Maserati has added a Sport Pack option to the GranTurismo S Auto which provides cosmetic tweaks, a revised exhaust and gearbox mapping. The Maserati GranTurismo S Auto is Maserati’s best-selling car in the UK, and you can see why. It’s good looking in that slightly odd combination of butch and dainty that certain Italian cars […]
Volvo S60 R-Design won on Facebook by ‘The Lake District’
Volvo have given away the biggest prize ever on Facebook UK with a new Volvo S60 going to the winner of their ‘Greatest Drive’ Competition. You may remember we reported in June that Volvo had gone slightly bonkers and decided to give away a brand spanking new S60 to whoever submitted the ‘Greatest Drive’ on Facebook; the […]
Range Rover Evoque: Auto Express New Car Awards 2011 Car of the Year
The Range Rover Evoque wins the Auto Express New Car of the Year Award. And every other known car gets an award. Last night was the annual back-slapping fest that is the Auto Express New Car Awards for 2011. And even though Cars UK weren’t there we still think we should let you know what […]
Top Gear answers critics of Electric Car Test. Again.
The real ‘Mr Top Gear’ – Andy Wilman – rounds on the critics of last week’s Top Gear Test of the Nissan LEAF & Peugeot iOn. Top Gear and Electric Cars do have a habit of not getting on. And they didn’t get on in the latest Top Gear test when Jeremy (in a Nissan […]
Jaguar XE Roadster WILL get 3.0 litre diesel
It’s reported that the new Jaguar small sports car – the Jaguar XE Roadster – will debut at Frankfurt. If it does, it will get the 3.0 litre diesel TDV6. Earlier today we ran an update on the ongoing speculation on Jaguar’s small sports car, confirming that Jaguar will debut the Jaguar XE at Frankfurt […]
Lamborghini ‘Super Sports Car’ teased for Frankfurt
Lamborghini are teasing a ‘Super Sports Car’ ahead of the Frankfurt Motor Show. Estoque? Aventador Roadster? Or the Lamborghini Urus. Lamborghini has a long-standing promise to bring something new to every major motor show, and with Frankfurt only weeks away they are starting to tease a ‘Lamborghini Super Sports Car‘. So far all we’ve got is […]
2012 Mazda CX-5 at Frankfurt
Mazda’s all new compact SUV – the 2012 Mazda CX-5 – will debut at Frankfurt sporting Mazda’s SKYACTIV Technology. Mazda has been touting its SKYACTIV Technologies for some time now, and the new 2012 Mazda CX-5 – which Mazda will debut at Frankfurt next month – is the first Mazda to come endowed with a complete raft of SKYACTIV stuff. […]
Jaguar XE Roadster: Jaguar’s new small sports car at Frankfurt
Jaguar will debut the Jaguar XE Roadster – the new small Jaguar Sports car – at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September. We’ve known for a long time that the idea of a small sports car from Jaguar was not fantasy but fact. We know because Jaguar gave us a breakdown of their future plans last year, […]
Honda CR-Z Mugen RR – it’s the Japanese version
Mugen in Japan has emulated Mugen UK by producing the Honda CR-Z Mugen RR, a tarted and titivated CR-Z Hybrid. We’ve reported quite a bit on Mugen UK’s efforts to sprinkle fairy dust on the Honda CR-Z Hybrid to turn it in to the sort of hybrid that would appeal to a keen driver. And now it’s the turn of Mugen in […]
Lexus LFA Roadster to arrive in 2014
Automotive News are reporting that part of Lexus plans is to launch a Lexus LFA Roadster in 2014, a year after the LFA ends production. We reported last year that Lexus had given the green light to chop the top of the limited edition LFA and turn it in to a new halo car for […]