In part two of our review and Road Test of the Mercedes E220 CDI Coupe we look at whether its good to drive with it small, 4-pot diesel. Some cars conspire to make you feel good, whatever the price tag. This E220 CDI Coupe is a very lowly E-Class Coupe, but nothing shouts ‘Low-Rent’ […]
Jaguar Pirana Concept for sale
A 1960s Jaguar Concept – the Jaguar Pirana – has turned up for sale on Ebay in the US Jaguar what? Jaguar Pirana, a concept car produced by Jaguar in 1967 and shown at the British Motor Show. No, we’d never heard of it either. But that’s not a huge surprise – there was only […]
New Ford Focus ST (2012): The Video
Ford has sent us video of the 2012 Ford Focus ST. Sadly, we get no more information, but at least you can see the 2012 Focus ST on the move. There’s nothing quite like signposting a new car well ahead of its reveal, and Ford are taking no chances on the 2012 Ford Focus ST […]
Jaguar Land Rover Factory Closure U-Turn: Official
In what will come as very welcome news for their Midlands workforce, Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) is cancelling plans to close one of their Midlands plants. We first found out that JLR planned on rationalizing their Midlands factories back in September 2009. JLR announced that one of either Solihull or Castle Bromwich would be closing, but that […]
Ford Ranger (2012) Revealed
Ford has revealed its new 2012 Ford Ranger pick-up, which launches today in Australia before production begins in 2011. Expected in the UK early 2012. The Ford Ranger is one of those strange hybrid vehicles. No, not hybrid in the sense of a mixed power sources for the oily bits, but in the sense that it’s […]
BMW X4 Confirmed
It looks like BMW has signed off the BMW X4 for production. Expect it in showrooms late 2013, with a concept X4 late 2011. There’s been talk about producing a little brother for the BMW X6 since… well, since the BMW X6 turned from a ‘They’ll never build that’ to ‘The’y’ll never sell that ‘ […]
VW Polo R Quattro planned
It looks like the decision to build a quattro platform for the Audi S1 will mean the 2012 VW Polo R will also be a quattro. After the ‘Will they, Won’t they’ messing around in the run up to the Paris Motor Show with the Audi S1, we finally got the Audi A1 1.4 TFSI […]
Chevy Volt / Vauxhall Ampera: MUCH better than it seemed. Possibly.
The Chevy Volt Brouhaha rumbles on, with Motor Trend pitching in their opinion after a drive. But they’re being either disingenuous or gullible. We’re not sure which. The brouhaha online this week has centred around GM’s revelation that the Chevy Volt / Vauxhall Ampera is actually not a true Range Extender EV but a hybrid. A different […]
New Lotus Elite: Top-Down +video
We have a photo of the new Lotus Elite – due in 2014 – with its top down and a video as well. I think we’ve just about got over the surprise of a New Lotus Elite dropping from a clear blue sky in the week before the Paris Motor Show. What we still haven’t […]
2011 BMW 6 Series Convertible: First photo
We have the first photo of the 2011 BMW 6-Series Convertible, and the news it will launch at the Detroit Motor Show in January 2011. We got the reveal of the BMW 6-Series Concept at the Paris Motor Show last week (well, the car BMW are calling the 6-Series Concept. If you believe that) and […]