PRICE ANNOUNCED OF THE NEW REVA NXR – AN ELECTRIC CAR THAT CAN BE ORDERED TODAY Wednesday September 16th 2009. 63rd Frankfurt International Motor Show (Internationale Automobil-Ausstellung). Today sees the world launch of the REVA NXR (NeXt Reva), a new lithium-ion powered electric car from REVA Electric Car Company (REVA), which is scheduled to go […]
Reva NXR launched & Reva NXG revealed at Frankfurt
Reva has launched the Reva NXR – a four seat hatch – and revealed the Reva NXG – a two seat Targa – at Frankfurt. Reva made the G-Wiz. It sold, but it was the butt of many a joke. But that hasn’t put Reva off moving forward, and they’ve revealed a couple of far […]
New Lexus LS600 Hybrid launches at Frankfurt
Lexus has revealed the 2010 Lexus LS600h Hybrid at Frankfurt with styling changes and an ‘Eco’ mode. Most of the focus on Lexus at the Frankfurt Motor Show has been on the LF-Ch Hybrid, but Lexus has also revealed an updated LS600h at the show. The 2010 version of the LS600h gets a set of […]
Hyundai i40 / Sonata launches
The Hyudai Sonata has been launched in Korea. It will be the Hyundai i40 when it reaches Europe Just like the Hyundai ix35 – which launched first in it’s home market – Hyundai has launched the new Sonata in Korea today. The Sonata – which will be the Hyundai i40 in Europe – is yet […]
Volvo C30 Battery Electric Vehicle (BEV) revealed
Volvo has developed an electric C30 – the Volvo C30 BEV – for evaluation. Revealed is probably a bit strong as Volvo hasn’t actually rolled out a car for the world to see. But it is a plan – and internal evaluation, apparantly – of an electric Volvo C30. The Volvo C30 BEV is a […]
New Jaguar XJ Frankfurt reveal
Jaguar has launched the new XJ to a Europen audience at the Frankfurt Motor Show. I know, the new Jaguar XJ launched back in July at the Saatchi Gallery. And it was on display at Salon Prive later the same month. We even did an in-depth review of the new XJ. But our European cousins […]
New Volvo C30 1.6D DRIVe announced at Frankfurt
Volvo has added to the facelifted 2010 C30 range with the C30 1.6D DRIVe announced at Frankfurt today. We’ve had the launch of the latest version of the Volvo C30, and we’ve also seen Volvo announce the C30 R-Design. So all the at was missing was the ‘Eco’ version, and here it is – the […]
Renault F1 – Briatore & Symonds resign
Renault F1 boss Flavio Briatore and chief engineer Pat Symonds have resigned over the Piquet accident fixing allegation. Oh, dear. The accident fixing allegations surrounding the Renault F1 team and their former driver – Nelson Piquet Jnr – have rumbled on over the past days, with Briatore declaring he was suing Piquet – and his […]
Hyundai ix-Metro Concept – too much ‘Design’
Hyundai has revealed the ix-Metro Concept at Frankfurt. We’ve come to expect bigger and better things from Hyundai. True, their designs can be a bit derivative and have become Euro-Centric. But is that such a bad thing for a car maker aiming to compete with the best-selling mainstream cars in Europe? The new ix35 – […]
Saab 9-5 2010 Frankfurt Press Release
1. Overview ALL NEW SAAB 9-5 SALOON SCANDINAVIAN DESIGN PURITY WITH ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY All-new premium saloon embodies a new era for Saab Scandinavian design inspired by the Aero X and Saab’s rich heritage Engineered with driver focus for a sporty driving experience Most technically advanced Saab ever with an array of ‘high-tech’features Public debut at […]