Lexus tuners Fox Marketing are preparing a supercharged Lexus CT 200h for Lexus to show at the New York Motor Show next month We’ve constantly bemoaned that Lexus are so obsessed with hybrids that they’ve forgotten there’s a world of people who want more from a car than a mere transport appliance. Which is rather sad. More than the rest of […]
BMW M3 Matte Edition: China only
BMW has released a new limited edition M3 in China – the BMW M3 Matte Edition – with a matt paint job, carbon fibre interior and bespoke alloys. It’s less than a year since China got it’s last BMW M3 special – the BMW M3 Tiger Edition – so we’re guessing it sold rather well as BMW […]
MINI Cooper All4 Hybrid Spied
We have a spy photo of a 4WD MINI Cooper All4 Hybrid out testing in the snow, although we don’t expect a hybrid MINI until 2013. What? You thought MINI had come up with every possible permutation of bodyshape, drivetrain and powerplant? Don’t be silly; not by a long way. What we appear to have […]
Land Rover Freelander 2 hits 250,000. But is this the zenith?
Land Rover has today produced the 250,000th Freelander 2 at their plant in Halewood. But has the Freelander reached its zenith? It’s the car that started the whole compact SUV / softroader love affair back in 1997. Thankfully, the Freelander has come a long way since then, and the Land Rover Freelander 2 is a properly good car. […]
EU ban on petrol and diesel cars from city centres by 2050
The EU has announced plans to ban all conventionally fuelled transport from City Centres by 2050 with lorries banned by 2030. In yet another case of ‘Why do we elect idiots to govern us?’, the EU is calling for a complete ban on all petrol and diesel powered cars from city centres by 2050. Why not by […]
Volvo C30 Electric: A severe cold-weather bashing
Volvo has been cold weather testing the electric Volvo C30 in Sweden at temperatures down to -20C We do have more than a degree of scepticism when it comes to electric cars. Actually, it’s not the electric cars that cause us to be sceptical, more so the claims – or a lack of transparency – by car makers, which […]
Audi A5 Coupe Sport by Project Kahn
Project Kahn produce the Audi A5 Coupe Sport with go faster body kit, lowered suspension and quilted Nappa interior. Costs £31,875. Project Kahn take stylish and appealing cars and add some glitz. Not always to our taste, we must confess, but not usually a glitterball explosion in a branch of Halfords either. And it could be argued […]
Electric Rolls Royce Phantom: 102EX at Salon Privé 2011
Rolls Royce will be showing the electric Phantom at this years Salon Privé and the Rolls Royce category in the Salon Privé Concours d’Elégance features a number of rare Rolls cars. The Geneva Motor Show 2011 saw Rolls Royce take the wraps off the biggest electric car, with the biggest bank of batteries, we’ve seen so far – the […]
2012 Audi S8 will get 520 hp Twin-Turbo V8. Really?
It’s being reported that the 2012 Audi S8 will get a 4.0 litre, twin-turbo V8 with 520hp. Which doesn’t really seem enough. There was a time when we thought that the Audi S8 had come to the end of its life. We thought all things ‘Green’ and the economic woes of the world would put […]
Australian Grand Prix (2011) RESULT
The F1 Grand Prix calendar kicks of in Australia, with a Sebastian Vettel pole and Lewis Hamilton in second place. How did it all end? Update: The Saubers – which finished a creditable seventh and eighth – have been disqualified for a technical infringement with their rear wing. Which moves the two Force Indias in […]