The deal for Chinese car maker Hawtai to invest€120 million in Saab has fallen apart after the Chines government refused permission for the funds to leave China. There’s nothing worse than a cold Chinese; all congealed and unappetising. A reality Victor Muller woke up to today when the news broke that the much-trumpeted investment by China’s Hawtai […]
Top Gear’s Clarkson & May run out of charge in a LEAF & iOn
Top Gear’s Jeremy Clarkson and James May have been testing the Nissan LEAF and Peugeot iOn in Lincoln, and appear to have run out of power. Top Gear and electric cars don’t really mix. Unless of course they build the electric car themselves, and then you have a world-beating product in the Hammerhead Eagle i-Thrust. But Top […]
Hyundai i40 saloon – that’s the Euro version – finally arrives
Hyundai has finally revealed details of the Hyundai i40 saloon for Europe. Choice of two petrol and two diesel engines. On sale September from £17.5k. As we reported last week – after Hyundai had, rather pointlessly, teased us with an image – the European version of the Hyundai i40 saloon is about to launch at the Barcelona Motor Show. […]
Porsche 911 Carrera 4 GTS: Another ‘Final’ 911 arrives
Porsche reveals yet another ‘Final’ 997 911 – the Porsche 911 Carrera 4 GTS. Just the same as the 911 Carrera GTS but with 4WD. You’d never have guessed. It’s never been easy to pick a 911 to buy. Despite all 911s looking much the same to all but the Porsche nutter, there’s a choice of at […]
2012 Mercedes A-Class revealed in patent filings
Photos of the 2012 Mercedes A-Class have leaked from a patent filing in Europe, showing a car far less dynamic than the A-class Concept from Paris 2010. Car makers must hate filing for patents on new cars, because it means trusting images of their new and secret car to a third party. Basic images, admittedly, but the real-deal nonetheless. […]
New Aston Martin Zagato to debut at Villa d’Este
Aston Martin are to reveal a new concept by Zagato at Villa d’Este this month, which will go in to limited production in 2012. It’s hard not to feel a frisson of excitement at the prospect of the makers of the most beautiful cars in the world – Aston Martin – taking a new creation to our […]
2012 Focus ST final testing
Ford are busy shaking down the 2012 Focus ST around the world ahead of a launch in early 2012. Ford has got the 2011 Focus out in to the real world, and if the number that fly round the roads near here is anything to go by it’s selling very well. Of course, we’re in the heart of Ford […]
Volkswagen Golf GTI Edition 35 celebrates the VW Golf reaching middle-age
Volkswagen reveals the VW Golf GTI Edition 35 to celebrate the 35th anniversary of the GTI. More power and cosmetic tweaks and around £27.5k. Car makers like an anniversary model, none more so than Volkswagen, Which explains why we see the launch of the Volkswagen Golf GTI Edition 35 to celebrate 35 years of VW Golf GTI goodness. Ant anniversary […]
BMW open up shop on eBay – BMW Direct
BMW UK have opened for business on eBay, offering parts and a range of accessories with free post and packaging. Remarkably, BMW are the first car maker to open up shop on eBay in the UK – BMW Direct – and although such a move would have been frowned on just a few years ago it now makes huge […]
Audi Q5 Cabriolet rumours gather speed
Following in the wake of the Murano CrossCabriolet, it now seems that Audi are intent on chopping the top of the Q5 to give the world the Audi Q5 Cabriolet. We all laughed when Audi brought us a Cabriolet SUV in 2007 with the Cross Cabriolet Concept. Who on earth would ever contemplate chopping the top […]