Toyota has postponed the launch of the Prius V in Japan as a result of the ongoing problems after the recent earthquake and tsunami. Really, in the big scheme of things, the news that Toyota has postponed the launch of the Prius V in Japan is of no real consequence. The devastation caused in Japan […]
Infiniti to enter Australia. Will the Ozzies notice?
As part of Infiniti’s quest to market their products across the world – rather than just the US – they are planning on entering the Australian car market in 2012. It’s quite hard to believe, but Infiniti has been ‘Entering’ the UK market since 2009. We think. Although they did keep putting back the launch and revising […]
Budget 2011: Fuel duty CUT & tuppence for potholes
Chancellor George Osborne cancels the fuel duty increase, cuts fuel duty bt 1p and gives £100 million to fill in potholes in the 2011 Budget. No once expected huge give-aways in George Osborne’s second budget – especially as we now have cruise missiles to pay for in Libya – but the hope was that the Chancellor would […]
Fisker Karma: Production finally starts
Fisker Automotive has confirmed that the Fisker Karma has now started production at Valmet in Finland. First cars will be with Fisker dealers in a month. It seems to have been a long time coming, but Fisker has confirmed that the Fisker Karma has started to roll off the production line at Valmet Automotive in Finland, and the first Karmas […]
Mazda MX-5 GT: A rather warm MX-5
Mazda has revealed the track only Mazda MX-5 GT, with 275bhp, 0-60mph in 3 seconds and weighing just 850kg. Back at Frankfurt in 2009, Mazda revealed an MX-5 which had been put on a serious diet – the Mazda MX-5 Superlight – but which was sadly just a concept. And now we get a super-light MX5 that isn’t a concept but […]
Jaguar XJ Review: Long-term Jaguar XJ departs
[nggallery id=568 template=customlinks] After five months – and a great deal of driving pleasure – our long-term Jaguar XJ goes back to Jaguar having not missed a beat. Doesn’t time fly when you’re having fun? It seems only five minutes since we wrote that our long-term Jaguar XJ would be here until ‘… the leaves […]
Aston Martin Virage: The Video
The Aston Martin Virage – and Virage Volante – debuted at the Geneva Motor Show this month and we now have the first official video. It’s easy to make fun of the Aston Martin Virage. Easy because, at first glance, it looks like a purely cynical move to pitch a car half way between the Grand Tourer DB9 and the more driver-focused […]
Top Gear China launches +video
It appears that the first episode of Top Gear China has been made. We have a fifteen minute video clip. Well, we’re assuming Top Gear China has launched. Or at least they’ve had a crack with a pilot episode, fifteen minutes of which you can see in the video below. We’re struggling to work out the banter, […]
Infiniti M35h a ‘Great Drive’. Really?
Infiniti are bizarrely targeting Lexus hybrids with the M35h, instead of hitting the soft Lexus underbelly with quality performance cars. Infiniti, in case you don’t know, is to Nissan what Lexus is to Toyota. The posh badge for a Japanese mass manufacturer. Unlike Lexus, Infinitis are only sold outside Japan. Infiniti also plays second fiddle to […]
Lexus LF-Gh at New York
Lexus has launched a new website to tease the Lexus LF-Gh Concept ahead of the New York Motor Show. A hybrid crossover, perhaps? First, the image at the top. This isn’t a photo of the Lexus LF-Gh by a modern impressionist, it’s just the image Lexus are using on a site that seems to have sprung […]