The VW Touran gets a facelift for 2010 with a new family nose and back-end tweaks plus a revised range of engines. Goes on sale in September. The Leipzig Motor Show starts this weekend, and we already know that a number of German car makers are going to debut new models. BMW are showing the new 5 Series […]
Ferrari 599 GTO Press Release
THE NEW 599 GTO THE FASTEST EVER ROAD-GOING FERRARI Maranello,8 April 2010 – Now available on www.ferrari.com are the first photos and information on the new 599 GTO, an extreme V12 berlinetta developed to a specific performance-oriented brief. The 599 GTO is, in fact, the company’s fastest ever road car. It is an exclusive limited […]
Ferrari 599 GTO revealed
Ferrari has released details of the 599 GTO, a track car for the road. Extreme performance, advanced aerodynamics and just 599 being built. The headline won’t exactly come as a shock if you read here regularly. The Ferrari 599 GTO – a limited edition, road-going version of the 599XX – has been on the way for quite […]
Audi Q7 – new engines and 8 speed ‘box for 2010
Audi has introduced a new range of engines for the Q7 – dropping the old 3.6 and 4.2 petrols – and fitted an 8-speed auto ‘box as standard. Busy little bunnies at Audi at the moment. We had the 2010 Audi TT facelift story earlier this morning and now comes new that the other end of the Audi scale – the […]
Jaguar XF – sales up 95 per cent
Jaguar XF sales were up 95% in March, with XK sales up 25%. Overall sales were higher than in March 2009, despite no X Type or XJ sales. We exagerate – but only just. Year on year sales of the Jaguar XF rose by 94.6% in March 2010 compared to March 2009. Which by any […]
Audi TT facelift for 2010 / 2011
Audi are nipping and tucking the TT for 2010 (2011MY) and throwing in a new 4-pot engine. The facelifeted TT will bow in at the Leipzig Motor Show in Germany later this month. The Audi TT – formerly the hairdressers favourite car to mince around town – became a proper sports car when the latest […]
Renault-Nissan and Mercedes get very cosy
Renault, Nissan and Daimler (Mercedes) have entered in to agreements on platform and engine sharing and joint developments in the future. In yet another – highly expected – sign that the future for car makers is more and more co-operation, Renault-Nissan and Daimler (Mercedes-Benz) have today announced a wide-ranging alliance which will see much of […]
Vauxhall Astra VXR – the Arctic Edition
Vauxhall has announced a limited edition Astra VXR – the Vauxhall Astra VXR Arctic Edition – with £2k of extras. Just 500 being produced. The latest Astra bowed in less than a year ago in the depths of the GM crisis. Looking back at the first teases for the 2010 Astra we were at the […]
Lamborghini LP570-4 Superleggera – the Pacemaker Video.
Lamborghini has released a teaser / sales pitch video for the Lamborghini LP570-4 Superleggera. Not that it’s needed. We knew it was coming. We just didn’t know at first if it would be a Superleggera or a Super Veloce. Our money was on Superleggera, but the SV tag seemed a possibility after the success of […]
Aston Martin Rapide to run in Nurburgring 24 hour
Aston Martin are to run a Rapide in the Nürburgring 24-hour race in May together with a V12 Vantage. The Rapide will be driven by Aston boss Dr Ulrich Bez. It may be a four door saloon car. It may designed to ferry privileged families in supercar style. It may – on the face of it – […]