We have a video trailer of this years’s Top Gear Christmas special – a road trip from Iraq to Bethlehem. The first clue we had about what the Top Gear Christmas Special would be this year was back in October when we caught the boys out playing in the Middle East with a trio of […]
BMW 1 Series M Coupé revealed
The reveal of the BMW 1 Series M Coupe is almost over, with the final tease video briefly revealing the M Coupe in full The whole argument about whether BMW would use the iconic ‘M1’ moniker on a lowly 1-Series car was finally settled (not that we ever had any doubts) back in July when BMW officially […]
SUVs have the best residuals in the UK
In a list of the least depreciating cars in the UK, Glass’s has revealed that for 2010 seven of the top ten were SUVs Well, I’ll go to the foot of our stairs, as my Dad might have said. Twelve months ago – at the height of the car-buying public’s obsession with frugality and the […]
Range Rover Evoque: Project Khan Cosworth planned
Project Khan are planning a Cosworth powered Range Rover Evoque with power boost, custom trim and paint job. Azfal Kahn and crew do enjoy tweaking and pimping the products of Land Rover to suit the Tango-skinned inhabitants of Cheshire and Surrey. It started with the Range Rover Sport (the latest version being the Khan RS300) but […]
Ferrari 550 Barchetta Zagato GTZ sells at Bonhams
The only RHD Ferrari 550 Barchetta Zagato GTZ has fetched £350k in auction at Bonhams – a third of the original asking price. Regular readers may remember that we exclusively reported that Zagato were working on five Ferrari 550 Barchettas to create the Ferrari 550 GTZ just over a year ago. That report caused all sorts of […]
Hublot Watches: Ecclestone’s mugging turns a profit
Bernie Ecclestone – F1 Boss – has turned a photo of his beaten-up face in to an advert for Hublot watches. We’re sensitive souls here at Cars UK. So when F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone got mugged and beaten in London recently we didn’t make a song and dance of it. And nor did Bernie, despite […]
Lotus Europa becomes Proton Lekir
Lotus owners Proton have revealed a re-badged Lotus Europa as the Proton Lekir Concept at the Kuala Lumpur Motor Show. Lotus tried to make the 2006 Lotus Europa fulfil the same role in its lineup the original Lotus Europa did in the sixties – a bigger version of the main range. In the ’60s it […]
2011 Kia Picanto revealed
Kia have teased the 2011 Kia Picanto – based on the Hyundai i10 – ahead of its debut at the 2011 Geneva Motor Show in March. Kia are on a bit of a roll at the moment (as are sister company Hyundai) with cars like the new 2011 Kia Optima and the new Kia Sportage […]
McLaren SLR Edition revealed
A year on from the end of production, McLaren has released a new, limited edition SLR – the McLaren SLR Edition. Twenty five cars will be built at an undisclosed price. A year ago – almost to the day – we reported that the very last McLaren SLR had rolled off the production line (well, […]
Honda CR-Z: Non-hybrid coming
Honda is planning to put a new, turbo-charged VTEC-i petrol engine in the CR-Z to produce a non-hybrid CR-Z. Also planned is a Honda CR-Z Type-R with 200bhp. We understand why Honda has made the CR-Z a hybrid. They need to compete with Toyota, who have managed to carve themselves a seemingly indomitable niche as […]