Ferrari boss Luca di Montezemolo confirms a 599 Roadster, a new Scaglietti, a 458 Italia Spider and no 458 Scuderia Revealed is too strong a word, because we don’t have a photo of the 599 Roadster. But we do have Ferrari boss Luca di Montezemolo admitting that a drop top version of the 599 is […]
MINI Countryman – a 7 seat version planned?
Are MINI planning a seven seat MPV MINI? According to the latest rumour they are. We have jokingly said that no version of the MINI that can be conceived by BMW’s marketeers would surprise us. But we were wrong. The concept of a seven seat MINI – which is the current MINI rumour – has […]
BMW X5 passes the Million mark
Eleven years after it launched the X5, BMW is celebrating 1,000,000 X5s built. When we think of luxury SUVs we always think it started with the Range Rover. Which of course it did. But it’s easy to forget that what we think of as a recent phenomenon – the performance luxury SUV – was spawned […]
BMW Gran Coupé to be new BMW 6-Series? Very unlikely.
Autocar are claiming that the BMW Gran Coupé Concept is going in to production in 2012 as the new BMW 6-Series. Which makes no sense. We’re back again to the rumourmill. This time the rumourmill is busy banging its drum to proclaim that the BMW Gran Coupé Concept we saw last month is going to […]
Alfa Romeo SUV / Crossover in 2012
We’re hearing strong rumours that Alfa Romeo are planning a compact crossover/SUV to be made in the US, based on a Jeep platform and launching in 2012. We had a flurry of expectation a few years ago that ever car maker on the planet from the prosaic to the stellar would be churning out an SUV. That got modified […]
Renault Latitude turns up
Renault has revealed the replacement for the very odd Vel Satis, their new range-topping Renault Latitude. Renault Latitude? What’s a Renault Latitude? A new hatch? A people carrier? No, it’s actually Renault’s latest effort at a range-topping car. But pay attention, because unless you live in Paris you’ll probably never see one again. French pride seems to […]
Hyundai ix35 makes it to Harrods
This week you can spot a Hyundai ix35 in one of Harrods’ Brompton Road window displays as the Korean car maker moves upmarket. We’re not too sure whether we should take the news that the Hyundai ix35 will take pride of place in one of Harrods’ Brompton Road window displays is indicative of the progress Hyundai has made in the […]
Mansory Porsche Panamera Turbo. Pass the Sick Bag.
Mansory – creator of exotic automobiles for Middle Eastern clients – has lost the plot with the Mansory Porsche Panamera Turbo. Mansory has a habit of producing cars that polarize opinion. No, it’s actually worse than that. They produce cars which make it impossible to work out if they have any taste whatsoever. They can […]
Ferrari 458 Italia to get folding Hard Top
It looks certain that when the Ferrari 458 Italia Spider launches it will do so with a folding hard top. You don’t need to be a supercar guru to know that Maranello’s latest mid-engined wonder – the Ferrari 458 Italia – is going to spawn a convertible version in the not too distant future. And […]
McLaren MP4-12C: There WON’T be a 2+2
Following recent rumours that McLaren are to build a 2+2 version of the MP4-12C, McLaren has made it clear that under no circumstances will it happen. The Interweb is full of rumour. Some would say it’s full of rumour and conjecture and little else. Which would be a tad too harsh. But there is plenty of rumour […]