The Range Rover Velar is updated for 2023 with an improved PHEV range, cosmetic exterior titivations and an updated Pivi Pro infotainment. All the Land Rover news of late has been about the new Range Rover, new Range Rover Sport and Land Rover’s huge order bank for both the new Range Rovers and the Land […]
Ford SLASHES price of electric Mustang Mach-E in the US – will the UK follow?
Ford reduces the price of the electric Mustang Mach-E in the US by up to £4,800 in response to Tesla’s price cuts. Will the UK get reduced prices too? It’s only a couple of weeks since Tesla reduced its prices significantly in the UK, pleasing yet-to-buy customers in the process, but antagonising those who’d recently […]
Toyota was the best-selling car maker of 2022 – and just 0.24% were BEV
Toyota remained the world’s best-selling car maker in 2022, selling 10,483,024 vehicles, with VW in second place on 8.3 million. Toyota may be behind the curve on EVs, with only the bZ4X out in the wild (and not without issues) and the ICE-based Lexus UX EV, although it has grand plans to deliver a plethora […]
Hyundai Ioniq 6 and Kevin Bacon – even technophobes are going EV
Hyundai launches a new ad campaign in the US for the Ioniq 6, with Kevin Bacon demonstrating EVs are also good for technophobes. Kevin Bacon has been in some very successful films in his time, from JFK to X-Men, but is probably now more familiar to UK viewers as the face of the EE mobile […]
Suzuki reveals an ELECTRIC Jimny is on the way
Suzuki has announced its plan for five new electric cars and revealed what is clearly an electric Suzuki Jimny in the process. It’s only a few weeks since Suzuki revealed the first look at its EV direction with the arrival of the Suzuki eVX Concept, an electric crossover concept which seems likely to be underpinned […]
Audi’s Activesphere EV concept mixes Saloon, SUV and Pick-up and throws in AR too
The Audi Activesphere Concept arrives as a mix between saloon and SUV, with AR instead of screens, an EV powertrain and a back end which morphs into a pick-up. Over the last eighteen months, Audi has been busy revealing its ‘Sphere’ concepts as a look at the sort of direction they’re heading in as they […]
UK car production DOWN by almost 10% in 2022 – the lowest level since 1956
Car production in the UK fell by 9.8 per cent in 2022 with just 775,014 built, the lowest level since 1956 and down 40% on pre-Covid levels. We keep hearing that Covid-related supply chain issues and the fallout from Ukraine will soon normalise and car production will start to rise. But the car production figures […]
New Range Rover and Range Rover Sport production sees Jaguar Land Rover return to profit
Increased production of the new Range Rover and Range Rover Sport sees Jaguar Land Rover return to profit for the first time in two years. We’ve seen Jaguar Land Rover proclaiming its huge order bank as an indication of its success, despite ongoing losses as production has failed to ramp up in an era of […]
Porsche Vision 357 Concept is a Porsche 356 75th anniversary homage
The Porsche Vision 357 Concept is revealed as an homage to the first Porsche – the 356 – on its 75th anniversary, Based on the 718 Cayman GT4 RS. Before you get too excited, it’s pretty clear that the Porsche Vision 357 Concept, pictured above and revealed overnight, is not a first look at a […]
Dacia says NO to subscription options with FREE hot water bottles
Dacia has come out fighting against subscription services for car options by offering free hot water bottles to heat seats. We’re all used to paying monthly subscription payments for stuff like streaming services, Gym Membership and mobile phone contracts, amounts which seem quite insignificant in isolation but which frighten the pants off you if you […]