BMW has now released information on the 2010 / 2011 BMW 5 Series Touring. We have all the information, video and photo gallery. After yesterday’s leak of photos of the 2011 BMW 5 Series Touring, we did say BMW would probably get their act together and do the official release this weekend. After all, there’s […]
Lexus IS 2011: the Estate returns – but Hybrid only
Lexus are to re-introduce an estate model when the third generation Lexus IS range launches in 2011. But only as a hybrid. The Lexus IS Range is Toyota’s answer to BMW’s 3 Series and Audi’s A4. And it does a very creditable job, particularly for those drivers for whom quality of finish and lots of toys […]
Ford Fiesta Sport+ launched
Ford has launched the Fiesta Sport+, based on the Zetec S with White or Blue paint job with stripes, body kit and new alloys. Sadly, it gets no more power. Now the latest Ford Fiesta has matured nicely in to the market, Ford are busy tweaking what the Fiesta has to offer in response to […]
BMW 5 Series Touring (2010 / 2011) leaks
The 2010/2011 BMW 5 Series Touring is due to debut in April in Leipzig, but we have the first leak of official photos of the 5 Series Touring. It was November last year when BMW officially revealed the 2010 BMW 5 Series and the first cars are due to hit the roads around now. But […]
Audi R8 e-tron – cruising in California video
Audi are planning on launching a limited run of the R8 e-tron quattro EV in 2012. We have video of the R8 e-tron cruising in California. Audi first revealed its electric car project at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September last year with the R8 e-tron, an electric car based on the R8 and featuring four electric motors creating […]
BMW X1 – Made in China
With expanded capacity coming on line in China, BMW are to start production of the BMW X1 in Shenyang for the China market. We reported in November that BMW, together with its Chinese partner Brilliance, was planning a new factory in China to produce an extra 100,000 BMWs a year by 2012, and was looking to […]
F1 2010 – an enticing prospect
It hardly seems five minutes since Jenson Button tied up the 2009 F1 World Championship, and already we’re on the eve of the first F1 race weekend of 2010 in Bahrain. There have been accusations that Formula 1 has become boring; just a procession of cars going round in a circle many say. And at […]
Mercedes and BYD get cosy – new Electric Car (EV) brand for China
BYD and Mercedes are to jointly develop a new electric car for the Chinese market under a new, jointly owned brand. I wrote that headline and then thought ‘That looks awfully familiar’. So a quick look back shows that we ran a story in May 2009 with the headline ‘Volkswagen and BYD get cosy‘. Nice to be original. But it does […]
Uwe Gemballa – Interpol issue ‘Yellow Notice’
The ‘Hunt’ for Uwe Gemballa rumbles on with the issue of a ‘Yellow Notice’ by Interpol and a suggestion that Uwe may have left Germany to avoid tax issues. We’ve been tempted to revisit the saga that is the disappearance of Uwe Gemballa on a number of occasions in the last few weeks as titbits of information trickle in. […]
Pagani Zonda R – the Ultimate Video
We have a terrific video of the Pagani Zonda R, from creation to action on a rain sodden track. Well, ‘Ultimate Video’ may be slightly overstating the case, but it is a crackingly good video. As we said when we reported that Pagani were taking a Zonda Cinque Roadster to the Geneva Motor Show – […]