Tata has reported that in the last three months sales at Jaguar have dropped by a massive 27%, although Land Rover’s have risen by 16.5%. It’s become almost an expectation – rising Jaguar sales. It seems that every quarter for the last year or two Jaguar has proclaimed increasing sales. But not now. Tata has released sales […]
2012 Lexus IS-F gets chassis changes
Lexus has updated their range-topping IS – the Lexus IS-F – for 2012 with a revised chassis and softer suspension. Every family has a black sheep, and the Lexus IS-F is the black sheep for Toyota’s posh brand. Unlike the LFA – which pretends to be nothing other than a supercar – the IS-F does […]
Mercedes CLC spied on video & CLC Shooting Brake confirmed
We have spy video of the baby Mercedes CLS – the Mercedes CLC – and confirmation there will be a CLC Shooting Brake. It would seem the consensus is now that the baby CLS Mercedes has been planning is going to arrive as the Mercedes CLC and not, as we thought, the Mercedes BLS. Probably. So for […]
SSC Tuatara revealed in Shanghai
SSC (Shelby Super Cars) has given the SSC Tuatara its first public outing in Shanghai as Shelby launches SSC Asia. We finally discovered last month that Shelby Supercars wouldn’t be calling their new Veyron-bashing hypercar the Ultimate Aero II (which seemed logical) but has instead taken a leaf out of Pagani’s ‘Book of obscure names for Supercars’ […]
2012 Land Rover Defender gets new diesel
Land Rover has given the Defender a new engine for 2012. The new 2.2 litre engine is as powerful as the outgoing 2.4 litre, but much cleaner. It’s hard to decide what to do with a motoring icon icon like the Land Rover Defender. Do you keep on evolving it or do you have a radical re-think? All that’s up for […]
2012 Honda Civic 2.2-litre i-DTEC with just 110g/km CO2
Honda are to make the 2012 Honda Civic cleaner and more powerful with just 110g/km CO2 and 10bhp extra. Honda are taking the launch of the new Civic for 2012 properly seriously, and looking to make it a properly good alternative to stuff like the Focus and Golf. That means the 2012 Honda Civic is […]
New Audi Q7 (2013) to shed weight. But no Audi Q9 planned.
Audi are planning a new Audi Q7 for 2013, and it looks like it’s going to be a much lighter beast – 300kg lighter. But there will be no Audi Q9. The Audi Q7 was rather late to the SUV party of the noughties, not hitting the road until 2005. That meant the Q7 had […]
SsangYong Korando heralds SsangYong’s return to the UK
SsangYong arrives back in the UK with the all-new SsangYong Korando Crossover / Compact SUV. Priced from £16,995 and on sale September. If you choose to think about the Korean takeover of the car sales charts in the last few years, you tend not to think of SsangYong. But maybe that will change with the arrival in […]
Nissan LEAF batteries will cost £19k to replace
Nissan has revealed that the current cost of replacing the battery pack in the Nissan LEAF is a whopping £19,392. Why would anyone buy a LEAF? We’ve long wondered just what it would cost to replace all the batteries in an electric car like a Nissan LEAF. After all, we all know just how expensive lithium ion batteries […]
Bentley: We will overcome resistance to diesel engines
Bentley boss Wolfgang Durheimer has made it clear that he will overcome opposition within Bentley to using diesel engines. We’re the first to admit that we are recent converts to the joys of a powerful diesel engine. But a Bentley Diesel seems perhaps a step too far. But according to Bentley boss, Wolfgang Durheimer, it’s not. Herr Durheimer is a […]