BYD (Build Your Dreams) is launching the BYD Seal in the UK, a Tesla Model 3 rival with up to 354-mile range and up to 523bhp. BYD (Build Your Dreams) is not exactly a household name in the UK and, until very recently, was probably best known for plagiarising car designs. But the reality is […]
New 2024 Mini Cooper Electric REVEALED
The new MINI Electric Hatch – to be badged MINI Cooper E – is revealed ahead of an official launch expected at Munich in September. As MINI gets more serious about electric cars, we’ve already had a first look at the next generation electric MINI Countryman – albeit with camouflage – and an electric MINI […]
BMW XM Label Red REVEALED with 738bhp and a whopping £171k price tag
The BMW XM Label Red arrives to top the new XM offerings, with even more divisive looks and 738bhp on tap. Costs £171k. It’s a sign of how much things have changed over the years when BMW revealed the first Hybrid M – and the first dedicated M car in a generation – as a […]
Jaguar Land Rover sales UP 30% in Q4 – Land Rover Defender top seller
Jaguar Land Rover’s fortunes seem to be on the up, with sales in Q4 up by 30 per cent on the previous year, and an order bank of 200k. We’ve reported umpteen times on the big order bank for Land Rovers which, thanks to supply chain issues, continued to grow as buyers had to wait […]
Electric Polestar 4 DEBUT next week to challenge the upcoming electric Porsche Macan
Polestar’s next EV – the Polestar 4 – is teased ahead of a debut in Shanghai on 18 April as a coupe SUV to challenge the upcoming Porsche Macan. Volvo’s Polestar has big ambitions – and a big market value – and already has the Polestar 2 on the road and the Polestar 3 – […]
New Mercedes E-Class TEASED ahead of 25 April debut to take on the new BMW 5 Series
The new Mercedes E-Class exterior is teased ahead of a debut on 25 April, showing an evolutionary design and promising new tech. If you had to pick two cars which perfectly represent ‘Premium Executive’ saloons, you’d almost certainly pick the Mercedes E-Class and the BMW 5 Series. And we’re shortly getting new versions of both. […]
Updated Hyundai i10 City Car gets new trim levels – and a price hike
The recently facelifted Hyundai i10 City Car has three trim levels with prices starting at £15,420 for the new i10 Advance. Despite the death of affordable city cars being predicted as car makers will find it impossible to deliver an electric city car at a price real buyers can afford, there are still seven years […]
New Ford E-Transit Courier REVEALED as Ford adds to its electric van offerings
The new Ford E-Transit Courier is revealed as Ford’s latest electric van offering, with more space than the outgoing Courier and on sale in 2024. Ford has already rolled out two electric Transit vans with the Ford E-Transit Custom and the full-size E-Transit, and now it’s time for act three of Ford’s electric van onslaught […]
Hyundai Ioniq 6 BEATS BMW X1 and Kia Niro to be World Car of the Year 2023
The Hyundai Ioniq 6 is the 2023 World Car of the Year 2023, beating off competition from the BMW X1 and Kia Niro. This time last year, Hyundai was busy celebrating the crowning of the Ioniq 5 as the 2022 World Car of the Year. Fast forward to today and they’re doing the same again, […]
New Electric MINI Countryman E is as big as a BMW X1 – and gets the same EV powertrains
MINI releases camouflaged images of the new electric MINI Countryman and confirms it will be available in FWD and AWD guises. The arrival of the MINI Countryman a decade or more ago raised more than a few eyebrows, so far removed was it from the ethos of the original Mini. But, visual shock aside, it […]