Ford has revealed a new sporty Fiesta with a choice of names – Fiesta S1600, Fiesta Sport+ or Fiesta Sport S – depending on where you live. Ford knows its market, and in particular it knows its hot-hatch market. Or in this case, its slightly warmer hatch market. Which explains the different monikers in the […]
Pagani Huayra confirmed for U.S.
Pagani has confirmed it will be selling its new hypercar – the Pagani Huayra – in the US from the end of 2011. Despite becoming a hypercar maker of renown – a major achievement in a little over a decade – Pagani has never sold cars in the US. Which means the delicious Zonda – in all its […]
Porsche Boxster E: Electric Boxster revealed
Porsche has revealed a trio of electric Boxsters – the Porsche Boxster E – to act as a rolling test bed for future electric Porsches. Last year we reported that Porsche had plans to build a trio of electric Boxsters and send them out to play, to act as a rolling laboratory for all things […]
Saab 9-4X: First 9-4X rolls out
The first production Saab 9-4X has rolled off the line in Mexico, destined for a US media event. First customer 9-4X in May in US and August in UK. I seem to remember we did a similar headline to ‘Saab 9-4X Rolls Out’ almost exactly a year ago. But that headline – when Saab built […]
Toyota EV: Toyota iQ-based electric concept at Geneva
Toyota are to take the Toyota EV Prototype to Geneva, a Toyota iQ-based city car with the electric bits from the Prius Plug-in. It’s well-known we hold no truck with the motor industry trying to portray the electric car as a replacement for the ICE car. It’s palpable nonsense. But a compact electric car with a short city range […]
Infiniti Etherea Concept at Geneva
Infiniti has revealed the first photos of its compact concept due at the Geneva Motor Show, and given it a name – the Infiniti Etherea Last week we had one of Infiniti’s Rolf Harris doodles come in to tease an entry-level Infiniti Concept scheduled to make an appearance at Geneva. This week, with two weeks to go […]
Chrysler Ypsilon revealed
Lancia reveals the new Ypsilon, an upmarket supermini which will come to the UK later in 2011 as the Chrysler Ypsilon. We only reported the other day that Lancia are coming back to the UK with a Chrysler-badged Ypsilon. And it’s probably a little disingenuous to say that the Chrysler Ypsilon has been revealed. It hasn’t. […]
McLaren MP4-12C Performance Press Release
McLaren Automotive and the groundbreaking new MP4-12C: the vision McLaren MP4-12C high-performance sports car on sale worldwide in 2011 McLaren Racing DNA runs through the development of the 12C and a range of future high-performance sports cars from McLaren Automotive New McLaren Production Centre due for spring completion A new short film presenting the McLaren […]
McLaren MP4-12C: Now it’s the performance photos & video
After last night’s performance data from McLaren, this morning we have performance photos and performance video on the McLaren MP4-12C We should probably call today ‘McLaren Day’, not Valentine’s Day. For today is the day we get every last morsel of detail on McLaren’s first new car in almost twenty years – the McLaren MP4-12C. Keen readers […]
Porsche Panamera: Long Wheelbase planned
Porsche are to introduce a long wheelbase Panamera – the Porsche Panamera LWB – stretched by five inches to give more rear room and bigger rear doors. Now Porsche is just a Volkswagen company, it has to look to yield value across its range. It also has to contribute to keeping emissions in check across its […]