Lotus are planning to update the Lotus Exige for 2011 and give the Lotus Evora a more upmarket cabin for the 2012 MY. With all the hype that surrounded the recent Lotus outing at the Paris Motor Show it would be quite easy to forget that Lotus already has a range of cars to sell. […]
Ford Model T climbs Ben Nevis: Ford Heritage Images
Ford are celebrating 100 years of Ford in Britain by releasing images from their archives. This image is of a Ford Model T driving up Ben Nevis in 1911. When the good Mr Clarkson decided Top Gear should do a piece about a Land Rover Discovery using its incredible off-road abilities to climb a mountain in Scotland we […]
2011 Hyundai Coupe – Hyundai Veloster – teased
Hyundai are teasing the replacement for the Hyundai Coupe – the Hyundai Veloster – ahead of its production-ready debut at the Detroit Motor Show. For all that Hyundai – and for that matter sister company Kia – have managed to become in the last few years, we need only look towards one car that signposted their potential – the Hyundai Coupe. […]
Pagani Huayra: Does the Pagani C9 have a name?
With Pagani finally scheduled to reveal their replacement for the Zonda – codenamed Pagani C9 – we’re hearing the new Pagani will be the Pagani Huayra – Quechua diealect for ‘Wind’. As we know, Pagani are gearing up to show the world what they’ve created to replace the awesome Pagani Zonda, which until now we’ve […]
Toyota Prius: Less polluting than a farting sheep
Toyota in Israel are running an advert showing that the average sheep’s fart is more polluting than the Toyota Prius. Regular readers know our point of view on the whole man-made global warming theory. Tosh. Utter tosh. But there’s a big industry grown up around the ‘Need’ to cut ‘Harmful’ carbon dioxide and other so called greenhouse gasses from […]
2011 Kia Picanto revealed
Kia has revealed the 2011 Kia Picanto, an all new car featuring the latest Kia design language and new engines. Will debut at Geneva and on sale by Easter 2011. There are plenty of cheap cars on the market. And then there’s the Kia Picanto. Which has nothing to greatly recommend it apart from the […]
Mitsubishi i-MiEV: Lease & finance costs announced
Mitsubishi has released costs for leasing, buying and contract hire on the electric Mitsubishi i-MiEV, which becomes eligible for the £5k electric car subsidy this week. We had to run some sort of story on electric cars this week as the UK government’s misguided £5k subsidy to makers of electric cars kicks in as the New Year arrives. Mind you, […]
Ford Focus Electric tease begins
Ford teases the release of new information about the electric Ford Focus at the International CES in Las Vegas on its Facebook page. Ford has promised that there will be an electric version of the 2011 Ford Focus by 2012. Which we’ve gone on record as saying is a daft idea. Why would you want an electric […]
Tata Nano bounces back
From sales of just 509 Nanos in November, Tata has managed to increase sales in December to 5,784 thanks to a range of incentives and finance packages. The Tata Nano was going to be the car that changed the world. Not since the Model T brought motoring to the masses was there a car that […]
Lexus GS 450h SE-L Review & Road Test (2010 / 2011) Part 2
We look at the performance of the Lexus GS 450h – and its handling – in part 2 of our review and road test of the Lexus hybrid. The off-the-line performance of the GS 450h is impressive – and addictive. The delivery of torque – thanks to the assistance of the electric motor – makes the […]