Mercedes finally reveals some official detail on the 2011 Mercedes SLK. High on SLS styling – inside and out – and due in UK showrooms by the Summer. To be honest, we’d expected Mercedes to be forthcoming on the new Mercedes SLK a little before now. Especially after we ran a French promotional video for the 2011 […]
Land Rover Defender X-Tech launch
Land Rover launches a limited edition Defender – the Land Rover Defender X-Tech – with special paint job and 16″ black saw tooth alloys. The world’s full of SUVs. Everything from the might Range Rover all the way down to the new MINI Countryman. In between you’ll find endless levels of ability, from shopping trolley […]
Smart Fortwo Lightshine launches
Smart launch yet another Limited Edition – this time the Smart Fortwo Lightshine with 54bhp and 86g/gm CO2. Costs £11,405. You have to hand it to Mercedes – they don’t give up on Smart (or Maybach – another expensive departure). They keep churning out new cars (well, endless new limited editions, anyway) despite sales that […]
Rolls Royce Phantom Spirit of Ecstasy Centenary Collection
Rolls Royce reveals a limited edition Phantom to commemorate the centenary of the Spirit of Ecstasy. Just 100 Rolls Royce Phantom Spirit of Ecstasy Centenary Collection will be made. We’re rather hoping Rolls Royce will stick to convention and not plaster the name of this limited edition Rolls Royce Phantom across the boot lid, because even the […]
Audi A1 quattro prototype
Audi is developing a quattro system for the Audi A1. Expect an Audi A1 quattro later this year and a quattro Audi S1 in 2012. It did seem a strange omission by Audi not to have a quattro drivetrain for the ‘Only Premium Brand in its Sector’ Audi A1. And it was that lack of […]
2011 / 2012 Kia Rio teased
Kia has released a teaser sketch of the 2011 / 2012 Kia Rio, which will debut at the Geneva Motor Show in March and go on sale later in 2011. Kia has come a long way in the last few years. Its cars continue to become more relevant, the designs more contemporary and the cars […]
Audi SQ5? Audi RSQ5? Sporty Audi Q5 planned?
Audi has filed trademark applications for the monikers Audi SQ5 and Audi RSQ5, raising the possibility of a ‘Sporty’ Audi Q5 in the planning. Audi was more than fashionably late to the SUV party, turning up a few years late with the behomoth that is the Q7. Beautifully built, but surprisingly ‘cosy’ inside, the Q7 was enough […]
Hyundai Veloster (New Hyundai Coupe) Detroit debut +video
Hyundai’s ‘Utility Coupe’ – the Hyundai Veloster – gets revealed at the Detroit Motor Show. As we said when we ran the tease for the Hyundai Veloster last week, this here Hyundai Veloster has been a long time coming. Two years after the Hyundai Coupe stopped being made, and more than a year after we […]
Jaguar XJ – the ‘All-Star’ car
The Jaguar XJ has received Automobile Magazine’s All Star Award for the new Jaguar XJ. No, ‘All Star’ doesn’t refer to celebs who’ve fallen for the charms of Jaguar’s new XJ, from our own Jaguar-loving Richard Madeley to rap’s own Mr Jay-Zed who featured a new XJ in a recent vid. The ‘All Star’ here is […]
Toyota Prius C Concept – a City Prius for 2012
Toyota introduces the 3rd model in the Prius range – the Toyota Prius C – a city car concept. But it will go in to production next year. The Prius – love it or hate it – has been with us for more than a decade, with the third generation Prius arriving in 2009. And […]