Ford has announced the Ford Figo, to be built in Chennai for the Indian Market. Launches 2010. No, you didn’t miss the lead-up to this story. It’s not a new Ford you can pop down to your local dealer and pick up – unless you live in Mumbai, anyway. This is in fact Ford’s big […]
Fisker gets funding for Karma & NINA
Fisker has acquired funding from the DOE to complete the Karma and move forward with project NINA – a low-cost plug-in Hybrid to be made in the US. Henrik Fisker has been planning the Fisker Karma for what seems a very long time. It looks a very good stab at a luxury, plug-in electric car […]
Electric Rolls Royce Ghost/Phantom coming?
A Rolls Royce spokesman has said that they are looking at the viability of an electric RR Ghost or RR Phantom. We’ve got used to one car maker or another rolling out a hybrid or plug in of some description on an almost daily basis. From the stalwarts of electric cars like Reva with the […]
VW Tiguan – People’s Reviewer Winner
VW names Harriet Gore the winner of the People’s Reviewer Competition to find an amateur car reviewer. She wins a nice shiny VW Tiguan for her efforts. It seems like it’s been going on for ever – it was actually the beginning of July – but the promo/competition that VW has been running to find […]
SEAT Leon Cupra R – Frankfurt catchup
The SEAT Leon Cupra R – featuring the same 265bhp engine as the Golf R – has made its official debut at the Frankfurt Motor Show. We thought we’d vindicated ourselves yesterday with our report on the SEAT IBZ Concept from Frankfurt. We knew we’d missed out covering SEAT, but the IBZ was the main launch. […]
Focus BEV in Jay Leno’s SIARPC – the Green Car Challenge
Jay Leno had Drew Barrymore and a Focus BEV for the first heat of the Green Car Challenge on his NBC Show. We like Jay Leno. He has petrol (or gas) running through his veins. He’s a proper petrolhead (gearhead – no more, you don’t need the translation). We enjoyed his live launch of the […]
Mercedes SLS AMG Roadster on the road
Mercedes is out testing the convertible version of the SLA AMG in Europe – the Mercedes SLS AMG Roadster – before a launch at Geneva in 2010. Even though the Mercedes SLS AMG Gullwing is only just making its official debut at Frankfurt, Mercedes are working hard on its soft-top sibling – the SLS AMG […]
Ferrari 430 Scuderia & 16M recalled
Ferrari has recalled all 430 Scuderias and 16Ms to rectify a tyre fault. All the news on Ferrari of late has been on the 458 Italia. But the car the 458 replaces has a problem. Drive too fast and the tyres go down. To be fair, this deosn’t apply to every F430 on the road […]
SEAT IBZ Concept Frankfurt Press Release
Family-sized SEAT IBIZA concept IBZ WOWS FRANKFURT * Family-friendly shape points to forthcoming third member of the Ibiza range * Sharp, dynamic exterior is combined with functional, stylish interior * Sporty Spanish brand continues ambitious design innovation SEAT is showcasing the stunning IBZ Concept at the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show. The star of the SEAT […]
SEAT IBZ Concept – Frankfurt catchup
SEAT showed off the IBZ Concept at Frankfurt – the preview of the SEAT Ibiza Sport Tourer for 2010 / 2011. Shame on us for not covering anything last week on SEAT from the Frankfurt Show. In our defence, we did cover the hot Leon – the SEAT Leon Cupra R – when we first […]