The BMW X5 and BMW X6 are facelifted with revised interior and exterior, additional tech and more range for the X5 PHEV. It’s just a few days since Mercedes revealed a titivate for the GLE and GLE Coupe, and now we get an update and refresh for the Mercedes’ main competitor with the reveal of […]
The MG HS was January’s best-selling car – and Volkswagen the best-selling brand
The MG HS, MG’s larger SUV, topped the UK car sales in the UK in January 2023, but it was Volkswagen the best-selling brand. We’ve been used over the years seeing cars like the Ford Focus and Fiesta and the Vauxhall Corsa – as well as stuff like the Nissan Qashqai – filling the top […]
Could this ‘As-New’ Ford Sierra Cosworth RS500 fetch £180k?
A 1987 Ford Sierra Cosworth RS500 in as-new condition and just 5,000 miles goes up for sale at Silverstone Auctions this month. It’s not exactly an age since old fast Fords were almost unsaleable, but as wannabe fast Ford owners from the ’70s and ’80s got to the stage in life where they could splash […]
These are the very LAST naturally-aspirated V12 Lamborghinis. Really.
The Lamborghini Invencible and Autentica arrive as, respectively, the last naturally-aspirated V12 Coupe and V12 Roadster offerings. Lamborghini may be heading, reluctantly, into a future where electrification is the name of the game for its supercars, but it’s not doing it without a bit of a fanfare. That fanfare was the arrival eighteen months ago […]
New car registrations UP by 14.7% in January – the best since Covid
New car registrations in January 2023 rose by 14.7 per cent year-on-year to 131,994, the best since pre-Covid 2020. New car registrations in the UK start 2023 on a high, with numbers up by 14.7 per cent on 2022 to 131,994, not quite as high as pre-Covid 2020 (January 202’s numbers were 149,279) but a […]
Electric Nissan Ariya READY for its 17,000-mile ‘Pole-to-Pole’ adventure.
Adventurers Chris and Julie Ramsey are undertaking a trek from North to South Poles in a modified electric Nissan Ariya. We all believe that electric cars don’t perform well in cold conditions, and recharging can be a real pain away from home. So the idea of driving 17,000 miles from the North Pole to the […]
Volvo has at least SIX new EVs in the planning including EX30, EX60, ES60 and ES90
As Volvo heads towards an all-electric line-up by 2030, it has at least six new electric models in the pipeline, a new report says. Volvo says its entire range will be all-electric by 2023, joining the lemming-like route to discard more than a century of ICE development other car makers are following, although, so far, […]
Peugeot 208 was the best-selling car in Europe in 2022 – dethroning the VW Golf
The Volkswagen Golf has been Europe’s best-selling car since 2007, but in 2022 it was dethroned by the Peugeot 208. The VW Golf has been the best-selling car in Europe since 2007, but times have changed and it’s been knocked off its throne by the Peugeot 208. Not only has the Golf dropped from the […]
Nissan Max-Out Electric Convertible comes to life at Nissan Futures
Nissan is holding the Nissan Futures event in Japan to showcase its electric future and has delivered a real-life version of the Max-Out Electric Convertible. Back at the end of 2021, Nissan revealed its ‘Ambition 30’ plan to deliver solid-state batteries and 23 electrified models by 2030 Nissan said the bulk of its investment will […]
Mercedes GLE UPDATED to challenge the soon to arrive BMW X5 update
Mercedes updates the GLE and GLE Coupe, including AMG models, to tackle the upcoming update for the BMW X5. If you want a proper-sized German SUV, two of the top choices are the Mercedes GLE and the BMW X5 so, with a 2023 update for the X5 due this month it’s not exactly a shock […]