Lotus reveals plans to build the Esprit, Eterne, Elite and Elan with a £500 million investment which will create 1900 new jobs. Dany Bahar – Lotus boss – revealed plans at last year’s Paris Motor Show to turn Lotus in to an East Anglian Aston Martin. Those plans included one car we knew about – the new […]
New Land Rover Defender: Revised DC100 at Los Angeles Motor Show
It’s reported that Land Rover will be taking a revised version of the new Land Rover Concept – the Land Rover DC100 – to the Los Angeles Motor Show. We had the first view of the new Land Rover Defender – the Land Rover DC100 Concept – at the Frankfurt Motor Show last month. And of its […]
Saab: China’s Pang Da & Youngman to invest $7.5 billion. UPDATED
Reports from Sweden this morning claim that the new Chinese owners of Saab – Pang Da and Youngman – plan to invest $7.5 billion in the coming years. Update: We have now been told by Saab that Pang Da and Youngman are to provide €50 million immediately and €600 million for short to medium finance. Funding for […]
India Grand Prix (2011) RESULT
The first Grand Prix in India see Red Bull on the front row with Button in the McLaren and Alonso in the Ferrari behind. Can Vettel take another win? India is a fascinating country, still firmly in the past in parts and so much in the present in others. And the paradox of Formula One – with […]
New Honda CR-V: First new CR-V photos appear on Honda’s Japan site
The first photo of the new 2012 Honda CR-V in production-ready guise has appeared on Honda’s web site in Japan, almost a year before it arrives in the UK. We first got a proper look at the new Honda CR-V (the 2012 model) in concept form back in July, and at the time Honda told us that they were […]
MINI Roadster: Official Pictures, Prices & Specs
With the MINI Roadster due in Spring 2012, we have over 200 official Roadster photos, Specifications and UK prices. Starts at £18,015. With the MINI Coupe hitting the roads just about now, next in line for MINI is the MINI Roadster, with the soft-top, two-seat MINI due to hit UK showrooms in the Spring. As […]
BMW 520d SE Touring Review (2011)
We have what is probably the pick of the new BMW 5 Series Estates – the BMW 520d SE Touring – in for review and road test. It’s arguable that the BMW 5 Series Touring is the best estate you can buy. With a huge range of engine options there’s something for everybody, but perhaps […]
Toyota FT-86: Now standard FT-86 leaks
We’ve had leaked pictures of the Toyota FT-86 with Modellista extras, but now we have what look like photos of the standard FT-86 leaking from a brochure in Japan. After what seems like years of waiting for Toyota’s sporty and ‘affordable’ sports car – the Toyota FT-86 – to arrive, information is coming thick and […]
Audi A1 e-tron Wankel range-extender EV trial begins
Audi has begun a trial programme in Munich for the A1 e-tron EV with the Wankel powered range extender engine. 20 A1 e-trons are taking part in the ‘Electric Mobility in Munich’ project. If car makers are going to foist electric cars on us, the least they can do is make them as useful as the limited technology permits. […]
Italian Government buys 19 Maserati Quattroporte. Crisis? What crisis?
It’s reported – that in the depths of a financial crisis – the Italian Government has taken delivery of 19 Maserati Quattroportes. As we had cause to mention recently, the Italians are a stylish bunch. Which would explain why the Italian Government has decided to replace its fleet of Lancia Thesis and Audi A6s with a […]