Citroen is recalling more than 20,000 UK Citroen C3 Picasso models after it was discovered a fault – revealed by BBC Watchdog – could let the passenger apply the brakes My dad, who was at one point in his career a police driving instructor, could never be just a passenger in a car, whoever was driving. As a […]
Ferrari Superamerica 45 revealed ahead of Villa d’Este
Ferrari have revealed the Pininfarina designed one-off Ferrari Superamerica 45, complete with folding carbon fibre roof, ahead of its Villa d’Este debut. At the start of May we were hearing that Pininfarina had put together a one-off special for a Ferrari client – the Ferrari Superamerica 45 – which was being built for New Yorker Peter […]
2012 Audi A6 Avant arrives
The 2012 Audi A6 Avant has been revealed, with prices starting at £32,100 in the UK. On sale now with first deliveries in November. It’s a strange thing, but we find the Avant version of the Audi A6 somehow more appealing than the regular saloon. It shouldn’t be so; surely the Estate is the utilitarian […]
Eagle E-Type Lightweight Speedster to debut at this year’s Salon Prive
Eagle E-Types have built the 1000kg Eagle E-Type Lightweight Speedster which will debut at this year’s Salon Prive, and can do 0-60mph in under 5 seconds. Two years ago Eagle, makers of the sort of E-Type Jaguar engineers would have given up at least a limb each to be able to build, took to Salon […]
Nissan 370Z GT Edition launched
Nissan has churned out a limited edition 370Z – the Nissan 370Z GT Edition – evoking Nissan’s GT Racing with a focus on high speed handling. It’s not always the first thing that springs to mind when you think about Nissan, but they have had a fair chunk of success in GT racing, going all the way […]
Honda CR-Z Mugen: First photos revealed
Honda has revealed the first photos of the Honda CR-Z Mugen ahead of its reveal at the Goodwood Festival of Speed in July. We got news a couple of months ago that Honda were getting Mugen to do a tuning job on the CR-Z Hybrid and put together a ‘Concept’ for this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed. But it seemed […]
2012 Zafira Tourer revealed
Vauxhall and Opel have revealed the production version of the Zafira Concept from this year’s Geneva Motor Show – the 2012 Zafira Tourer. GM’s European arms of Vauxhall and Opel managed to tease us with the Zafira Tourer Concept back in February with a hologram of the new 7-seat Zafira hovering over the iPad of designer Mark Adams. Which if we […]
2012 Mercedes S Class to spawn a convertible
The 2012 Mercedes S Class will also be built as a two door convertible (an S Class Coupe Convertible) to take on the Bentley Continental GTC. It’s probably a sign of increasing decrepitude as it seems only five minutes since Mercedes launched the current S Class, but already we’re talking about the 2012 Mercedes S […]
It’s a VW Camper Van Tent – perfect for Glastonbury
Firebox are flogging a full-size replica 1960s VW Camper Van Tent. Perfect for playing ageing hippies at Glastonbury Now there’s a thing. Camping comes second only to caravanning on the list of holiday experiences that are best left as childhood memories. What joy there is in being cold and wet under canvas in a field […]
Audi Q3 price and specifications revealed for the UK
Audi has revealed that the Audi Q3 will start at £24,560 in the UK for the 2.0 litre diesel , 2WD SE manual when deliveries start in the UK in November 2011. Audi’s baby Q – the Audi Q3 – has been a long time coming, but with UK orders opening up next month (June 2011) Audi has […]