THE WORLD’S FIRST DIESEL PLUG-IN HYBRID – THREE CARS IN ONE At the 2011 Geneva Motor Show, Volvo Cars will be unveiling the world’s first diesel plug-in hybrid – a virtually production-ready Volvo V60 with carbon dioxide emissions below 50 g/km. The Plug-in Hybrid, which will be launched in the market in 2012, is the […]
Volvo V60 diesel plug-in hybrid – again
A recap on last month’s story that Volvo are taking the Volvo V60 diesel plug-in hybrid – a world first – to the Geneva Motor Show. Last month we reported on the innovative Volvo V60 diesel plug-in hybrid, a proper advance in hybrid gubbins which Volvo are planning on revealing – in practically production-ready form […]
Lexus CT 200h: The CT 200h Kylie advert
Kylie Minogue has to work for her lunch on the Kylie Lexus deal. Lexus release the first advert for the Lexus CT 200h featuring Ms Minogue. Last month we reported that Lexus had splashed a chunk of Toyota’s rainy-day money on bagging Kylie Minogue to promote the Lexus CT 200h. Which seems like a very […]
Maserati GranCabrio Sport at Geneva
Maserati are to reveal a harder-edged Gran Cabrio – the Maserati GranCabrio Sport – at Geneva, with tweaked suspension, engine and gearbox. With only a week until the press days for the Geneva Motor Show kick off, news of the reveals to be are coming in quickly. This morning we get confirmation of a harder-edged […]
Audi A3 Saloon concept at Geneva
Audi are taking a concept version of the next A3 in saloon form to the Geneva Motor Show. The Audi A3 Concept features a 408bhp 5-Pot, previewing the next RS3. When you’re Audi, you’re expected to fill every premium niche imaginable – and then some. And it seems someone at Audi has realised that they’re missing out on […]
How much does the Pagani Huayra cost? 825,000 Euros.
It’s being reported that the Pagani Huayra will have a basic list price of €825,000 Euros + tax, although the options list will be endless and costly. We’ve had the whole Pagani Huayra tease, followed by the Pagani Huayra leak and then the Pagani Huayra reveal. But one question has been on the lips of […]
Smart Forspeed Concept reveled
Smart are taking a 40bhp electric roadster to Geneva – the Smart Forspeed Concept – which won’t make production but is a glimpse of the next Smart Fortwo. You’ve got to wonder if Smart is just a game for Mercedes. A bit like Maybach, except they keep churning out endless cars and concepts and editions […]
Top Gear: BMW M3 Competition, Audi RS5, Snowbine Harvester & Amber Heard
This week’s Top Gear sees Jeremy compare the M3 Competition Pack & the Audi RS5 to the M3, the Snowbine Harvester to clear snow and actor Amber Heard. Another Sunday, another Top Gear. Although this is the penultimate show of Series 16 so just one more Sunday wake up call for Top Gear to come. For this […]
Electric Rolls Royce Phantom EV 102EX at Geneva
Rolls Royce has built an electric Rolls Royce Phantom – Rolls Royce 102EX – to act as a testbed for a RR EV. The Electric Phantom will debut at Geneva. Eighteen months ago we ran a story headlined ‘Electric Rolls Royce Phantom Coming?’ after the man from Goodwood let slip at the Goodwood Revival that […]
Jaguar moves advertising to start-up agency – Spark44
Jaguar is to take its £60 million advertising budget off to a new (jointly-owned by Jaguar) advertising agency based in California – Spark44 Advertising in the car world – actually, any world – is moving faster than it ever has. The Interweb has changed the established dynamic so much that traditional advertising – and traditional advertising agencies – struggle to know how to […]