Lotus has launched a limited edition Evora – the Lotus Evora S GP Edition – with a paint job evoking memories of the Lotus JPS F1 cars. There was a time when the tobacco giants were seemingly single-handedly responsible for sports sponsorship, and perhaps the most evocative memory of that is the John Player Special F1 cars […]
Saab deal no longer valid says Pangda Chairman. The end of Saab?
Saab is waiting for a deal with Chinese companies Pangda and Youngman to save them. But Panda’s chairman says the deal is no longer valid. Update 10 am 12/10/11: Saab & Pangda have issued a statement about this story and say that the reports of the Saab deal with Pangda and Youngman as being no […]
Top Gear Isle of Man Postage Stamps revealed
The Isle of Man Post Office has revealed a set of Top Gear Commemorative Stamps depicting six Top Gear special episodes. Until recent years, the Isle of Man was best known as a sleepy little island off the Lancashire coast with an annual TT race and low tax. But Top Gear changed all that. Not only has Top Gear […]
BMW brings Real Time Traffic Information (RTTI) to drivers
BMW is to offer Real Time Traffic Information (RTTI) as a free service with BMW Professional navigation system, and as an option without. Technology has made the driver’s life much easier in recent years, but there’s not much to make life easier when you get stuck at the back of a huge traffic jam. But BMW’s […]
New Chevrolet Aveo (2012): Starts at £9,995
Over a year from the production reveal of the 2012 Chevrolet Aveo, Chevy announce the new Aveo will cost from £9,995 in the UK. It’s taken a very long time for the (now) 2012 Chevrolet Aveo to make it from production reveal – at Paris 2010 – to a reality in UK showrooms. But Chevy has finally got it together […]
Vygor Opera: An ugly Crossover from Italy
Tuscan car maker Vygor has revealed their ugly duckling crossover – the Vygor Opera – an SUV come GT come Crossover with up to 400bhp. We all know Italy has problems at the moment, as it seems Silvio Berlusconi has maxed out the State Credit Cards. But the problems are much bigger than we thought if […]
Infiniti FX Sebastian Vettel going in to production
Nissan VP – Brit Andy Palmer – has confirmed that the warmed over Infiniti FX Sebastian Vettel is a pilot for Infiniti Performance Line cars. Finally, Infiniti are ramping up their efforts to get their cars front and centre in Europe. Last week we learnt Infiniti would be tapping in to Nissan’s Corporate sales network […]
Vauxhall VXR8 & SMART for-two CDI take MPG Marathon honours
The ALD Automotive / Shell FuelSave MPG Marathon saw the SMART for-two CDI the winner and the Vauxhall VXR8 the best improvement over official figures. On the face of it, it’s reasonable to expect a car as small as the SMART for-two CDI to be capable of astonishing economy if driven in a certain way. And the ALD […]
New Nissan Micra loses ground in Europe over quality issues and no diesel option
The new Nissan Micra is losing ground in Europe as quality issues from the now built in India Micra and lack of a diesel engine see sales fall 9.5 per cent. Nissan trumpeted the new Micra as its ‘Global Compact Car’ in the run-up to its reveal at Geneva last year. And by ‘Global’ they […]
Bentley SUV to get W12 engine
Bentley boss Wolfgang Dürheimer has said the planned Bentley SUV will offer a W12 engine to show that the Bentley SUV is ‘The Boss’. Back in July we had the talkative Bentley boss Wolfgang Dürheimer musing that Bentley will produce the ultimate luxury SUV, with plans to take the underpinnings from sister company Porsche’s Cayenne and […]