We have video of the Aston Martin Rapide in the foothills of Valencia, where the world’s motoring press have been reviewing and road testing Aston Martin’s new 4-door saloon. Last week we ran a report on our Aston Martin Rapide Review. As you’ll know if you read it – despite it being a review – […]
Ferrari 458 Italia – £25k premium
According to Glass’s guide the Ferrari 458 Italia is attracting £25k premiums with buyers desperate to get the first cars in the UK. It seems a long time since the Ferrari 458 Italia was revealed. But only now are we getting even close to seeing the first customer cars being delivered in the UK. But […]
Bentley Continental Estate – Carrazzeria to make a Bentley Shooting Brake
Italian Coachbuilders Carrozzeria Touring Superleggera are planning on building a Bentley Continental GT based estate car – the Bentley Continental Shooting Brake. A week or two back we got the sniff that Italian Coachbuilders Carrozzeria Touring Superleggera where planning on building a limited run car based on the Bentley Continental. The rumours were vague – […]
Audi A1 – Finally
Audi has finally released details of the new Audi A1. On sale in November from £13k, it aims to take on MINI as ‘The only premium car in its sector’. We said only yesterday that we weren’t going to run another story on the new Audi A1 until we got some proper meat. Audi has […]
Volvo S60 (2010 / 2011) detail Press Release
ALL-NEW VOLVO S60 TO MAKE ITS WORLD DEBUT AT GENEVA MOTOR SHOW All-New Volvo S60 to make its international debut at Geneva Motor Show on 2 March New Dynamic chassis tuned for an active drive Features the ground-breaking Pedestrian Detection with Full Auto Brake technology The all-new Volvo S60 makes its international debut at the […]
Volvo S60 (2010 / 2011) details
Volvo has released details of the 2010 Volvo S60 ahead of its launch at the Geneva Motor Show in March. The new Volvo S60 has been on its way for a very long time. We had the concept S60 at the Detroit Motor Show at the start of 2009 and Volvo teased the 2010 S60 […]
Better Place Electric Car visitor centre opens
Better Place – pioneers of battery swap technology for electric cars – have opened a visitor centre in Israel to demonstrate their system and its progress. Last October we wrote about a start-up company in Israel – Better Place – that had a new way forward for electric cars by taking the purchase of battery […]
Toyota Prius Recall – 8,500 UK cars affected
Toyota has issued a recall for the Toyota Prius to rectify software problems causing braking problems on the 3rd generation Prius. Last week we asked if the Toyota Prius would be the next Toyota to be recalled, after reports that the software on the Prius was causing problems with the brake systems on slippery surfaces. The next […]
Nissan Juke – revealed on Wednesday
Nissan has announced that it will be revealing details and photos of the sub-Qashqai Nissan Juke Crossover on Wednesday, ahead of the public reveal at the Geneva Motor Show in March. Nissan revealed at the beginning of January that the Qazana Concept from Geneva ’09 was finally going to see the light of day as a sub-Qashqai Crossover […]
New Jaguar XJ – Class-leading residuals
EurotaxGlass’s – publishers of Glass’s Guide – have revealed the residual values set for the new Jaguar XJ are better than those of the equivalent Mercedes or Audi. The new Jaguar XJ is getting very close to hitting customers’ driveways and the road. The first customer cars – and press cars, for that matter – are much […]