The range-topping Buick Regal GS – the US Insignia VXR – gets a green light for production once the Regal starts being built in North America instead of Germany. As we said when GM revealed the Buick Regal GS as a concept at the Detroit Motor Show “Concept? Believe that and you’ll believe anything”. And so it […]
BMW 320d EfficientDynamics – The Eco drive
Hacks Tom Ford & Gavin Conway have achieved distances of more than 1,000 miles on a single tank of fuel in a BMW 320d EfficientDynamics & a VW Passat BlueMotion 1.6 TDI As you may have noticed, Fifth Gear on the telly has been given a reprieve, and is due back on our screens with a more […]
Audi A1: the marketing blitz falls flat – & rolls over
Audi are getting in a bit of a mess with the A1 marketing, with some dire Justin Timberlake videos and an A1 ending upside down. The Audi A1 should be a breeze for Audi. They’re perceived as makers of premium cars and the A1 looks to offer everything buyers expect in an Audi, but in […]
2010 Audi A8: The Wi-Fi Hotspot
Audi are equipping the 2010 / 2011 Audi A8 with its own Wi-Fi hotspot, using a Bluetooth phone to create a WLAN. We’re hoping it won’t be too long before the world becomes one giant wi-fi hotspot, although broadband providers will probably have something to say about that if every town installs a wi-fi network covering their entire area. You can […]
New Jeep Grand Cherokee (2011): Details, photos & video
Jeep have released pictures, video and some detail on the 2011 Grand Cherokee. I don’t know why, but I always thought the Grand Cherokee an appealing SUV. It was soft and soggy in typical Yank-Tank way, and its interior trim owed more to the art of plastic than trees, but it had an appeal. More […]
BMW Alpina B3 S Bi-Turbo launches
The Alpina B3 S Bi-Turbo, sporting 395bhp and offering 29mpg – and starting at £49,250 – arrives in the UK in July. Actually, the 2010 Alpina B3 S Bi-Turbo launched at the Geneva Motor Show a couple of months back, but in amongst all the glitz, glamour and endless launches we don’t seemed to have […]
Vauxhall Corsa Black & White Limited Edition launches
Vauxhall have launched a VXR-look Corsa Limited Edition – the Vauxhall Corsa Black & White. No more go, but more toys and a bodykit. Starts at £13,995. We know that Limited Edition cars shift metal in quiet times. What other reason could there be for manufacturers seemingly giving away options on a Limited Edition car? So if […]
Freelander 2 hits 200,000
Land Rover are celebrating the production of the 200,000th Freelander 2 at Halewood, just three years after production started. The original Freelander was, for a car that was pretty much cobbled together from the Rover parts bin, a remarkable success. Sadly, it wasn’t a remarkable car, particularly with the K Series engine many Freelanders had succumbing to […]
Lewis Hamilton charged by the Australian ‘elf ‘n’ safety Police
Lewis Hamilton has been charged by Melbourne Police with ‘intentionally losing control of a vehicle’. Shouldn’t take much to prove he WAS in control. There are times when our Antipodean cousins would love to deny that they are of the same stock as we. But the ‘Nanny-State’ culture that has enveloped Australia in the last […]
Goodwood Festival of Speed 2010: The Star Drivers
It’s starting to get close to one of the major motoring events in the UK calendar – the Goodwood Festival of Speed – which runs this year from July 2nd to July 4th. So more news. We’ve had a number of teases in the last few months for the Goodwood Festival of Speed, including the […]