Mazda have launched a ‘Summer Special’ MX-5 – the Mazda MX-5 Miyako. Mainly cosmetic but with a suspension brace fitted. Starts at £18,385. The Mazda MX-5 – or Mazda Miata – has been around for 20 years and continues to demonstrate how appealing simplicity and lightness are in a Roadster. You don’t need to keep adding power […]
Lotus lusts after Lutz?
Lotus are looking to grab GM’s Bob Lutz in an effort to take the Hethel car maker away from founder Colin Chapman’s vision and firmly in the direction of bigger and more luxurious. The Lotus five year plan calls for the track day cars to make way for much more substantial and upmarket cars to […]
Ford Explorer (2011 ) to get Ford’s new Curve Control
Ford are to launch Curve Control – an electro-nanny for curing understeer – on the 2011 Ford Explorer. The picture you see above is in fact Ford’s 2011 Explorer. And in what has seemed like an interminable tease of images for the latest version of Ford’s SUV we’ve had everything out-doorsy with an Explorer half […]
SEAT Ibiza Good Stuff – Shakira’s SEAT
SEAT has launched the limited edition SEAT Ibiza Good Stuff to celebrate its involvement with Shakira’s European tour and her Barefoot Foundation. Limited Edition models are always a seller. It’s a good way for car makers to shift metal and as long as the buyer wants the goodies bolted on its a cheaper way to […]
Chevy Volt / Vauxhall Ampera doesn’t work
It’s being reported that GM are re-engineering the Volt/Ampera to be driven by the engine as it’s range extender technology fails in the real world. That’s quite a headline. The technology that’s supposed to be the saviour of GM doesn’t work. Or at least not well enough. It seems that GM are about to re-engineer […]
Gordon Murray Design T.25 Press Release
Gordon Murray Design’s T.25 City Car will make its first public appearance at the Smith School’s World Forum on Enterprise and the Environment in Oxford today. Sir David King, Founding Director of the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment said: “Our transport sector is hugely dependent on fossil fuels and we need to de-fossilise […]
Gordon Murray T.25: More detail & photos
Gordon Murray has released more detail and photos of his city car creation the Gordon Murray Design T.25 We’ve already made our feelings about Gordon Murray’s ‘T’ cars clear. We think Gordon – creator of the McLaren F1 – is on exactly the right track for City Cars – either the T.25 or it’s electric […]
Aston Martin DB9 Facelift revealed
Aston Martin has given the DB9 a facelift for 2010 / 2011. But don’t worry. It’s very subtle. The DB9 is still gorgeous. Remarkably, the Aston Martin DB9 has been with us since 2003. Yet it still conspires to look as fresh and appealing – and let’s face it, just downright beautiful – as it did when […]
2010 / 2011 MINI Revealed
2010 sees a nip and tweak and new engines for the 2011 MY MINI plus a new range of ‘Design Pack’ options. The MINI has had a terrific run under the ownership of BMW. It’s spawned an unbelievable number of specials and one-offs yet still seems to strike a chord in the hearts of buyers, […]
European Grand Prix (2010) RESULT
With Vettel on pole will this be a Red Bull walkover? Or can Hamilton bully his way to victory in Valencia? The 2010 European Grand Prix in Valencia was really about the Red Bulls. Vettel managed to start from pole and end up on the top step after the chequered flag. Team mate Mark Webber didn’t fare so well. […]