Volkswagen has created a new company – Volkswagen R GmbH – to handle their performance cars – such as the Golf R and Scirocco R – and R-Line cosmetic packages. Mercedes has AMG, BMW has its M Division and Audi has quattro. Volkswagen already has cars badged with the ‘R’ moniker – which originally meant performance models but […]
Nissan Murano Diesel – finally
Nissan’s largest Crossover – the Nissan Murano – is to finally get a diesel engine option from September 2010. The Nissan Murano is the Qashqai’s big brother, just as the soon to arrive Nissan Juke is the baby. But the Murano often tends to get overlooked because it seems like it doesn’t really belong in […]
Lexus LFA- The Special Edition Nurburgring Package
Lexus has revealed a special edition of the Lexus LFA Supercar – the Nurburgring Package – featuring extra power, big rear wing and super sticky tyres. No word on price. It would be entirely reasonable for you to consider the Lexus LFA a special edition in its own right. After all, there are only ever […]
Toyota Recall Update: Half of UK cars now fixed
Toyota are now half way through the 186,000 cars in the UK which require a fix after the sticky accelerator recall in February. It seems like forever ago that we revealed the enormous problems Toyota had with a mass worldwide recall on a chunk of the cars they’ve produced in the last few years, but […]
Fiat 500 Pink – now it’s the 500C convertible
Fiat have now added the Fiat 500C Pink convertible to the tin-top Fiat 500 Pink as a limited Edition Fiat 500. Available at £13,500 and just 300 being produced. Fiat have been busy doing what BMW have done with the MINI – and Audi seem intent on doing with the new A1 – namely churning […]
Tesla Roadster – production WILL continue
Despite revealing last month that Tesla Roadster production would end in 2011, Tesla has announced production will now continue in to 2012, and increase by 40%. What, you didn’t know production on the Tesla Roadster was going to end? Well, it was. When Tesla filed documents ahead of its cash call last month we discovered, […]
Honda CR-Z – big sales in Japan
Honda’s sales of its ‘Sporty Hybrid Coupe’ – the Honda CR-Z – are running at ten times expected levels, with 7,000 sold in three weeks in Japan. Honda announced that their ‘Sporty’ hybrid – the Honda CR-Z – was up for grabs in the UK a couple of weeks ago, but so far we’ve had […]
Ferrari one-two in 2010 Bahrain Grand Prix
Fernando Alonso led Felipe Massa home to claim a one-two for Ferrari in the opening F1 Grand Prix in Bahrain. It looked as if it should have been Red Bull’s weekend. Or at least Sebastian Vettel’s weekend. But in the end the unreliability that seems to have crept in to the Red Bulls stopped them […]
New Kia Magentis / Kia Optima (2011) revealed
Kia has released the first photos of the 2011 Kia Optima / Kia Magentis ahead of its reveal at the New York Motor Show in April Hot on the heels of the sketches we saw of the 2011 Kia Magentis just before the Geneva Motor Show, we now get a photo of Kia’s take on […]
2010 / 2011 BMW 5 Series Touring Press Release
The new BMW 5 Series Touring Hot on the heels of the new BMW 5 Series Saloon that goes on sale in March, BMW’s popular Touring model will reach the UK market in September 2010. It will be the fourth generation of Touring models in the 5 Series range and brings traditional BMW driving qualities […]