Nissan has revealed a limited Edition Juke – the Nissan Juke Kuro – starting at £17,395. Just 700 Kuros will be built. How did we miss a limited edition Juke – especially when we think the Nissan Juke is such a funky little urban car – when Nissan sent us the details of the Juke Kuro […]
Maserati GranCabrio Fendi; half Maserati, half handbag
The Maserati GranCabrio Fendi will be on the Maserati stand at Frankfurt 2011; a Maserati GranCabrio with titivation by handbag makers Fendi. Car maker like to hang a label on a special edition, and Italian car makers quite like the label to be ‘Designer’. Which at least explains the Maserati GranCabrio Fendi, just as it did […]
Ferrari 458 Spider – now it’s official
Ferrari has revealed the Ferrari 458 Spider – complete with folding hard top – which will debut at Frankfurt before going on sale in 2012. We had our doubts when we ran the leaked photos of the new Ferrari 458 Spider at the weekend. We thought they could just be very good Photoshops. But with the […]
New Porsche 911 Carrera (2012) arrives ahead of Frankfurt
Porsche has revealed photos and details of the new 2012 Porsche 911 Carrera ahead of Frankfurt 2011. Costs from £71,449. In the UK December. We did say, when we published leaked photos of the new Porsche 911 last week, that it wouldn’t take Porsche long to respond. In the end it’s taken just six days for them […]
New Kia Rio (2011 / 2012) starts at £10,595
The new Kia Rio (2012 MY) goes on sale on 1st September with prices starting at £10,595 for the 1.25 Kia Rio “1” . Last week we had the reveal of the 3-door Kia Picanto, and today confirmation that the 2012 Kia Rio – revealed at the Geneva Motor Show in the Spring and first cousin to the Hyundai i20 […]
McLaren MP4-12C Exclusive Edition launched at Pebble Beach
McLaren has revealed a McLaren MP4-12C at Pebble Beach featuring upgrades to the MP4-12C from McLaren Exclusive. You didn’t think McLaren were going to miss out on the very lucrative ‘Personalisation’ of the MP4-12C, did you? Of course not. So you won’t be surprise that McLaren has rolled up at Pebble Beach with an ‘Exclusive Edition’ […]
New Mercedes B-Class (2012) exterior photo leaks
We have the first exterior photo of the 2012 Mercedes B-Class. The new B-Class will debut at Frankfurt in September. We did wonder if Mercedes were trying to keep exterior photos of the 2012 Mercedes B-Class under wraps until it launches at Frankfurt next month. Not much chance of that now the first official exterior photo has leaked out. In case you’re wondering, the […]
Rush hour roadworks to disappear?
Secretary of State for Transport, Philip Hammond, has announced plans to introduce lane rental schemes for roadworks. Little is more frustrating for a driver than encountering roadworks in rush hour. Even more frustrating are roadworks that seem to be inactive. But that could be about to change. Secretary of State for Transport, Philip Hammond, wants local authorities to introduce a ‘Lane Rental’ […]
Volkswagen up! (2012) arrives – traditionally.
Volkswagen has revealed the VW up! ahead of its debut at Frankfurt, but it’s a traditional FWD up!, not the Rear-Engined of the Concept up!. Volkswagen has been trailing the VW up! forever. Well, four years – since Frankfurt 2007. And now finally – ahead of Frankfurt 2012 – we get the production version of the 2012 […]
New Mercedes SLK 55 AMG (2012) blasts in
The new, range-stopping SLK – the Mercedes SLK 55 AMG – has been revealed ahead of Frankfurt 2011. On sale in the UK early 2012. Just last week we had the first diesel SLK arrive, promising a new era of fun and frugal Mercedes roadster goodness – but with an oil-burner. But now we’ve got the ‘Daddy’ SLK, the new […]