Bentley CEO Franz-Josef Paefgen feels that the sales dip at Bentley is over and that buyers are starting to return to the showroom. The world recession in the motor industry has affected Bentley badly. Very badly. Their sales have dropped to half what they were at the peak a couple of years ago (down to 5,000 cars […]
Englon TXN from Geely. The new London Taxi? No Chance.
Geely is to market the Englon TXN, which is being touted as a replacement for the London Black Taxi. Extremely unlikely. A couple of weeks ago we regaled you with the sorry story of the London Cab falling in to Chinese hands. It wasn’t the most shocking story considering how feeble the London Cab has become in […]
MINI John Cooper Works World Championship 50 – US bound
The MINI John Cooper Works World Championship 50 – aka MINI JCW WC50 – is heading to the States, with just 50 units crossing the Pond to sell for over $40k. The MINI John Cooper Works World Championship 50 – possibly the longest name yet to adorn a MINI special Edition – was launched last […]
Bugatti Veyron ‘A Piece of Junk’ – Ron Dennis
Ron Dennis has said in an interview that he considers the Bugatti Veyron a ‘Piece of Junk’ and ‘Ugly as a Pig’. Harsh words. Is he right? No one can argue with the passion that Ron Dennis – CEO of McLaren Automotive – has for the cars McLaren builds and for cars in general. Equally, […]
Peugeot 107 Verve Review & Road Test part two
Part two of our road test / review of the Peugeot 107 Verve The 107 is a great first car – easy to drive, easy to park, insurance group 1E (so it won’t cost an arm and a leg to get a bit of no claims going), so much so I’ve already recommended it to […]
Peugeot 107 Verve Review & Road Test
We review Peugot’s take on the Toyota Aygo and Citroen C1 – the Peugeot 107 Verve – with a road test over a week of mixed driving. The Peugeot 107 is the smallest car in the Peugeot range. And essentially the same car is the smallest in the Citroen and Toyota range. Why? Because it’s […]
Fiat 500 by Diesel – now it’s the convertible 500C by Diesel
Fiat are launching a convertible version of the Fiat 500 by Diesel – the Fiat 500C by Diesel – featuring denim upholstery, yellow brake callipers and a limited colour choice. Fiat has been trying hard to churn out as many limited edition versions of the 500 as MINI have managed on their own re-created motoring icon. That’s probably an […]
Top Gear in Icelandic Volcano
The Top Gear boys are busy filming in Iceland for the next series and have been seen driving a Toyota up a live and active Volcano. Top Gear is off air at the moment – if you don’t count the endless repeats on BBC2, BBC3 and Dave – and that usually means that the boys are off […]
Focus RS – get 345 Mountune horses from your Ford dealer
Ford are offering a power boost to the regular Focus RS to give it the power of the RS500, courtesy of a Mountune performance kit. If you’re busy spitting feathers because you’re one of the unlucky thousands who tried to throw £35k at Ford for one of the limited edition Focus RS500s last week, worry not. You can save […]
Jaguar XF to get 2.2 Diesel? Nope.
Rumours are circulating that Jaguar are about to launch a Jaguar XF with the 2.2 litre diesel from the Freelander 2. They’re not. Rumours do the rounds all the time in this business. And the more successful a car -be it a brand or a model – the more the rumours circulate. Many are specualtions; […]