Nissan has released the 370Z Roadster in to the UK market with orders now being taken and first deliveries in March. It’s been nine months since Nissan launched the 370X Roadster from a tent in New York and, despite the promise that the 370Z Roadster would hit UK shores in September last year, it still […]
Renault Clio S launched
Renault has launched an affordable ‘Sport’ Clio – the Renault Clio S – with white graphics and a choice of 1.2 16V 75, 1.2 TCe 100 and 1.5 dCi 86 engines. The last ‘Sporty’ Renault Clio we reported on was the Clio RenaultSport 200 back in April last year. The RenaultSport Clio offers proper hot-hatch […]
Jaguar C-Type not Jaguar XE?
It’s being reported that the small roadster/coupe Jaguar are planning for 2012 will be called the Jaguar C-Type not the Jaguar XE. We’ve reported a number of times in the last year about Jaguar’s plans to build a sports coupe/roadster to slot in below the XK and take on the likes of the Porsche Boxster […]
Cadillac CTS-V Coupe in the UK as Cadillac returns to Europe
Cadillac are planning a return to the UK and Europe with a new dealer network which should be in place by March 2010. For probably the first time ever, Cadillac has a range of cars that hold real appeal for car buyers in the UK and Europe. That’s down to a real shift in the […]
MINI One Convertible launched plus MINI range revisions
MINI has added a new convertible to the range – the MINI One Convertible – added a Minimalism trim level and tweaked the Cooper and Cooper S. It’s at least five minutes since MINI hurled yet another model at us, so with a New Year upon us they’ve obviously decided to see if they can […]
Cadillac CTS-V Coupe – the Video
GM has released a promotion video for the 556bhp Cadillac CTS-V Coupe, featuring lots of explosions and fire and the CTS-V Coupe drifting and driving. Much of the Detroit Motor Show has been low key. The headline stuff has been mainly about ‘Eco’ cars and although there has been a bit of domestic ‘Muscle’ it’s […]
BYD E6 – Detroit show and going to America
Chinese car maker BYD has shown the BYD E6 electric car at the Detroit Motor Show and plans to launch it in the US in 2010. BYD is a Chinese car maker very much on the up. They’ve gone from building no cars at all in 2001 to the fourth biggest car maker in China […]
Mercedes SL Night Edition & Mercedes SLK Grand Edition launched
Mercedes has launched special edition of the SL and SLK – The Mercedes SLK Grand Edition and the Mercedes SL Night Edition. It’s New Year, the weather’s freezing and there’s a blanket of snow covering much of Europe. What better time to launch special editions of a couple of high-end convertibles? But I suppose there […]
Gemballa MIG-U1 Enzo – details revealed
Gemballa has now sent us details of the Enzo based Gemballa MIG-U1, a 700bhp modified Ferrari Enzo. Just before Christmas a set of pictures of a Ferrari Enzo dropped in to our inbox. They turned out to be pictures of a modified Enzo created by Porsche specialist Gemballa and looked very appealing – although probably […]
Audi A8 Hybrid – Geneva launch
Audi has revealed that it will launch a full hybrid version of the 2010 / 2011 A8 at the Geneva Motor Show in March. It’s only a few weeks since Audi unveiled the new Audi A8 in Miami, but already there’s more news on additions to the launch range of engines – a V8 petrol […]