Fiat are to replace the Fiat Ulysee in Europe with the Dodge Journey rebadged as Fiat Freemont. The Fiat Freemont will debut at the 2011 Geneva Motor Show. You might as well get used to this. Cross-pollination and re-badging between Chrysler and Fiat is going to move on apace in 2011 and this is just the start, with the […]
Top Gear Three Wise Men cars off to Beaulieu
The three cars used in the Top Gear ‘Three Wise Men’ Christmas Special are already on display at the World of Top Gear exhibition at Beaulieu That didn’t take long. Despite the Top Gear Christmas ‘Three Wise men’ Road trip only airing on the Beeb yesterday – and the whole Top Gear Iraq to Bethlehem […]
Ford to roll out Stop-Start in a big way
Ford are to roll out Stop-Start on cars in North America from the 2010MY. They hope to offer Stop-Start across the whole Ford range by 2015. Stop-Start is a relatively simple way for car makers to grab more miles out of every gallon of fuel a car uses by simply turning off the engine when […]
Alfa Romeo Zagato TZ4 coming?
The Christmas card from Zagato seems to feature a new TZ – the Alfa Romeo TZ4. But beyond that, we don’t have a clue. Alfa Romeo have made some of the most beautiful cars on the planet. And none more beautiful than those designed and built in collaboration with Zagato. We wouldn’t go as far as the […]
Maybach Coupe for sale: First Maybach Cruiserio Coupe up for grabs
The first Maybach 57S Coupe – now dubbed the Maybach Cruserio Coupe – has been put up for sale. Which leaves just 99 more Maybach Coupes to shift. We’ve run a couple of stories about a coupe version of the Maybach 57S this year, starting with the rather surprising news that a Maybach Coupe was […]
A Very Merry Red Bull Christmas
Cars UK wishes all our readers a very Merry Christmas. And even though we can’t send you all a Christmas card, share Red Bull’s amusing festive offering with us. Over the last couple of years we’ve featured Bernie Ecclestone’s Christmas Cards as our Christmas Day greeting to readers, as they’ve been by far the most […]
Toyota Prius Alpha, Prius Plug-in & Prius Concept at Detroit
Toyota will be taking a quartet of Prius models to Detroit in January: 3rd Gen Prius, Prius Plug-in, Prius MPV (Prius Alpha / Prius-V) and a smaller Prius Concept (Prius-C). Toyota has been threatening to build more versions of the Prius for a very long time. Almost as long as there’s been a Prius, in […]
Kia KV7 Gullwing Concept at Detroit
Kia has revealed a new gullwing crossover concept – the Kia K7 – which will be revealed at the Detroit Motor Show in January 2011. We’ve got used in recent years to the Koreans – in the guise of Hyundai and Kia – presenting more and more credible concepts which go on to become equally credible production […]
2011/2012 Mercedes C Class Press Release
New chapter in the Mercedes C Class success story from March 2011 Energetic: new, dynamic appearance inside and out Extended: ten new assistance systems for more safety Efficient: new engines with up to 31 per cent improvement in fuel consumption Experience: new generation of telematics with internet access Successful: more than one million units of […]
2011 Mercedes C Class Facelift revealed +video
Mercedes has revealed the 2011 / 2012 Mercedes C Class with a facelift to the exterior to give it family looks and an upgraded interior with E-Class quality. When we recently reviewed the Mercedes C Class – in relatively lowly C180 CGI guise – we had to conclude that Mercedes’ baby has come a long way. For the first time […]