The McLaren F1 belonging to “Flemke” had a coming-together on a German Autobahn last year. But now it’s fixed and looks terrific in this video. Perhaps the best-know McLaren F1 in the UK – well, perhaps the best known apart from Rowan Atkinson’s recently bent F1 – is the F1 owned by regular online commenter ‘Flemke’. Flemke is, as you […]
Volvo V30 (2013) caught on video
The Volvo V30 – Volvo’s five door version of the 2013 C30 – has been caught on video in Europe. It’s quite tough to know how to describe the 2013 Volvo V30 we’ve got on video out testing in Europe. And not just because it’s covered in camouflage. We’re pretty sure that what we have […]
Hyundai Eon Launches in India from £3.5k
The Hyundai Eon has launched in India with plans to take on the market leading small car, the Maruti Suzuki Alto. Priced from £3.5k to £4.8k. No, reasonable though it would be to assume so, the Hyundai Eon is not a new electric car, but it is Hyundai’s answer to the best-selling small car in India – the Suzuki […]
Audi TT Coupe 1.8 TFSI launches as entry-level TT
Audi has revealed a new entry-level TT – the Audi TT Coupe 1.8 TFSI – with 158bhp and priced from £24,070. We wonder if Audi is starting to feel a bit of pain from Peugeot’s RCZ? If it is, that would explain the decision to introduce a new entry-level Audi TT starting at just £24,070 – the Audi […]
First Fisker Karma in the UK auctioned for £140k
The very first Fisker Karma in the UK has raised £140,000 in an auction to benefit Pratham UK, a charity providing education for children in India. The extended range Fisker Karma arrived at last year’s Paris motor show, and now the very first Karma to arrive in the UK has been auctioned in aid of charity and raised […]
Top Gear: TomTom SatNavs voiced by Jeremy Clarkson pulled
It’s been revealed that the deal for Top Gear’s Jeremy Clarkson to voice a TomTom SatNav has been shelved as it breaches BBC guidelines. It seemed like a cracking plan for all concerned to get Jeremy Clarkson to add a voiceover for a TomTom SatNav, particularly with the Top Gear live show rapidly approaching and […]
Saab gets small payment from Youngman after yesterday’s ‘misunderstanding’
Yesterday the Pangda Chairman said the Saab deal was no longer viable. Today, Saab confirms it has received the first payment from China’s Youngman What on earth are we going to do once the Saab Saga is resolved? The machinations and misunderstandings surrounding Victor Muller’s increasingly desperate quest to keep Saab alive has probably provided more stories […]
New Honda NSX at Tokyo Motor Show in November?
Honda’s R & D head Mibe Toshihiro has confirmed that Honda are building a new NSX, and rumours say the NSX concept could arrive at the Tokyo Motor Show. Isn’t it strange how some cars are never appreciated fully when they’re in production? Take the McLaren F1. It’s now perhaps the most desirable modern classic […]
Electric Cars are 5 years away – said Ford in 1966
Ford Motor Company announced in 1966 that it had made a breakthrough in battery technology and Electric Cars would be with us in five years. It’s 1966 and the Ford Cortina MK I (pictured above) is selling like hot cakes, a sure indicator of a prosperous new age, and just about to be replaced by the MK II Cortina. […]
Skoda Rapid launches in India. Is this the Skoda MissionL for Europe?
Skoda has launched the new Rapid in India, which could be a taster of the Skoda MissionL for the European market. Skoda revealed the MissionL Concept at Frankfurt last month, a Skoda aiming to plug the gap between the Fabia and Octavia. At the time we commented that the MissionL could turn up in India before it did in Europe, and […]