The rumour of a BMW 1 Series M car – a new BMW M1 – have been quashed, although a hot BMW 135is is on the cards. The rumourmill in this business is always rife with what people think is going to happen in the car industry. One of the persistent rumours over the last year has been the […]
Own a Toyota? Get a cheap garage door
A Danish garage door company are offering 20% off new garage doors for Toyota owners in an advert poking fun at the Toyota ‘Throttlegate’ recall. Life has not been a bed of roses for Totota owners just lately with the Toyota Recall in full swing round the globe. They’ve suffered the indignity of having to […]
Mercedes E300 BlueTEC (2011/2012) revealed
Mercedes has revealed the E300 BlueTEC, a diesel hybrid offering 70mpg and due to go on sale in 2011. Just like every other car maker, Mercedes is trying to push ever more fuel efficient and low emitting cars to the market. The range of BlueEfficiency C Class and E Class are a good example, which […]
Porsche at Geneva: Porsche 918 Spyder +Video
Porsche surprised Geneva by revealing a hybrid hypercar – the Porsche 918 Spyder Hybrid. And we’ve got video of the 918 Spyder so you can see what the fuss is about. As we said the other day when we reported on the Porsche 918 Spyder reveal at Geneva, we really didn’t see this coming. We […]
Aston Martin DBS UB 2010 – the ‘Bez’ Special
Aston Martin has created a special edition DBS – the Aston Martin DBS UB 2010 – to commemorate 10 years of Dr Ulrich Bez’s leadership. Special edition cars are used by car makers as a way to shift some extra metal by seemingly offering either something not normally available, or at a discount from list price if […]
Lexus at Geneva: Lexus CT 200h – U.S. bound
As with many other new cars, the Geneva Motor Show sees the first public outing for the new Lexus CT 200h Hybrid, an effort by Lexus to compete in a premium compact sector dominated by the Germans. Despite moaning about the less than drop-dead-gorgeous looks when Lexus first showed us the CT 200h as the […]
Smart ForTwo Edition Urbanstyle arrives
The Smart ForTwo Edition Urbanstyle has been release featuring a matt grey paint job and black leather interior with yellow detail. Just 160 will be made. Calm yourself. We can’t be 100% certain, but we think it’s highly likely that there is no such thing as a ‘Regular’ Smart. Whenever we come across a Smart […]
Hyundai at Geneva: i-Flow – 2011 Hyundai i40 for Europe UPDATE +video
Hyundai are showing the i-flow concept at Geneva which will turn in to the 2011 Hyundai i40 for the UK and Europe. Last week we reported that Hyundai were taking the i-Flow concept to Geneva, a flowing, hybrid, D-Segment car that embodies the future aspirations of Hyundai. But it’s much more than that. It is, […]
Mazda6 (2010) – on sale early
Mazda has brought forward the release date of the 2010 Mazda6 in the UK. Petrol cars will; be in dealers this month and diesel engines cars in May. Prices start at £16,990. Last month the 2010 Mazda6 was launched in Japan and – quite surprisingly – the following day we got news that the facelifted 2010 Mazda6 […]
Infiniti at Geneva: Infiniti M35 Hybrid (2011)
Infiniti has shown the hybrid version of the M-Line – the Infiniti M35 Hybrid – at Geneva. Features a V6 petrol and 67bhp electric motor. On sale 2011. Infiniti haven’t even got round to launching the latest M Line cars in Europe (and we didn’t even get the last version of the M) but they’re […]