Saab has been granted the right to court protection whilst it restructures, overturning an earlier judgement by a District Court. Victor Muller never says die, and the news that Saab has, after all, been granted the right to court protection from its creditors for a period of reorganisation has vindicated his stubborn refusal to give up on Saab. The Court of Appeal […]
Women’s World Car of the Year 2011: Citroen DS3 & BMW 5-Series
The 2011 Women’s World Car of the Year has been a split decision, with the panel declaring the Citroen DS3 & BMW 5-Series joint winners. We’ll decline to question too much what the response would be if a panel of male motoring writers voted for a ‘Man’s World Car of the Year Award’. Although we’d speculate that most women […]
Hyundai to eschew electric cars
It seems Hyundai has decided that electric cars are a dead-end, so they will not develop any more EVs but will concentrate on hybrids and hydrogen fuel cells. We were beginning to think that we were a lone voice in the wilderness crying about the futility of the headline dive in to developing electric cars. But we’re […]
New Infiniti M35h: The world’s fastest full hybrid
Infiniti claims the new Infiniti M35h to be the world’s fastest full hybrid after it set impressive standing quarter mile times at Santa Pod. We’ve had plenty of reason to take the rise out of the Infiniti range as Infiniti try to gain a foothold in the UK and European markets for their posh Nissans. But […]
UK’s first public hydrogen filling station opens
The first public hydrogen filling station in the UK has opened at Honda’s South Marston plant, the first step in creating a hydrogen fuel network in the UK. Every car maker – well, every car maker with an eye to the future – is developing hydrogen fuel cell cars. Really, short of portable cold fusion becoming a reality, hydrogen is the only […]
BMW ActiveHybrid X6 – blink and you’ll have missed it
BMW revealed the Active Hybrid X6 at Frankfurt in 2009 with plans to have it in showrooms by 2010. But now it’s been dropped after selling – not a lot. On the face of it, adding hybrid gubbins to an expensive SUV should be a winner. Extra power and better economy – with the extra cost […]
New Jensen Interceptor to be built by CPP
CPP Global Holdings has revealed that it has reached agreement with Healey Sports Cars Switzerland Ltd (HSCS) to develop an all new Jensen Interceptor. Ever since we first reported on just how good CPP are at what they do a couple of years ago, we’ve had umpteen stories about the boys from CPP and their ambitions […]
Mercedes SLS AMG Black Series confirmed
Mercedes AMG head of vehicle engineering – Tobias Moers – has confirmed that a Mercedes SLS AMG Black Series is planned. Expected in 2013. As long ago as September 2009 we had word from a Mercedes source who told us that AMG planned to build a Black Series version of the SLS, with as much as […]
Jaguar C-X16 (Jaguar XE) Driving Video
We had some video footage and plenty of photos of the Jaguar C-X16 (Jaguar XE) at the launch in Frankfurt. But now we have a much better C-X16 driving video. Jaguar is making the most of their new small sports car – the Jaguar C-X16 – as it builds onwards and upwards from the début […]
Will the Toyota Prius plug-in cost much the same as a normal Prius?
The Toyota Prius plug-in has been priced at 36 per cent more than a regular Prius in the US. Which means it could cost not much more than a regular Prius in the UK. Toyota has managed to corner the market in hybrid cars over the last decade after its remarkably prescient decision to focus on ‘Eco’ cars […]