Aston Martin is now making new parts for classic cars, like the DB4, DB5 and DB6, including gearboxes, cylinder heads and engine blocks. Car makers with a storied history – like Aston Martin and Jaguar – need their history to stay alive to drive their new car sales, but they have also been busy keeping […]
Chinese ORA launching new EV in UK to challenge Tesla Model 3 and Hyundai Ioniq 6
Chinese brand ORA is launching a new electric saloon in the UK to challenge cars like the Telsa Model 3 and Ioniq 6. If you think the Japanese car invasion in the UK, which started in the 1970s, and the Korean arrival, which started in the UK in the 1980s, were the start of a […]
Bentley Continental GT and GTC Azure – and Flying Spur – TWEAKED for 2023
Bentley is giving the Continental GT Azure, Continental GTC Azure and Flying Spur Azure a bit of a titivate for 2023. When you think of Bentley models – well, the VW era of Continentals and Flying Spurs – performance and sportiness tend to be at the forefront, together with brilliant interiors, rather than outright comfort […]
Range Rover Classic by Inverted gets 450bhp electric Tesla power
The Range Rover Classic gets an electric makeover from Inverted with 450bhp Tesla power and prices starting at £270,000. Whatever your take is on the conversion of classic cars to electric cars, it seems the trend is here to stay as well-heeled motorists flock to make classics a daily driver with EV power and modern […]
Electric Volkswagen ID.3 facelift on sale from today – and it’s a bit cheaper
The recently revealed facelift for VW’s first electric ID model – the VW ID.3 – goes on sale with new trim levels and a lower-price starting point. At the beginning of March, Volkswagen rolled out a facelift for its first electric ID model, the VW ID.3, in an effort to address the issues – from […]
Land Rover Defender 130 now with V8 option and a Defender Outlander model too
Land Rover adds a petrol V8 with 493bhp option to the Defender 130 offerings, and there’s a new Defender Outlander Edition too. It’s getting on for a year since Land Rover revealed the Defender 130 as the third variant of the new Defender with room to party for eight, but it didn’t come with PHEV […]
McLaren 750S REVEALED – it’s a McLaren 720S with tweaks
The McLaren 750S arrives to supplant the McLaren 720S with less weight, more power, better handling and small cosmetic changes. If you were expecting the new McLaren 750S – revealed as a replacement for the McLaren 720S – to be radically different, you’re either going to be disappointed or resigned to the fact that all […]
New Mercedes E-Class REVEALED to challenge the upcoming new BMW 5 Series
The new Mercedes E-Class is revealed as Mercedes keeps its ICE ‘E’ alive, with new longer-range PHEVs and plenty of technology. As we said when Mercedes teased this reveal of the new E-Class, it’s Mercedes answer to the upcoming new BMW 5 Series, albeit with a slightly more focussed direction because, unlike the BMW where […]
BMW Digital Key now available on Android devices
BMW’s Digital Key which allows owners to use their phone as a car key is now rolled out to Android devices as well as Apple. It’s a couple of years since BMW delivered its ‘Digital Key’ for owners to be able to use their phone instead of a car key, but it was only available […]
Smart #1 electric SUV UK prices and specs – 422bhp in the Smart #1 Brabus
The Smart #1 electric SUV costs from £35,950 in the UK, with a choice of three trim levels – Pro +, Premium and Brabus. It’s a year since the first fruit of the ‘new’ Smart from the Mercedes-Geely partnership was revealed as the Smart #1, an EV around the size of a MINI Countryman promising […]