Fisker has announced it has reached agreement with BMW for the supply of up to 100,000 BMW 4-pot turbo petrol engines from 2012/13 for Project Nina. You’ve probably got used to stories about Henrik Fisker’s eponymous car company, makers of the convincing range-extender sports saloon, the Fisker Karma. But you may not be quite as […]
Audi A2 electric concept heads for Frankfurt
Audi has revived the A2 badge and revealed an electric A2 concept ahead of the Frankfurt Motor Show. The last Audi A2 was perhaps the only real failure for Audi in the last twenty years. But that hasn’t stopped them reviving the moniker and attaching it to a new concept heading to Frankfurt – the electric Audi […]
CPP to buy Browns Lane
In a move that rekindles memories of the Midlands’ car-building past, CPP Global Holdings are planning to move to Browns Lane, former home of Jaguar. As regular readers will know, we’re big fans of CPP and are always happy to big them up at the drop of a hat, even before they acquired Vladimir Antonov’s […]
VW Nils concept – it’s another posh city go-kart
Volkswagen has revealed the VW Nils, a single seat electric city commuter car due to debut at Frankfurt 2011. We’ve been trying to think where this little fad for electric go-karts for commuters started. We think it might have been the Renault Twizy, but we’ve a feeling there’s something earlier. But never mind, the latest is […]
Hyundai ix35 Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle (FCEV) at EcoVelocity
The UK debut of the Hyundai ix35 FCEV will take place at the EcoVelocity show in London next week. To all intents and purposes the Hyundai ix35 FCEV (Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle) is just like any other ix35. That means it’s a well designed, well-built and value for money softroader; a Tiguan and Kuga competitor […]
Toyota sets electric car record at Nurburgring with TMG EV P001
Toyota has set a new lap record for an electric car at the Nurburgring with a lap of 7m 47.794s in the Toyota TMG EV P001 EV. Every car maker wants a lap record at the Nurburgring, and Toyota is no different. What is different this time is that Toyota has taken a non-production car […]
Smart Forvision Concept points at new Fortwo
Smart has revealed the Forvision Concept ahead of Frankfurt with new design and technology pointing towards the next generation Smart Fortwo. Just as they do with Maybach, Mercedes persist with Smart. Despite the fact that both outings must cost an arm and a leg to keep going with, as far as we know, no profits […]
Subaru XV crossover teased with photo ahead of Frankfurt
We’ve had the Subaru XV Concept and a sketch of the XV. Now we get a photo of the production-ready XV ahead of Frankfurt. Thrilling. We understand the tease, we really do. The ability for car makers to get reams of online coverage for every snippet of information they deign to impart ahead of a […]
Citroen DS5 production-ready a Frankfurt
The Citroen DS5 will be at Frankfurt in September in production-ready guise and with PSA’s HYbrid4 drivetrain. On sale early 2012 The Citroen DS5 debuted at Shanghai earlier this year – after a suitable tease, of course – but is arriving at Frankfurt as a production-ready car. Not that we can work out what Citroen […]
New Audi S8 (2012) gets 520hp V8
Audi has revealed the 2012 Audi S8 ahead of a Frankfurt début, with a 520hp turbo V8 delivering 0-62mph in 4.2 seconds. The fourth and final Audi ‘S’ to be revealed this morning – after the S6, S6 Avant and S7 – is the range-topping 2012 Audi S8. And as befits the top-of-the-range it gets […]