Jaguar has revealed that the new XKR-S Convertible will cost £103,000 in the UK and there will be just 100 cars available. We noticed yesterday that Jaguar in the US seemed to have confirmed that the US price for the new Jaguar XKR-S Convertible – currently strutting its stuff at the L.A. Auto show – is $138,875, and that the […]
Diesel hybrid cars avoid BIK penalty. Peugeot, Citroen & Volvo rejoice.
It’s been confirmed that diesel hybrid cars will not suffer the 3% BIK penalty for company car drivers – good news for Volvo, Citroen & Peugeot. As a company car driver the Inland Revenue gets its cut no matter what. With BIK rates set based on CO2 emissions and list price, it’s hard to find […]
New Volvo XC90 (2014) previewed by Volvo designers
Volvo’s designers have started to play with designs for the New Volvo XC90, which we expect to see in 2014. The Volvo XC90 is still a capable cross between a luxury SUV and a Crossover (as we discovered recently when we played with the XC-90 R-Design for a week), but it is now very ancient. […]
New Audi A1 Sportback: The Five-Door A1 arrives for 2012
Almost two years on from the launch of the three-door A1, Audi reveal the five-door version – The Audi A1 Sportback. With almost two years of sales of the ‘Only Premium Car in its Class’ (Audi’s assertion), Audi has revealed the more practical version of its smallest car – the five-door Audi A1 Sportback. Visually, the five-door […]
480bhp Nissan Juke-R finally finished – Photos & Video
The 480 bhp Nissan Juke-R – a cross between the Juke and the GT-R – is finally finished and we have photos and video. Nissan certainly milked the creation of the Nissan Juke-R for all it was worth. There were endless teases and photos – and even a video or three – some of which […]
Jaguar cool in white at L.A. Auto Show with C-X16 & XKR-S Convertible
Jaguar has taken the C-X16 and the XKR-S Convertible to the LA Auto show resplendent in white paint jobs. Jaguar may not be going to the Detroit Motor Show in January (forsaking it for Delhi) but it’s put on a show in Los Angeles with a new white version of the Jaguar C-X16 Concept (XE) and […]
Lamborghini Gallardo LP 550-2 Spyder at L.A.
Lamborghini will reveal the Lamborghini Gallardo LP 550-2 Spyder at the L.A. Auto Show, a rear-wheel drive drop-top Gallardo. We’ve been expecting a drop-top version of the rear-wheel drive Gallardo – which first saw the light of day as a Balboni Limited Edition – for a while. And what better place to debut the Lamborghini Gallardo LP […]
New Land Rover Defender DC100 Concept at L.A. Auto Show
Land Rover has revealed a new Defender DC100 Concept at the L.A. Auto Show in baby blue with extra technology. We saw the reveal of the Land Rover Defender DC100 Concept earlier this year at the Frankfurt Motor Show, designed as a first view of a new Defender aiming for production in 2015. But Land Rover made it clear that the DC100 was […]
Subaru BRZ Concept STI teases production BRZ at L.A.
Subaru has taken the BRZ Concept STI to the Los Angeles Auto Show, just weeks before the production BRZ debuts at Tokyo. The Subaru BRZ (and for that matter its sibling, the Toyota FT-86) has been floating around in one form or another as a concept for years. And at Los Angeles we get treated […]
Porsche Panamera GTS arrives at LA Show
Porsche has revealed the Panamera GTS as the L.A. Auto Show with 4WD and a naturally aspirated V8 delivering 424bhp. Now that we’re a couple of years in from the launch of the Porsche Panamera, Porsche think it’s about time we got to know the hard-edge side of the Panamera, so the LA Auto Show has seen the […]