BMW has cosmetically tweaked the 1 Series Coupe and Convertible for 2011 / 2012 and fitted the N55 lump to the 135i. To be entirely accurate, the 2011 BMW 1 Series Facelift isn’t across the board – at least not yet. What we are getting – at the Detroit Motor Show next month – is […]
2011 Ford Focus Price revealed
Ford has revealed that the 2011 Ford Focus will start at £15,995 for the entry-level 1.6 litre petrol Edge trim level. We’ve had lots of news on the 2011 Ford Focus this year, from the initial reveal of the 2011 Focus at Detroit in January to the preview of the new Focus ST at Frankfurt […]
Saab 9-5 gets updated
Saab has revised the chassis settings for the 2.0-litre TiD 160PS and spec improvements for the 9-5 Vector SE models. The Saab 9-5 holds out a lot of promise. It seems to embody much of what the Saab of old offered – subtly stylish, individual and slightly quirky – despite being a GM under the […]
2011 Vauxhall VXR8 revealed
Vauxhall has revealed the 2011 Vauxhall VXR8 which features the 6.2 litre Chevy V8, 425bhp and a sub-£50k price tag. The world is woefully short of old-fashioned, rear-wheel drive, hairy-chested saloon cars that actually handle. True, there are still some Yank-Tanks around at less than stellar money that do a good impersonation, but for the […]
Vauxhall Ampera Price revealed
Vauxhall has revealed that the range-extender Vauxhall Ampera will cost £33,995 when it launches in 2012. Sensibly, Vauxhall has chosen to reveal the price of the range-extender Vauxhall Ampera on the day it was included on the list of cars eligible for the £5,000 taxpayer subsidy for plug-in cars. Vauxhall will be getting £33,995 for every Ampera […]
2011 Honda Civic at Detroit
Honda has released a sketch of the new 2011 Honda Civic which will debut at the Detroit Motor Show and go on sale in the US in Spring 2011. Honda are previewing the Honda Civic Concept at next month’s Detroit Motor Show and have releaed a sketch to let us know what to expect. But […]
Plug-In Car Grant: Eligible cars revealed
Government announces the list of cars eligible for the £5,000 electric vehicle subsidy. But there’s only one you can actually buy – the Mitsubishi i-MiEV. We’re almost in to the New Year, and the contentious government subsidy for buyers of plug-in, low CO2 emission cars is due to kick in from 1st January 2011. The […]
Hyundai i40 Estate revealed
Hyundai has revealed the first images of the Hyundai i40 Estate which will debut at the 2011 Geneva Motor Show and go on sale in May. With companies like Ford moving towards a one-world car lineup, Hyundai’s direction with the new Hyundai Sonata/i45/i40 has been more than a little confusing. For Hyundai has decided that the Hyundai Sonata […]
F1: New rules for 2011; 4-pot turbos for 2013
The FIA has revealed a raft of regulation tweaks for 2011 and a big change to introduce 1.6 litre turbo four-cylinder engines for 2013. As anyone who keeps even the most casual of eyes on F1 knows, rules and regulations in the sport are there to be changed. And they are, with great frequency, as teams get […]
Fifth Gear Car of the Year 2010
The Citroen DS3 has grabbed Fifth Gear’s small car of the year award, the Ferrari 458 Italia the fast car award and the Skoda Superb Estate the family car award. We recently reported on Top Gear’s 2010 Car of the Year Awards which saw our very own favourite small car of the year – the […]