Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s international money market appeasement includes the arrival of VED for electric cars and increases in BIK too. Buyers of electric cars may be paying a lot more to buy their cars than buyers of ICE vehicles, but they’ve had a bit of a free ride when it comes to ongoing costs. Even […]
Toyota bZ Compact SUV PREVIEWS a new Toyota ‘bZ’ electric SUV
Toyota reveals more details of its next ‘bZ’ electric path with the arrival of the Toyota bZ Compact SUV at the LA Motor Show. Toyota’s hybrid darling returned to the world stage (well, some of the world stage) with the arrival of a new Toyota Prius this week as Toyota tries to breathe new life […]
OFFICIAL: Porsche 911 Dakar is a £173,000 off-road Porsche 911
The Porsche 911 Dakar is officially revealed as an off-road-focused 911 GTS with 473bhp and costing £173,000. Just 2,500 are being built. An off-road Porsche 911 has been in the offing for a long time, but last week Porsche finally revealed the first official look at what we now know is the Porsche 911 Dakar. […]
Euro NCAP dishes out 5 STAR awards for 15 cars from Range Rover to Smart #1
The latest Euro NCAP safety test see a total of 16 cars tested with all but one – the DS 9 – gaining the maximum five stars. Euro NCAP safety tests continue to get more and more stringent, bringing safer, but inevitably more expensive, cars to the market with a now huge array of safety […]
New Genesis X Convertible Concept REVEALED as Hyundai’s posh brand takes the roof off the Genesis X Concept
Ahead of a debut at the LA Motor Show Genesis, Hyundai’s ‘posh’ brand, revealed the electric Genesis X Convertible Concept. Hyundai hasn’t found it easy taking its ‘posh’ Genesis brand to the point where it can take on Toyota with its Lexus brand, but after a few false starts the Genesis brand is now starting […]
New Toyota Prius OFFICIALLY revealed – and it’s Prius PHEV only for Europe
The new Toyota Prius is officially revealed with new looks and new powertrains, and only the Prius PHEV heading for Europe. The Toyota Prius Hybrid, once the darling of drivers wanting to shout their eco credentials, has become something of an oddity in Toyota’s range as hybrids now stretch into every corner of the Toyota […]
Watch the Rimac Nevera hit 258mph and become the world’s FASTEST production EV
Watch the Rimac Nevera hit 258mph on the Automotive Testing Papenburg track in Germany
Hyundai Ioniq 6 First Edition SELLS OUT in 24 hours
The Hyundai Ioniq 6 First Edition – the launch model for Hyundai’s new electric Ioniq offering – sells out in the UK in just 24 hours. The Hyundai Ioniq 5 was Hyundai’s first ‘proper’ EV, built on a dedicated EV platform and offering impressive retro vibes in a clever package with good range and decent […]
Lamborghini Huracan Sterrato ‘REVEALED’ as a Porsche 911 Dakar challenger
Ahead of a debut later this month, we get the first official photo of the off-road Lamborghini Huracan Sterrato taking aim at the Porsche 911 Dakar. You wait forever for an off-road supercar (well, maybe) and out of the blue two come along. Having seen the Porsche 911 Dakar raise its head above the parapet […]
Volkswagen has delivered MORE than 500,000 electric ID models in the last two years
Two years on from the first VW ID.3 electric models reaching customers, Volkswagen announces more than 5000,000 ID models have been delivered. It’s seven years since the news broke that VW had been using ‘defeat devices’ to fraudulently improve emissions figures on their cars, as the US government ordered the recall of half a million […]