The Nissan LEAF EV is going on sale in Portugal and Ireland with the UK following in September. We recently reported that the Nissan Leaf has exceeded all expectations after going on sale in Japan and the US, managing to acquire 19,000 orders in the briefest of time – twice the planned annual rate of […]
Porsche Cayman Club Sport planned
Porsche look set to debut a stripped out and more powerful Cayman at the LA Motor Show – the Porsche Cayman CS (ClubSport) Now that Porsche is part of VW – owners of niche -masters Audi – we’re starting to take more seriously every rumour of a new limited edition / faster / lighter / […]
Porsche Panamera – 25,000 built already
Porsche has revealed that they have already built 25,000 Porsche Panameras in the first year of production at the Porsche plant in Leipzig. Big, exotic cars tend not to sell in big numbers. Annual production in the low thousands is usually as much as you’re likely to see from a supercar and once you get […]
Audi A7 Sportback – the video
We got the official reveal of Audi’s competitor for the BMW 5 Series GT – the Audi A7 Sportback – a few days ago, and now we get the video. Somehow the Audi A7 just didn’t look as dynamic as expected. I know, production cars are usually a letdown compared to the concept, but the A7 […]
Pagani Zonda R: Nurburgring Record Video
Pagani broke the Nurburgring record earlier this month with the Zonda R which set a time of 6m 47s. We have the whole lap on video Back in April we reported that Ferrari were claiming a Nurburgring record for the 599xx. This made-up-by-Ferrari record was for the fastest time round the Nurburgring by a road […]
Porsche 918 Spyder Hybrid Hypercar Green Light
Porsche has confirmed that the hybrid hypercar – the Porsche 918 Spyder – shown at Geneva this year will go in to production. As the man from Porsche said when asked about the Porsche 918 Spyder Concept at the Geneva Motor Show this year, ‘Porsche has never shown a car they didn’t go on to […]
SEAT Ibiza ST (Sport Tourer) Prices & Models +video
The SEAT Ibiza ST has now gone on sale in the UK with prices starting from £12,070 Back in February in the run up to the Geneva Motor Show SEAT sent us details of their diminutive estate, the SEAT Ibiza Sport Tourer (ST) which bowed in at Geneva shortly after. It’s taken six months to […]
UK Electric Car Subsidy: £5k for the first 8,600
The coalition Government are going to honour the subsidy commitment on electric cars. But only for the first 8,600. We expected more sanity from the coalition Government on all things motoring – especially after Transport Secretary Philip Hammond decreed the war on motorists to be over. And we also hoped for common sense all round on all […]
2011 Ford Explorer Press Release
Ford Explorer – the vehicle that defined a segment – has been completely reinvented, raising customers’ expectations of sport utility vehicle (SUV) fuel efficiency, safety, technology, capability and quality. “The all-new Explorer will deliver today’s SUV buyers the attributes they really want and value, and a few they might not even have dreamed of,” said […]
Ford Explorer (2011) launches +video
Ford has finally launched the 2011 Ford Explorer, which seems to have turned in to a soft roading crossover. Because it’s unlikely we will get the 2011 Ford Explorer on this side of the Pond, we haven’t covered its interminable tease in any real detail. Yes, we reported on the 2011 Explorer getting Ford’s new […]