In the last set of Euro NCAP tests for 2011, the Chinese-made MG6 and the Geely Emgrand EC7 have achieved NCAP Four Star ratings. Just a year ago Geely was making all the wrong headlines when the Geely CK1 scored zero in the Latin NCAP tests. But now, just a year later, the Geely Emgrand […]
Volkswagen Passat Alltrack: The VW Allroad arrives
Volkswagen has revealed the VW Passat Alltrack, a rufty-tufty version of the VW Passat and Volkswagen’s take on the Audi Allroad. Debuts at Tokyo. Volkswagen has jumped on to the Allroad bandwagon with its own take on Audi’s faux off-roader, with the reveal of the 2012 VW Passat Alltrack. As you would expect, the Passat […]
2012 Mercedes SL – the aluminium supercar
Mercedes-Benz is teasing the 2012 Mercedes SL with a raft of detail and photos of the new Sport Light, concentrating on its weight-saving aluminium construction. It’s perhaps a step too far to describe the 2012 Mercedes SL as an aluminium supercar, but there is no doubt the 2012 SL will be a super car, and that it […]
Ford Focus ST: Get yer trousers on – you’re nicked!
The Ford Focus ST is to be up front in the the new film of the 1970s TV show The Sweeney. Starring Ray Winstone, The Sweeney will arrive in 2012. We had the arrival of the production version of the Ford Focus ST at the Frankfurt show in September, and it is due to arrive […]
BMW M550d xDrive confirmed. X5 M50d & X6 M50d likely
It looks like the long expected triple-turbo BMW diesel is about to arrive as the BMW M550d XDrive, with the BMW X50d and X6 50d likely. We’ve been talking about the BMW triple-turbo diesel for a long time. As far back as Spring 2009 we reported BMW were working on a triple-turbo diesel, which we expected to see the light of […]
VW Golf R Diesel on the way? VW R Division see Diesel & 4WD as the future
Autoblog has been speaking to the heads of Volkswagen’s R Division who say the future for performance VWs is Diesel and 4WD. The VW Golf R is the perfect, grown-up hot hatch. With its more parsimonious 4-pot engine (down from a V6 in the last top-end Golf), great performance and 4WD it’s the connoisseurs hot-hatch. But it looks like the […]
2012 Porsche Carrera & Carrera S Cabriolet revealed
Porsche has revealed the drop-top 911 for 2012 – the Porsche 911 Carrera Cabriolet – in Carrera and Carrera S guises. Costs from £79,947. It’s only five minutes since the 2012 Porsche 911 arrived – well, Frankfurt in September – but already we’ve got the reveal of the 2012 Porsche 911 Cabriolet in Carrera and […]
Audi A1 Sportback Five-Door: Price & specs UK
Last week saw the reveal of the five-door Audi A1 Sportback, and Audi has now revealed full pricing details for the new A1 for the UK. Last week Audi revealed the new addition to the A1 family – the five-door A1 Sportback – with an extra set of doors and just the tiniest bit of […]
2012 Lexus GS 250 Guangzhou debut
Lexus is to debut the entry-level version of the new GS – the Lexus GS 250 – at the Guangzhou Motor Show in China this week. We’ve had the reveal of the 2012 Lexus GS 450h, and we’ve even reported on the US GS 350 and that the UK and Europe are to get an entry-level […]
Jeremy Clarkson loves BMW. Especially the 535d & BMW 1M Coupe
Jeremy Clarkson has declared the BMW 535d the best car of 2011 and the BMW 1M Coupe as the most fun car. Jeremy Clarkson hasn’t had the easiest of relationships with BMW. He hated the first BMW X3 (didn’t we all), he thinks anyone with a brain would buy a 5-Series and ignore the X5, […]