SEAT are showing the SEAT IBE Concept at Geneva, a city-car sized electric coupe which seems to have VW Up! underpinnings. Car shows are always about concepts. From the wild and wacky to the cars that are obviously production-ready in all but name. The SEAT IBE is neither of these. It’s a very convincing exercise in what can be […]
Vauxhall at Geneva: Vauxhall Meriva 2010 UK Prices
Vauxhall has released price and model details for the 2010 Meriva. Prices start at £15,495 and rise to £21,255. On sale now. Vauxhall has given the 2010 Meriva its first public outing at Geneva (and for that matter Opel has done the same) and seeing it on the floor at Geneva confirms ours suspicions that […]
Dacia Duster (2010) Geneva Press Release
* Dacia will continue to redefine the automotive landscape at this year’s Geneva Motor Show with the launch of its sixth model: Duster, a compact off-roader. * Duster is a particularly affordable vehicle with low running costs: * To buy: Duster will go on sale in Europe at tax-paid prices starting from €11,900 for the […]
Dacia at Geneva: Dacia Duster – UK launch in 2012 +video
Renault has announced that they will launch the Dacia brand – starting with the new Dacia Duster – in the UK in 2012. James May will be pleased. The ‘Renault for the budget conscious’ brand Dacia are to launch their cars in the UK starting in 2012, despite telling us when they revealed the Duster […]
Bentley at Geneva: Bentley Continental Flying Star
We’ve had a look at the Bentley Flying Star on the floor at Geneva – the Shooting Brake’ created by Touring Superleggera. It does look good. I suppose, strictly speaking, the headline should read: ‘Touring Superleggera at Geneva: Flying Star‘, but then who’s going to look for Touring Superleggera? And this really is a Bentley. […]
Bentley Mulsanne 2010 Specification Press Release
BENTLEY ANNOUNCES DETAILED SPECIFICATION OF NEW MULSANNE “The new Mulsanne is a thoroughly modern flagship that captures the essence of the Bentley marque. It is elegant yet distinctly sporting in character, delivering effortless performance while within its sumptuous cabin, advanced technology sits discreetly with handcrafted luxury.” Bentley Motors Chairman and Chief Executive, Dr. Franz-Josef Paefgen […]
Bentley at Geneva: Bentley Mulsanne – all the details
Bentley has finally released comprehensive specifications for the 2010 Bentley Mulsanne at the Geneva Motor Show. Bentley has now finished producing cars of the pre-VW era. The last of the old-school Bentleys have now rolled off the production line and we now have a clean sweep of modern-day Bentleys. The Continental GT has spawned umpteen […]
Toyota at Geneva: Toyota RAV4 2010/2011
Toyota has revealed a mildly facelifted RAV4 for 2010 at the Geneva Motor Show, with a new nose and revised interior. A couple of weeks ago we reported that Toyota had told us the RAV4 for 2010 was going to get something of a nip and tuck. Nothing much mind you, just a slight shaping of the […]
VW at Geneva Motor Show: 2010 VW Sharan
VW has revealed the new 2010 Volkswagen Sharan, featuring sliding doors, new engines, more room and a substantially bigger footprint. Last week we reported on VW’s little German tease of the 2010 Sharan on the VW web site in Germany, coyly showing just a partial front end and one wheel. But a week on there’s no such […]
Honda CR-Z Hybrid: UK prices and models
Honda has released UK prices for the Honda CR-Z hybrid, starting at £17k and rising to over £20k. On sale from this week with first deliveries in June. The Honda CR-Z – Honda’s Sporty Hybrid – goes on sale in the UK this week, so Honda has left it about as late as it could […]