Ford has revealed UK prices for the C-Max and Grand C-max. Prices start at £16,745, choice of Zetec or Titanium trim, 2 diesels & 3 petrols. We never fail to be surprised by how long it can take from the reveal of a new car until that car starts to hit showrooms. In the case […]
Jaguar UK sales bonanza & Jaguar XJ ‘Top Chauffeur Car’
Jaguar is enjoying almost unprecedented sales success in the UK with sales up 74% in August. And the new XJ nabs a gong as top chauffeur car. It seems that Jaguar – actually Jaguar Land Rover – can’t put a foot wrong at the moment. Whatever they touch seems to shine, and we’ve lost track […]
Nissan LEAF EV – order book open in UK
Nissan has now opened the order book in the UK for the electric Nissan LEAF. Buyers can sign up online by paying a £257 deposit. We happily admit that we don’t understand the desire to create a C-Segment electric car (certainly not a BEV). We also feel that the creation and marketing of such cars is potentially mis-leading, with […]
Range Rover 3.6 TDV8 Review & Road Test (2010) Part 2
In part 2 of our review and road test of the Range Rover TDV8 Autobiography, we examine why the Range Rover is much greater than the sum of its parts. After 40 years of Range Rover, buyers know that the Range Rover stands alone. There is no other car that can do Grouse Moor and […]
Range Rover 3.6 TDV8 Review & Road Test (2010)
We have the Range Rover 3.6 TDV8 Autobiography for a week to review and road test. Is it still the best, or is the Range Rover past its best? The Range Rover – as most of you already know from the celebrations Land Rover had in June – is forty years old this year. Which […]
Hybrid sales drop off a cliff in the U.S.
Sales of hybrid cars in the US have dropped by more than 40% in the last year. Much to the astonishment of the world – well, us anyway – America seems to have fallen in love with the ‘Green Dream’, and has taken to Hybrid Cars – encouraged no doubt by celebs polishing their green […]
Electric Ford Focus to get liquid cooling
Ford are going to manage battery temperature in the electric Focus to improve range and battery longevity. Just like everyone else, Ford is working on battery electric vehicles. And in particular – certainly in the UK – they’re working on an Electric Ford Focus. Which for us is a daft way to go. Electric cars […]
MINI Countryman UK Debut Press Release
NEW MINI COUNTRYMAN MAKES ITS UK DEBUT MINI will launch its latest and largest model, the MINI Countryman, to the UK market on September 18 2010. Countryman will be the fourth member of the MINI family following Hatch, Convertible and Clubman but the first to have four doors, seating for five adults and the first […]
MINI Countryman hits UK +Video
The MINI Countryman hits the UK this month, and MINI has marked that with Countryman Video, Photos and information specific to the UK. To be honest, if we were to cover every MINI as it hits the UK – in addition to reporting its initial reveal – since BMW revived the MINI badge we’d have a whole […]
SSC Ultimate Aero II (2011) – First Photos
We have the first photos of the SSC Ultimate Aero II, which hopes to take back the crown as world’s fastest production car in 2011 The car world may have been in melt down for the last year or three, but some things are beyond recession. Ultimate hypercars is one, and it seems there are […]