Saab (Swedish Automobiles) has announced that production at Trollhatten will not now resume on 9th August. They hope to restart on 29th August. We’ve kept the faith with Saab so far, and we’ve been happy to report every time they tell us that Victor Muller has managed to charm another injection of cash for Swedish […]
1957 Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa Prototype set to break auction record
Gooding and Co are offering for sale a 1957 Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa Prototype at their Pebble Beach auction, which is expected to break the world record for a car sale at auction. Yes, much of the world is labouring under an economic cloud, but that doesn’t stop the world’s wealthy car collectors bidding for very […]
Fiat Panda: Now with fluffy-bunny Euro 5 engines
Fiat introduces Euro 5 compliant engines for the Fiat Panda, with the new 1.2 litre petrol Active starting at £8,445. The Fiat Panda has now gone on sale in the UK with a new range of Euro 5 compliant engines. Which it has to; Fiat can no longer sell cars that don’t comply with the new […]
Electric Cars: Just 50 bought in UK in last 3 months
Government figures suggest that the taxpayer’s efforts to bribe motorists to buy electric cars is a failure. Just 50 electric cars have been bought by private motorists in the last 3 months. Our stance on electric cars is well known. As far as we’re concerned they are suitable only for urban environments, and only then […]
Ferrari 458 Italia Grand Am hits Fiorano
Michelotti Automobili has prepared a Ferrari 458 Italia Grand Am for the Maranello maker to compete in the North American Grand Am Series. It takes a bit of a leap of imagination to think of Ferrari competing in a more basic form of Motor Sport. But it is. No, Maranello hasn’t decided to go stock car racing, […]
2012 Mercedes SLK55 WILL get 5.5 litre V8
2012 Mercedes SLK55 will get the naturally aspirated version of Mercedes new 5.5 litre V8 with 416bhp, active exhaust and cylinder shut-off. You never really know until it’s officially announced, but we did expect the 2012 Mercedes SLK55 to get the new 5.5 litre V8. When Mercedes revealed the new SLK back in January, we knew there […]
Caterham off to China in 2012
Caterham Cars, keepers of the Lotus 7 tradition – has revealed it will be selling a full range of cars in China from 2012 in a deal with importers Courtenay Trading International (CTI). It’s quite an eventful time for car-making minnows Caterham – keepers of the Colin Chapman Flame- with a takeover at Caterham by Tony Fernades and Team […]
Zagato & CPP in Joint Venture. Really, they are.
CPP and Zagato have announced that they are in a joint venture. But a dig round Italy’s Companies House would perhaps suggest otherwise. A couple of weeks ago we reported that CPP – owners of Spyker and Bowler – has quitely gobbled up Milanese Car Design Studio Zagato at some point in 2010. Which made sense. It […]
Alfa Romeo SUV to relaunch Alfa in U.S. in 2013
Alfa Romeo will now return to the U.S. market in 2013, initially with an Alfa SUV followed by the Alfa Romeo Giulia Sedan. It’s now two years since Alfa Romeo revealed its plans to return to the U.S. market – after an absence of 20 years – on the back of Fiat’s effective takeover of Chrysler. But all is […]
McLaren MP4-12C – now with added Soul
The McLaren MP4-12C – which is just about to arrive with its first buyers – has had a range of tweaks to address criticisms raised by motoring press. McLaren thought they’d built a car in the MP4-12C that bettered the finest competition in the world. Or the Ferrari 458 Italia. It’s the same thing. And […]