Aston Martin has had a tweak with it’s hugely successful GT4 car for 2011 – the Aston Martin Vantage GT4 – to improve power an aerodynamics Aston Martin’s Vantage for the track – the Aston Martin Vantage GT4 – has only been racing for a couple of years. But in that short time Aston Martin […]
Land Rover Defender 90 Yachting Edition by Startech
Tuning company Startech has taken the Defender 90 and giving it a cosmetic workover to create the Land Rover Defender 90 Yachting Edition Rather than it being a surprise that Startech has produced a cosmetically highly-specced version of the iconic Land Rover Defender, the surprise is that more tuning forms don’t do it. After all, the […]
Porsche Panamera Diesel Confirmed
It’s been confirmed that Porsche are to build a diesel version of the Panamera. The Porsche Panamera Diesel will arrive in the second half of 2011. It’s not the most shocking news of the week – the Porsche Panamera Diesel is definitely going in to production – but it is the first time that Porsche […]
Lamborghini V12 Parade Sant’Agata Bolognese +video
We have video of a parade of iconic V12 Lamborghini around the streets of Sant’Agata Bolognese to celebrate the end of Murcielago production. Back at the start of November we reported that Lamborghini were celebrating the end of the Murcielago after almost a decade of V12 goodness from Sant’Agata’s finest. Which was a bit of […]
Michelin Pilot Super Sport launches
Michelin has launched the Pilot Super Sport Tyre in Dubai with a supercar-fest of Michelin shod cars. The Pilot Super Sport goes on sale in January 2011. At the beginning of October – when it was already starting to feel as if we were in mid-winter on some days – the nice man from Michelin (that’s Paul, not the […]
Vauxhall Antara: Facelift and price cut
Vauxhall has given the Antara a facelift for 2011 with some cosmetic tweaks inside and out and a new, Euro 5 engine. And a price drop. Hot on the heels of the 2011 Vauxhall Corsa facelift comes another Vauxhall facelift to graft the family nose on to the 2011 Vauxhall Antara. And it does look […]
2011 VW Eos facelift starts at £22,895
Volkswagen has revealed prices for the facelifted Eos, which will start £1500 more than the pre-facelift model. There was nothing much to get too excited about with the 2011 facelift for the Volkswagen Eos. When VW revealed the Eos facelift last month at Frankfurt there was little more on offer than a bit of a […]
Chevy Volt will get 37-93mpg
The EPA has revealed that the Chevy Volt will average 37mpg on its range extender engine and 93mpg when in electric mode. Back in August 2009 we all had a good laugh at the astonishing claim from GM that the range extender Chevy Volt would do 230mpg. We speculated that GM must have based this figure on the Volt using […]
Audi A1 e-tron by 2014
It looks as if Audi are planning to bring the Audi A1 e-tron – a range-extender, plug in hybrid with single-pot Wankel motor – to market by 2014. As anyone who follows motors shows will know, Audi has been busy churning out electric Audis under the e-tron moniker for the last year or so. We kicked off with the Audi R8 […]
McLaren MP4-12C GT3 racer spotted
McLaren is developing a GT3 version of their new road car – the McLaren MP4-12C GT3. We have spy photos. Yesterday we had the announcement that the McLaren MP4-12C will cost £168,500 when it goes on sale next year. We also had the rebuttal from Ferrari who told Cars UK that the Ferrari 458 Italia actually […]