The new, hybrid-only, Honda Civic e:HEV is crowned Scottish Car of the Year 2022, and Kia grabs three category awards. We’ve come to expect any ‘Car of the Year’ award in recent years to go to an EV or SUV – or both – as punters’ love of SUVs continues to drive the car market […]
New Lamborghini Huracan Sterrato – the ‘Rally’ Huracan – gets its OFFICIAL debut
The new Lamborghini Huracan Sterrato, Lamborghini’s ‘Rally’ Huracan, gets its official debut in Miami ahead of a limited run of 1,499 cars. Who would have guessed, as the car world heads down the electrification route, that probably the last ICE Lamborghini would be a ‘Rally’ Huracan complete with raised ride height and chunky tyres? Well, […]
New ELECTRIC Vauxhall Astra, and electric Astra Estate, revealed ahead of a 2023 debut
Vauxhall reveals the first look at a new electric Astra – and electric Astra Sports Tourer – ahead of an arrival in summer 2023. It’s more than three years since the electric Vauxhall Corsa-e arrived to start Vauxhall’s quest to be delivering only electric cars by 2028, since when we’ve also had the arrival of […]
New Honda Civic Type R goes on sale – and it’s got VERY expensive
The new Honda Civic Type R, revealed in the summer, goes on sale in the UK today, 30 November 2022, with first deliveries early in 2023. The new Honda Civic complete with a new, very clever, hybrid powertrain debuted in 2021, bringing with it a new, more grown-up look and something of a price hike […]
New Ford Ranger Platinum adds LUXURY to Ford’s Ranger Pick-Up offerings
Ford’s Ranger pick-up offerings expand with the arrival of the new luxury Ranger Platinum, aimed at ‘Premium’ buyers with prices from £44,000. Do most buyers of pick-ups buy them for their load-lugging capacity and workhorse abilities, or do they buy them for the BIK tax breaks compared to a comparable SUV? Certainly, at the top […]
New Audi RS 6 Avant and RS 7 Sportback ‘Performance’ models REVEALED – prices from £112,650
New Audi RS 6 Avant and RS 7 Sportback ‘Performance’ models arrive with a 30bhp power boost and prices starting at £112,650. If you want a powerful Audi that’s practical too – and it’s still ICE that floats your boat – then you’ll be heading either to the Audi RS 6 Avant for ultimate practicality […]
Electric Volvo XC40 and C40 Recharge going REAR-Wheel Drive with bigger battery too – Polestar 2 to follow?
Reports from Europe say Volvo is changing the electric XC40 and C40 Recharge to rear-wheel drive, and installing a bigger battery. Petrolheads always think of rear-wheel drive cars as the proper solution to getting power on the road, although four-wheel drive performance cars are now commonplace as cars become ever more powerful. But more prosaic […]
JLR CUTS production of Jaguar F-Pace, Range Rover Velar and Evoque and Land Rover Discovery Sport
Jaguar Land Rover plans to increase production of the new Range Rover and Range Rover Sport by cutting production of other models. Car makers are struggling to build the number of cars demand is still delivering as Covid and Chips and the Ukraine situation all conspire to stymie production volumes. That said, some premium car […]
UK car production BACK UP in October
After falling for the first time since April in September, October’s UK car production numbers are back up – by 7.4%. UK car production has continued to improve since April – albeit with a drop in September – with the latest figures showing October’s output rising by 7.6 per cent, although still only around half […]
Electric Car Insurance – What you need to know
With sales of electric cars continuing to rise, we take a look at the problems of getting the right electric car insurance for your new EV. For as long as anyone can remember, insuring your car has been a fairly straightforward – if often expensive – process, simply contacting your favourite insurance broker to do […]