Infiniti – the luxury arm of Nissan – is to move its global headquarters to Hong Kong to achieve separation from Nissan and exploit the Chinese market. Nissan has big plans for its luxury Infiniti brand. Already a sizeable marque in North America, Infiniti are pushing hard to be recognised in Europe as a credible alternative to Lexus, and are […]
Peugeot 208: More details & Video
We’ve covered the reveal of the 2012 Peugeot 208 already, but now we have some extra details on the 208, and a video. We’ve already covered the reveal of the Peugeot 208, but most of the information we had was in advance of Peugeot’s official release of details on the replacement for the 207. So […]
New Ford Kuga (2012): Kick a Kuga (or an Escape) +video
With the world debut of the new Ford Kuga / Escape at the Los Angeles Motor Show, Ford are teasing the 2012-2013 Kuga/Escape with its kick-to-open tailgate. The new 2012 Ford Kuga will debut later this month at the Los Angeles Motor Show (alright, strictly speaking it’s the 2013 Ford Escape – but they’re the same) so Ford has decided to tease […]
Subaru BRZ: First official BRZ picture
The first official photo of Subaru’s version of the Toyota FT-86 – the Subaru BRZ – has been revealed ahead of the Tokyo Motor Show. We’ve had a raft of images of the Toyota FT-86 in the last week or two, but very little on its Subaru sibling – the Subaru BRZ. But now, with the Tokyo […]
VW GT up!: It’s an Up GTI
Volkswagen seem keen to raise awareness of the VW up! GT – a warmed over Volkswagen Up – so we must assume the Up GT is coming soon. We got the reveal of Volkswagen’s new small city car – the VW up! – at Frankfurt in September, and we also got all the details for […]
New Peugeot 208 (2012) Revealed
A day ahead of Peugeot’s official launch for the new 208, a German magazine has broken the embargo and we have a full set of photos of the replacement for the Peugeot 207. Just last week we revealed that the new Peugeot 208 will be revealed tomorrow (2nd November). Which was clearly Peugeot’s plan. Unfortunately, for Peugeot, a German site had broken […]
Hyundai Veloster Turbo Confirmed
Hyundai has confirmed that their new 204bhp 1.6 litre twin scroll turbo 4-pot will find its way in to the Veloster – the Hyundai Veloster Turbo. When Hyundai revealed details of the Veloster Coupe – the successor to the successful Hyundai Coupe – we found lots we liked and, really, just on thing we didn’t – […]
Saab China Deal: Chinese Government support ‘In Principal’
With the deal for China’s Youngman and Pang Da to take control at Saab outlined, the Chinese Government now says the approve of the deal ‘In Principal’. Yesterday we had the news that Pang Da and Youngman – the Chinese companies seeking to buy Saab – have outlined the investment they propose to make in […]
New MINI Roadster: Istanbul Video
The production version of the new MINI Roadster was officially revealed at the weekend with a huge photo gallery, and we now get video of the Roadster in Istanbul. Hold the front page! The MINI Roadster moves. Sunday morning saw the release of a raft of information on the new MINI Roadster – which will arrive in […]
New Saab 9-3 leaks – Saab’s future?
What appears to be the first image of a new Saab 9-3 has leaked out on the day the Chinese reveal plans for Saab’s future. It makes a change to have a Saab story that isn’t more doom and gloom and financial meltdown, but it does seem a bit of a coincidence that an image of the […]