Chinese car maker SAIC are expected to debut their latest car – the Roewe 350 – at the Beijing Motor Show in April. Will this be the MG3? As lovers of MG are only too well aware, their beloved ‘Morris Garages’ brand is now in the hands of the Chinese. Which is no doubt a […]
Kia Sportage (2010) – the Promo video
Kia has now started the marketing campaign for the 2010 Kia Sportage with a trendy CGI video of their new c-segment compact SUV / Crossover. You’ve got to hand it to the Koreans. They have certainly picked up the whole car making game in a way we haven’t seen since the Japanese got their act […]
Audi R8 range to grow – and improve
Audi are planning a V8 version of the R8 spyder which will come with Audi’s new seven-speed S-Tronic dual clutch. Also in the mix is an R8 V10 RS. Only last week we reported on the likelihood that there will soon be a V8 version of the Audi R8 Spyder. Which makes a whole lot of sense […]
Lamborghini sales drop by £180 Million
Lamborghini has revealed a loss of €35 million for 2009 on turnover down a massive €200 million on 2008. Just 1,515 cars were sold in 2009. This time last year supercar maker Lamborghini was reporting some very healthy figures for 2008, with a turnover of almost half a billion Euros from the sale of 2,480 […]
Cadillac Sales: Who are GM?
Cadillac is working hard to erase all association with its parent GM from its marketing to prevent the stigma of GM’s bankruptcy affecting sales. GM needed bailing out to the tune of £30 billion by the US Government. It had a stack of products and brands that simply didn’t work in today’s world, and the […]
Skoda Fabia vRS & Skoda Fabia vRS Estate (2010) revealed
The Skoda vRS and the vRS Estate were launched at Geneva last week featuring 178bhp, a seven-speed DSG ‘box and 44mpg. On sale in the UK in June. Well, none of us are perfect and we’ll be the first to admit we’re far from it. But it’s a bit poor that in amongst all the […]
Ford Figo launches
Ford’s new car aimed at the burgeoning small car market in Indian and emerging markets – The Ford Figo – has now been launched with prices starting at £5k. Back in September we told you about Ford’s big push in to emerging markets with the Ford Figo, a last-gen Fiesta look alike with which Ford […]
Lexus IS F-Sport & Lexus IS 2010 tweaks
Lexus has added the IS F-Sport models to the IS range for 2010, and some very modest tweaks to the remainder of the IS models. Lexus is having a play with its IS for 2010. But best not to get too excited – the changes are not immense, although the introduction of the 2010 Lexus IS F-Sport […]
Audi R8 V10 5.2 FSI quattro – stunning CGI
Audi has produced a stunning CGI video of the Audi R8 V10 5.2 – perhaps for the upcoming Gran Turismo – which is very impressive. As we’ve said a thousand times before, there is no substitute for actually driving a car. However hard we try at Cars UK to tell you what a car is […]
Audi A2 planned for 2013
Audi CEO Rupert Stadler has confirmed that a new Audi A2 is planned and will hit the market around 2013. Well you didn’t really think that the kings of the car-niche would ignore the number 2 for ever did you? Despite the less than universal praise the original Audi A2 attracted (and, by Audi’s standards, […]