BMW has released pricing for the 2011 BMW 335iS plus we have the first video of the 335iS on the move. Normally we would have made the headline ‘BMW 355iS US prices’, but as BMW has decided that the new 335iS is going to be a North America car only we guess that anyone looking […]
Nissan Qashqai production increased – jobs created
Nissan is to increase production at their Sunderland plant to cope with demand for the 2010 Nissan Qashqai creating 400 jobs. We thought the original Nissan Qashqai was a decent car. It looks set to improve in a number of important areas when the 2010 Qashqai hits showrooms in March, and it seems that the […]
Mercedes SLS AMG – production begins
Mercedes has started full production of the SLS AMG ready for the first cars to arrive with customers at the end of March in Germany. I don’t know why – as Mercedes hadn’t previously announced it – but we guessed that they’d already started to put the Mercedes SLS AMG in to production ready for […]
Toyota sticky pedal fiasco recall – now it’s Europe
Toyota are now having to recall cars in Europe to address the issue of faulty accelerator mechanisms. 2.3 million cars in the US are affected. Toyota has been having huge problems with sticking accelerator issues on their cars in the US. It seems a faulty mechanism does – under certain circumstances – stick on or return too […]
Porsche BlueSport back on – but we knew that
VW boss Martin Winterkorn has again been quoted as saying that Porsche will build a ‘Baby Boxster’ – the Porsche BlueSport. Last year it was a case of ‘Spot the BlueSport’ as rumours ran wild over which parts of the VW Group (what happened to re-naming it Auto Union – another of last year’s rumours?) […]
Ford B-Max to go in to production
Ford are to start production of the Fiesta based B-Max crossover at their plant in Romania with the help of a €400 million Euro loan from the EIB. It’s been a while coming, but it looks like Ford’s replacement for the Fusion is now ready to go in to production in Romania as the Ford B-Max, sitting […]
MINI E – the testers are ‘Mostly Happy’
BMW are reporting that the lessees of the MINI E are reporting a positive response and are ‘Mostly Happy’ with the electric MINI. I know, we’ve run stories on how the lessees of the MINI Es running around at their expense to evaluate the car for BMW have had more than a gripe or two about the […]
Citroen DS3 R3 coming
Citroen has given the green light to a ‘Hot’ version of the new DS3 – The Citroen DS3 R3. The Citroen DS3 is only just starting to hit the roads. And it does look to be a credible alternative to some of the other up-market compact cars on the road. But so far no news […]
BMW X5 – luxury used car of the decade
The motor trade bible – CAP – has declared the BMW X5 to be the luxury used car of the decade. The X5 has been a big hit in the UK since its launch a decade ago. More than 65,000 X5s have been sold here in that time, and it was the first BMW to […]
Alfa Romeo MiTo Maserati – the courtesy car
Alfa Romeo have created a Limited Edition MiTo – the Alfa Romeo MiTo Maserati – to be used as courtesy cars by the Maserati dealer network in Europe. As you’ll know if you read here regularly, we like the Alfa Romeo MiTo. Sure, it has its faults (what car doesn’t) but it’s very stylish, remarkably well put […]