Following on from the success of the Black Pack option on the XKR, Jaguar are now offering the Black Pack on the XFR and XF Diesel S The Jaguar XF has been a huge success for Jaguar, selling more recently in the UK than the comparable BMWs and Mercedes. And justifiably so, it’s a very […]
Tesla SUV in 2014 – Tesla Model X
Tesla has revealed that they are planning on building an electric SUV – the Tesla Model X – based on the same platform as the yet to arrive Model S. Tesla is a strange amalgam of a Silicon Valley company and a car maker. With a distinct leaning to the Silicon Valley side of the equation. Not […]
Nissan LEAF makes Car of the Year 2011 shortlist. Stupid.
The yet-to-be-released Nissan LEAF bizarrely makes the shortlist for the 2011 Car of the Year Has the world gone completely barking mad? Why on earth would the Car of the Year panel include a yet-to-be-released electric car – The Nissan LEAF – which is inferior in every way to all the other cars on the […]
Lamborghini LP-700-4: Is this the Lamborghini Jota?
It’s being reported that the car we expect to be the Lamborghini Jota – the replacement for the Murcielago – will instead be the Lamborghini LP700-4 We were sure that Lamborghini would forsake its numerical nomenclature for the repalcement for the LP-640, aka Lamborghini Murcielago. Our Lamborghini man assured us it would be the Lamborhgini […]
Skoda Fabia vRS: The ‘Mean’ Fabia Video
The Skoda Fabia vRS – Skoda’s version of the Polo GTI – gets an advertising campaign all of its own – the ‘Mean’ Skoda. We like what Skoda has on offer with the Fabia vRS. In fact, we like much of what Skoda does. They take very competent and able VW cars and give them […]
2011 Renault Espace Facelift: Price & Details
The Renault Espace gets a slight facelift for 2011 with minor cosmetic tweaks and Euro 5 compliant engine. The Renault Espace was the car that started the whole ‘People Carrier’ thing, and with ever improving options coming at them from every angle they need to keep the Espace fresh. So although facelift may be a bit strong […]
New Lotus Esprit is real. The rest of the Lotus ‘Wish List’ isn’t
Lotus revealed the Eterne, Elite, Elan, Esprit and a new Elise at last months’ Paris Motor Show. But only the New Lotus Esprit is actually being developed. The biggest surprise at the Paris Motor Show last month was a veritable shoal of new Lotus (Lotuses? Loti?) – far beyond anything we had expected. What we […]
Jaguar XJ 3.0 TDV6 Long Term Test (2010): The Intro
Jaguar send us a Jaguar XJ 3.0 TDV6 SWB Portfolio to play with for a month or four. What’s the new big Jag going to be like as an everyday car? We moaned about the tease that was the introduction to the new Jaguar XJ, but we dutifully went off to the press launch at the Saatchi […]
Peugeot 207 SW Sport HDi 92 Review & Road Test (2010)
We have in this week Peugeot’s little load-lugger, the Peugeot 207 SW Sport HDi 92, for review and road test. Is there any point in such a small estate car? There’s nothing we Brits like more than a decent Estate car. Whether it’s a big, boxy old-fashioned Volvo load lugger or a sleek and supercar-quick RS6 […]
Lexus goes bonkers for SEMA 2010
Lexus join in the fun at SEMA 2010 with some seriously titivated and tarted hybrids. If only they would play the same games with the oily bits. I think we’re going to stop trying to work out what Lexus is all about. Just when we think we have them pegged down as green halo, fluffy-bunny-loving […]