Audi has turned the Audi e-Tron into the Audi Q8 e-Tron, with prices starting at £67,800, rising to £117,000 for the SQ8 e-Tron Fastback. Last week, Audi revealed the new Audi Q8 e-Tron, a re-badged Audi e-Tron with cosmetic titivations. And now it goes on sale in the UK with prices starting at £67,800 for […]
New Toyota Prius TEASED ahead of next week’s reveal
A new Toyota Prius is on the way, and Toyota delivers a tease for the new Prius with the tagline “hybrid reborn” ahead of a November 16 reveal. With the car world and his dog driving lemming-like into a future of electric cars, Toyota is being more circumspect and pragmatic, despite a mass reveal of […]
Watch the Mercedes-AMG ONE take the Nurburgring lap RECORD from the Porsche 911 GT2 RS
The Mercedes-AMG One – Mercedes’ road-going F1-inspired Hypercar – takes the Nurburgring record for a production car. It’s easy to forget that Mercedes revealed an F1-inspired hypercar plan almost six years ago, the Mercedes-AMG Project One, as it took until this summer for it to actually arrive. But when you look at the complexity of […]
Kia Stinger DROPPED – to be ‘replaced’ by the Kia EV6 GT
The Kia Stinger has been dropped from Kia’s UK offerings, to be replaced as the range-topping Kia by the new electric Kia EV6 GT. It’s only a couple of weeks since we report production of the Kia Stinger will end next year, but Kia UK is jumping that gun and dropping the Stinger today. Despite […]
Volvo TEASES new electric SUVs at EX90 launch – Volvo EX30, EX40 or EX60?
At yesterday’s launch of the new Volvo EX90, Volvo teased a pair of new electric SUVs to come. Could they be the new Volvo EX60 and Volvo EX40? Yesterday was all about the launch of the new Volvo EX90, Volvo’s new electric XC90, the first electric car from Volvo built on a dedicated EV platform […]
Volvo EX90 OFFICIALLY revealed – but the new electric XC90 is still a year away
The electric Volvo XC90 – the Volvo EX90 – is finally revealed with over 500bhp and much technology and prices starting around £100k. Volvo has been busy teasing the XC90’s electric replacement for some time – and promising its arrival for even longer. But now the Volvo EX90 arrives, although it’ll be a year before […]
Porsche 911 Dakar is an off-road 911 TEASED ahead of next week’s debut
The Porsche 911 Dakar – a Porsche 911 with real off-road chops – is teased ahead of a debut on 16 November at the Los Angeles Motor Show. As we said when we reported on Porsche’s mission to climb the world’s highest volcano in a modified off-road 911 last week, “after this outing, a 911 […]
Electric Porsche Taycan passes 100,000 builds – and some Taycans have done more than 100k miles
Three years on from its debut, the electric Porsche Taycan has passed the 100,000 build mark and now outsells Porsche’s sports cars. It’s seven years since the Porsche Mission E Concept was revealed at the 2015 Frankfurt Motor Show (remember motor shows?) as Porsche more than hinted at what was to come in an electric […]
Audi e-Tron is now OFFICIALLY the new Audi Q8 e-Tron
The Audi e-Trongets a facelift and in the process becomes the new Audi Q8 e-Tron, Q8 e-Tron Fastback and SQ8 e-Tron. A couple of days ago, Audi teased the arrival of a facelift for the electric e-Tron and in the process revealed the facelift would also see a new name for Audi’s range-topping electric SUV. […]
New Peugeot 408 goes on sale in the UK with prices from £31,050
The new Peugeot 408 goes on sale properly in the UK, with prices from £31,050 for the entry-level model to £45k for the First Edition. Back in June, the Peugeot 408 arrived as Peugeot’s take on the Citroen C5 X as a sort of everyman car with raised ride height and butch appearance, spanning genres […]