Nissan has revealed its second Nismo car in two days at the Tokyo Motor Show with a sporty LEAF EV – the Nissan LEAF Nismo. The Nissan LEAF Nismo. We’d expect the LEAF to be the last car Nissan would add Nismo bits to. But they have. Standing proud and butch on Nissan’s Tokyo Motor […]
Porsche India to launch in 2012 – plans for local Cayenne CKD assembly
VW Group is planning to launch Porsche India in 2012 and is expected to import the full range of Porsche cars and planning CKD assembly of the Cayenne. Yes, you can already buy a Porsche in India and there’s a small network of dealers. But at the moment they are imported by Precision Cars. But […]
Ken Block Gymkhana World Tour 2011 – Video Highlights
Ken Block took his Gymkhana antics round the world in 2011, and we have a six minute video of highlights. If you have petrol running through your veins, you’ve got to love the antics of super-hooning Ken Block. And if you do, you’ve had a few chances to catch Ken and his Gymkhana antics this […]
Volkswagen Cross Coupé: VW compact hybrid SUV Concept at Tokyo
Volkswagen to debut the VW Cross Coupe Concept at the Tokyo Motor Show, a compact hybrid SUV that’s smaller than a Tiguan and bigger than a golf. Volkswagen are taking the VW Cross Coupe to the Tokyo Motor Show this week, and it looks a bit like they’ve taken inspiration for their new car from […]
Saab GB goes in to administration as China deal flounders
Saab Great Britain Ltd (Saab GB) has filed for administration in the High Court as Swedish Automobile N.V. (Swan) fails to conclude a deal with China. It’s a wonder it’s taken so long. But finally, after having almost no new product to sell for most of 2011 – and car buyers running scared of Saab – […]
Ford Focus Zetec S launches in the UK
Ford has unveiled the fastest version yet of the new Focus – the Focus Zetec S – with a 1.6 litre 178bhp Ecoboost engine. It’s probably sensible that the Ford Focus Zetec S gets added to the Ford range now. Leave it until 2012 and it’s going to seem a bit tame compared to the new […]
Nissan Juke Nismo revealed – more Nismo cars on the way
Nissan has revealed the Nissan Juke Nismo – a sportier take on the compact SUV – and has plans to produce Nismo cars across their range. Just so we’re clear: The Nissan Juke Nismo revealed this morning is nothing like the Juke/GT-R love child Juke-R madness we’ve reported recently; the Juke Nismo is much more mainstream. Probably […]
Subaru BRZ Coupe arrives
The Subaru BRZ Coupe – Subaru’s take on the Toyota GT 86 – has been revealed ahead of its Tokyo debut. So the Subaru BRZ has finally arrived in production form ahead of the Tokyo Motor Show. And it’s all a bit of an anti-climax. We’ve know for a long time that, in all the […]
UK to get dedicated Sky Sports Formula 1 Channel in 2012
News Corporation has revealed that the UK will get a new dedicated Sky Sports Channel just for Formula 1 (F1) starting March 2012. It’s not exactly a huge surprise that Sky Sports is launching a new F1 Channel in 2012, perfectly timed to coincide with Sky’s takeover of Formula 1 Coverage from the BBC. The F1 HD Channel (as […]
Skoda has its best year ever
Skoda UK has reported sales for the first 11 months of 2011 have already beaten total sales for 2010. Long gone are the days when Skoda was thought of as a skip on wheels. In the little over a decade since it was brought in from the cold by VW, Skoda has gone from strength to strength. […]