Mitsubishi is making their electric city car – the Mitsubishi i-Miev – quite a bit bigger to cater for the US market. It’s a big enough problem getting the UK and Europe to buy in to the idea of a very small city car, much less one powered by an electric motor with all the power of a glorified […]
Mercedes CLS Shooting Brake in 2012
Mercedes has confirmed that they are to put in to production the Mercedes CLS Shooting Brake Concept we saw at this year’s Beijing Motor Show in 2012 Mercedes Estate cars do tend to err towards function rather than style. That said, we have a Mercedes E350 Estate in this week for review and it’s a handsome car with […]
2011 Mercedes C-Class Facelift leak
What look like shots of the 2011 Mercedes C-Class facelift have leaked out on to the Interweb. The current Mercedes C-Class is due a facelift in 2011 and we’re expecting the revamped Mercedes to put in its debut appearance at the Detroit Motor Show in January. But it looks like a bit of Mercedes’ thunder may have been stolen if […]
Honda: Electric cars DO have a future
Honda boss Takanobu Ito has revealed that Honda now see a future for EV and hybrids, and will show a plug-in hybrid and an EV at the LA Motor Show. In some ways Honda has been the biggest naysayer of all the car makers when it comes to electric cars. Under the leadership of Takeo […]
Brazil Grand Prix (2010) RESULT
Not quite a Red Bull lock-out on the grid in Brazil, with Williams’ Nico Hulkenberg grabbing his first pole in front of the Red Bulls. But McLaren seem out of contention. Another Red Bull victory to come? No question, Interlagos 2010 was a Red Bull success story. Yes, they’ve made things more difficult for themselves […]
Peugeot 308 CC GT HDi 140 Review & Road Test (2010)
This week we have the top of the range Peugeot 308 CC – the 308 CC GT HDi 140 – in for review and road test. Fluff or substance? We as a nation have a very peculiar relationship with convertible cars. The UK buys more convertibles per capita than almost any nation on earth. Which […]
Millionth Range Rover presented to Jezza for Help for Heroes
Land Rover’s MD Phil Popham has presented the millionth Range Rover to Jeremy Clarkson to auction for the Help for Heroes Charity. It’s a very large number of Range Rovers, 1,000,000. Although you do have to remember that is a production number over a forty year period. Still, long time or not it’s a milestone […]
2011 VW Jetta R in the works
Volkswagen are planning a hot version of the 2011 Jetta – the VW Jetta R. We’ve only just got the reveal of the 2011 VW Jetta out of the way and we’re already hearing that VW are planning on adding to their range of proper R models by producing a Jetta R. Mind you, with the Golf […]
VW Up! to launch at Frankfurt 2011
Volkswagen has revealed that their small, 3-pot city car – the VW Up! – will launch at the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show. It seems like an awfully long time since Volkswagen announced to the world that it was going to make a small range of city cars to cope with modern eco-sensibilities and recession-motivated downsizing. In fact as long […]
Jenson Button escapes attempted car-jacking in Brazil
Jenson Button was the target of gun-wielding kidnappers as he was driven back to his hotel after qualifying in the Brazilian Grand Prix. Yesterday wasn’t really Jenson Button’s day. His low-key performance in qualifying for the Brazilian Grand Prix has probably put the last nail in the coffin of his desire to retain his F1 world champion […]