The Lancia Stratos look-alike snapped at Fiat’s test track is a one-off Pininfarina creation based on a shortened Ferrari F430. Enthusiasts have yearned for the return of the Lancia Stratos. There was glimmer of light for Stratos lovers in 2005 when the Fenomenon Stratos Concept showed up, but nothing much since. Until the last few weeks. A week […]
Electric Mercedes B-Class for China
The first electric car to come out of the collaboration of Mercedes and BYD will be based on the Mercedes B Class and sell in China under a new brand name. Back in March we reported that Mercedes and Chinese car maker BYD – they of the high-end battery technology – were getting cosy with plans to launch a new car […]
Mitsubishi Shogun LWB Review & Road Test (2010) Part 2
Part 2 of our road test and review of the 2010 Mitsubishi Shogun LWB Elegance. And our verdict. Can it match up to the Discoveries and X5s of this world. But only until you get used to it. Once you are, you genuinely don’t hear it as you sink your foot to the floor for a rather leisurely sprint to 60mph […]
Mitsubishi Shogun LWB Review & Road Test (2010)
The Mitsubishi Shogun is a proper, grown-up SUV. We spend a week with the Mitsubishi Shogun LWB 3.2 DI-DC Elegance to review and road test. Good on road and off? Is the Mitsubishi Shogun the only car to be named after a television programme? It’s said that the multi-named Shogun got christened Shogun in the […]
Lexus LFA For Sale – even in US
It seems that Lexus has had a change of heart over their insistence that – just in the US – customers would not be allowed to buy the LFA but would instead have to lease it. The argument by Lexus when they announced the Lexus LFA could only be leased in the USA was that […]
Nissan Qashaqai 2011 updates previewed
Nissan has updated the JSM Nissan Dualis for 2011 with tweaks we can probably expect for the 2011 Nissan Qashqai. We get used to JDM (Japanese Domestic Market) cars getting updates rolled out ahead of the rest of the world, so the news that Nissan has released a set of updates for the Japanese version […]
Ferrari 250 GTO – the ‘Budget’ version
Historics at Brooklands are to auction a Ferrari 250 GTO replica – the 250 GTO Evocazione – which is expected to fetch around £240k. The last time we had a Ferrari 250 GTO in the news was when we broke the story that Chris Evans had acquired a Ferrari 250 GTO for an undiclosed price […]
Fiat 500CbyDIESEL – the drop-top 500byDIESEL arrives in the UK
Fiat has revealed the convertible version of last year’s 500byDIESEL – the Fiat 500CbyDIESEL – with lots of DIESEL logos and old jeans for seats is now on sale in the UK. We’re (half) seriously starting to wonder if we should have a couple of extra web sites; one for MINI Limited Editions and one […]
Lamborghini Estoque: could still happen
Lamborghini boss Stephan Winkelmann has said that a third model would fit well at Lamborghini. Looks like the Lamborghini Estoque may be back on. First we had the Lamborghini take on a 4 door Supercar at the Paris Show in 2008 – the Lamborghini Estoque – and then we didn’t. Lamborghini said that despite the […]
Vauxhall Lifetime Warranty on all new cars (well, for 100k miles)
Vauxhall are to offer a Lifetime Warranty on all new cars from 1st August 2010, subject to a 100,000 mile limit. It was going to happen sooner or later; long-established car makers biting the bullet on warranties to counter the threat form the Koreans with their huge warranties and bargain prices. And it’s Vauxhall that’s […]