learn that the LM costs about £20k more than the current default choice of luxury MPV, […]
UK car production UP by 16.2% in June – First half up by 11.7%
UK car production continues its recovery, with numbers up by 11.7 per cent in the first half of 2023 and 16.2 per cent in June. Car production in the UK is continuing to rise as car makers get better at managing supply chain issues, and June saw a rise in production numbers of 16.2 per […]
New entry-level Mercedes EQ EV Concept teased
Mercedes teases the arrival of a new entry-level electric concept to be revealed at the Munich Motor Show in September. Mercedes is busy trying to get its customers to fall in love with EVs, and now its teasing the arrival of a new EV – well, a concept – at the Munich Motor Show in […]
Kia Sorento FACELIFT makes an early appearance in South Korea
The Kia Sorento is getting a facelift, with the first photos appearing in South Korea showing an EV9-inspired front end and updated interior. We’ve just had a new Hyundai Santa Fe revealed with a radical new look, and now it’s the turn of the Kia Sorento – the Santa Fe’s Kia sibling – to get […]
New Lexus LM 350h Luxury MPV costs up to £113k
The new Lexus LM 350h – the new Lexus luxury MPV – costs from £90,000 in the UK, rising to £113,000 for the Takumi model. Three months ago, Lexus took the wraps off the new Lexus LM, and it wasn’t a new electric SUV but a hybrid MPV aimed, we expected, at the Mercedes V-Class. […]