Porsche has revealed the Porsche 911 Turbo S ‘Edition 918 Spyder’, just for buyers of the Porsche 918 Spyder. Earlier today we reported that Porsche has finally got round to putting the 918 Spyder on sale at a rather eye-watering £678k. And there will only be 918 built. But that wasn’t the only car Porsche revealed […]
Nissan LEAF: First UK deliveries
Nissan has delivered the first two Nissan LEAF to customers in the UK today. Waltham Abbey dealer Glyn Hopkin was the delivering dealer. It’s taken a while, but Nissan has finally got the Nissan LEAF on the road in the UK, with the first two customers picking up their cars this morning. Nissan dealers Glyn Hopkin in Waltham Abbey had a […]
Porsche 918 Spyder Hybrid – On sale
Porsche has put the 918 Spyder on sale and released a sketch of the production car. It’ll cost £678k and first delivery will be October 2013. We first saw the Porsche 918 Spyder at the Geneva Motor Show in 2010; a hybrid supercar offering a gazillion miles to the gallon, Carrera GT levels of performance and […]
Mercedes C63 AMG Coupe: The Video
Yesterday saw the reveal of the Mercedes C63 AMG Coupe, and today we have a nicely shot video of Mercedes’ potential M3 beater in action. Yesterday saw the official reveal of the Mercedes C63 AMG Coupe, ahead of its debut in April at the New York Motor Show. And we may have seemed a tad dismissive. Which […]
Hyundai i40 Estate for Australia. How odd.
It seems that despite telling Cars UK that the i-Flow Concept-based i40 Estate is a Europe-only car, Hyundai has now decided to launch it in Australia. The gestation of the replacement for the Hyundai Sonata – The Hyundai i40 / Hyundai i45 / Hyundai Sonata – has been a complicated affair as Hyundai have seen […]
Land Rover Freelander 2 Review & Road Test: Freelander 2 SD4 HSE (2011) Part 2
In part 2 of our review and road test of the Freelander 2 SD4 we ask if the Freelander can now hack it on-road. And is the £36k price tag too steep? Ever since the V6 petrol engine quietly disappeared from the Freelander 2 some time ago – without fanfare or farewell – there’s been […]
Land Rover Freelander 2 Review & Road Test: Freelander 2 SD4 HSE (2011)
This week we have the latest 2011 Freelander 2 – the Land Rover Freelander 2 SD4 HSE – in for review and road Test. Does the extra power help the Freelander? Whatever way you look at it, Land Rover’s current model line-up is a bit of a mess, at least as far as the lower […]
Lexus LS: Still loves a Champagne glass
Lexus has recreated an iconic 1989 advert with Champagne glasses on the bonnet of a new Lexus LS460. Back when Lexus was born as the posh Toyota, Toyota’s advertising bods had to convince the American public that Lexus was more than just a big Toyota – with an even bigger price tag. The pitch was that […]
Mercedes C63 AMG Coupe (2012): Official
Mercedes reveals the Mercedes C63 AMG Coupe ahead of its official reveal at the New York Motor Show in April. You probably don’t have to be an out and out petrolhead to know that Mercedes had an AMG version of the recently revealed C-Class Coupe up its sleeve. We’ve been expecting a reveal any time soon but, just […]
Renault 5 revival to take on DS3?
It’s being reported that Renault are planning to revive the Renault 5 / R5 / Le Car to take on the modern wave of chic, small cars. What have been the big successes in little cars in the past few years? Yep, recreations of bygone icons have wiped the floor with the opposition. The MINI […]