The Dacia Jogger Hybrid 140, the first model in Dacia’s range to get a hybrid powertrain option, goes on sale in the UK from £22,595. Back in December, we revealed that the Hybrid version of the Dacia Jogger was due to go on sale this month. Which it does, and with prices starting from a […]
Bentley follows Rolls-Royce by declaring RECORD sales in 2022
Bentley announces record sales for 2022 despite the economic gloom, up by 4 per cent on a record-breaking 2021. Yesterday, we reported on record-breaking sales for Rolls Royce in 2022, despite the ever-growing economic clouds, and now – in a mirror of last year – Bentley arrives to proclaim its own record-breaking sales in 2022. […]
Mazda CONFIRMS a Rotary-engined PHEV MX-30 incoming – a decade late
Mazda confirms that the electric Mazda MX-30 is about to get a rotary-engined range-extender plug-in hybrid version. Mazda does like to plough its own furrow, most recently by delivering a big 3.3-litre diesel engine in the Mazda CX-60 when the rest of the car world is eschewing diesel and downsizing capacities, and historically by delivering […]
Rolls-Royce has record-breaking sales AGAIN in 2022
Despite the turmoils of the car market in 2022, Rolls-Royce managed to flog more cars to more buyers than at any time in its history. This time last year, Rolls-Royce reported record sales figures of 5,586 for 2021, a rise of a whopping 49 per cent on 2020 despite all the tribulations afflicting car manufacturers, […]
Sony Honda partnership on EVs moves forward with new Afeela brand
The EV partnership between Japanese corporate giants Sony and Honda moves forward with the Afeela brand launched at the CES show. Sony has been tinkering at the edges of car manufacturing for a while now, and we’ve seen both the Sony Vision S and Sony Vision S 02 revealed as Sony tries to garner interest. […]
Peugeot Inception Concept points to Peugeot’s future EV design and tech
The Peugeot Inception Concept is revealed at the CES show, heralding both design and technology for Peugeot’s future EVs. Peugeot does like a concept car which points to a bold new future (even if it never materialises) like the Peugeot Onyx Concept from 2012 and the more recent Peugeot e-Legend Concept. The e-Legend Concept was […]
Nissan Qashqai was the best-selling car in the UK in 2022 – VW the best-selling brand
The new Nissan Qashqai was the UK’s best-selling car of 2022, and Volkswagen the best-selling brand of the year. It’s 24 years since a UK-built car topped the sales charts for the year, and that was the Ford Fiesta, but now there’s a new British-built car topping the 20-22 sales charts with the new Nissan […]
New car registrations UP again in December – but 2022 was still down on 2021
New car registrations in the UK rose again in December – up by 18.3 per cent – but registrations for 2022 as a whole were still down 2.0 per cent on 2021. We’ve seen new car registrations continue to grow in the UK in recent months as car makers appear to be getting more adept […]
BMW i Vision Dee is a colour-shifting first look at a ‘Neue Klasse’ 3-Series BMW
The BMW i Vision Dee (Digital Emotional Experience) is a first look at a ‘Neue Klasse’ BMW i3 for 2025 bringing the “next level of human-machine interaction“. The car industry is in the process of ditching more than 100 years of development and design of cars and their powertrains as they’re forced into delivering electric […]
Aston Martin DBS 770 Ultimate TEASED as the end of the V12 ICE DBS
The Aston Martin DBS 770 Ultimate is teased as a final iteration of the V12 ICE Aston Martin DBS. Just 499 are being built. It’s more than four years since the Aston Martin DBS Superleggera arrived as a DB11-based GT with lower weight (although hardly qualifying for the Superleggera moniker), wider rear track, additional downforce […]