Ford has launched a new, entry-level Focus just in time for the new ’61’ reg. The Focus Studio costs £13,995. Times are tough for many and car makers need to respond to that with cars the public consider good value. Step forward the new Ford Focus Studio. The Focus Studio arrives as the entry-point for […]
MINI Soho: MINI’s next ‘London’ Limited Edition
MINI has revealed their latest ‘London’ Limited Edition – The MINI Soho – available as the SOHO Cooper Hatch and Soho Cooper Convertible. In case you’d forgotten, MINI decided earlier this year that all their Limited Edition would be named after London Boroughs, districts and landmarks. Hence the new Limited Edition MINI arrival gets the […]
Mercedes drop SL65 – the end of the Mercedes V12?
It’s being reported that Mercedes has dropped the SL65 and the SL600 from its range ahead of the all new 2012 SL. The end of the V12 for Mercedes? We haven’t exactly had a glut of stories on the Merceds SL of late. In fact the last story appears to have been a spy shot of […]
Hungarian Grand Prix (2011) RESULT
Back to normal service at the Hungaroring, with Sebastian Vettel on pole. But the McLarens of Button and Hamilton are snapping at his heels. How did it all play out? The 2011 Hungary Grand Prix marks the 200th Grand Prix for Jenson Button, and is also the scene of his first Grand Prix win, a […]
Bentley Continental GT V8 to debut at Detroit
It’s being reported that Bentley will introduce the Continental GT with the new V8 engine at the Detroit Motor Show in January. We’ve known for a while that Bentley and Audi are developing a V8 engine that is destined for the Continental GT. In fact, we exclusively spied the V8 Continental GT (actually, a V8 Continental GTC) just a […]
Jaguar SUV: The rendering begins
With the Jaguar SUV confirmed as a future Jaguar model, we have renderings of how the SUV could look and speculation on its direction. So we know that a Jaguar SUV is going to happen. We know because Adrian Hallmark – Jaguar’s vocal and opinionated Global Brand Director – said back in December that Jaguar “…need a crossover and we need […]
Top Gear: Electric Car Test, Lamborghini Aventador, Bowler and Louis Walsh
This week James and Jeremy go out to play in the LEAF & iOn, Richard does rally rehab with the Bowler, the Lamborghini Aventador is on track and Louis Walsh is SIARPC. Here we are at the very last episode of series 17 of Top Gear already. Doesn’t time just fly? The set piece for […]
Bugatti Galibier: Hybrid option & Autumn 2012 Launch confirmed
Bugatti Head Wolfgang Dürheimer has confirmed the 4-seat Bugatti Galibier will launch in Autumn 2012 at over €1M and with a hybrid option. Every time we run a story about the Bugatti Galibier launch it feels like Déjà vu. Why, you may very well ask. Because we’ve been saying since the first time the Bugatti Galibier saw the light of day in September 2009 […]
Is this the Lamborghini URUS?
We have a snatched photo of a Lamborghini Aventador sporting wheels and tyres from a Bugatti Veyron. Is the Lamborghini Urus still in play? What is the Lamborghini Urus, you may ask? Regular readers will know that back at the time when we were hearing that the replacement for the Murcielago would probably be called the Jota (yes, we […]
New BMW 1-Series (2012) Price & Details
BMW has revealed prices and model details for the 2012 BMW 1-Series, including new UK 1-Series photos and video. Back in June we got the official reveal of the 2012 BMW 1-Series ahead of a launch at Frankfurt. Which did seem a bit early, but as we’d published a whole heap of leaked photos of the […]