Jaguar has a total of 27 cars entered in this year’s Mille Miglia – including 6 works Jaguars – which takes place in Northern Italy next week. The Mille Miglia – literally 1,000 miles – was a car race that took place in Italy between 1927 and 1957 for unmodified production cars, but ended in tragedy when a Ferrari crashed […]
Spyker signs deal to sell in China
Spyker has signed a deal with Chinese luxury car importers China Automobile Trading Company to sell Spykers quirky Supercars in China. If you’ve been living hermit-like in a cave for the last few years you may be wondering why Spyker would even try to sell cars in the People’s Republic. On the other hand, if […]
Ferrari deny subliminal Marlboro advertising
It’s being claimed that the livery on Ferrari’s F1 cars and drivers overalls is subliminal advertising for Marlboro. In the Nanny-State world in which we live sport is no longer allowed to take advantage of the bulging coffers of tobacco companies to boost their bottom line through advertising. At least in Europe. Which means that sport is […]
Alfa Romeo Giulietta – UK prices and models
Alfa Romeo has released details of UK models and prices for the Alfa Giulietta. Prices start at £16,995 and the Giulietta goes on sale this summer. Its little brother – the Alfa Romeo MiTo – started the ball rolling. For the first time in my lifetime an Alfa Romeo – albeit a little one – was not just reliable, but it was […]
Porsche 911 GT3 R Hybrid at the Nurburgring – Video
Porsche have taken the 911 GT3 R Hybrid out for a test at the Nurburgring ahead of the 24hr Nurburgring race in May. In February we reported that Porsche has developed the unthinkable – a hybrid 911. But this wasn’t a hybrid 911 with a bank of batteries and a fluffy-bunny conscience, but a rampant […]
Porsche Panameras recalled worldwide
Porsche is recalling 11,324 Porsche Panameras for a faulty seat belt mechanism. It’s not exactly in the same league as the recall that afflicted so many Toyotas (and Peugeots, and Citroens, and Lexus…) but seems a blow to Porsche’s reputation none the less. Every Porsche Panamera made from launch until 25th February – which is […]
UK car buyers don’t care about CO2 emissions
Car buyers have decided that the environment is of little or no concern with only 1 in 5 buyers considering the emissions of a car when buying. I know, we bang on about the nonsense of having CO2 targets for everything we buy, sell, rent or use. And bang on even more about the absolute […]
Jaguar XF Diesel S: Plod-Mobile
The Central Motorway Police Group – who patrol the Midlands Motorways – has taken delivery of a fleet of Jaguar XF Diesel S. We have to agree with the Central Motorway Police Group (who cover big chunks of the M6 – and surrounding motorways – in the Midlands and up to Cheshire). The Jaguar XF […]
Peugeot & Citroen to get Mitsubishi ASX / RVR
It has been revealed that Peugeot and Citroen are to produce versions of the Mitsubishi compact crossover – the Mitsubishi ASX / RVR – by 2012. It’s a bit of a Mitsubishi morning, what with the UK details on the facelifted Outlander and now the news that the compact crossover that is the Mitsubishi ASX (or Mitsubishi […]
Mitsubishi Outlander Facelift (2010) – UK gets Outlander Juro
Mitsubishi are introducing the facelifted Outlander in the UK with a Limited Edition model – the Mitsubishi Outlander Jur0. On sale now from £25,999. The Mitsubishi Outlander has been with us since 2005 and a facelift has been coming ever since Mitsubishi showed the Outlander GT Concept at the New York Motor Show around this time last […]