Spyker has pulled out of negotiations to buy Saab from GM, who have announced that Saab will now cease to trade and be wound down. Saab has been in intensive care for what seems like forever. Last profitable around the time the dinosaurs died out it has been kept alive in recent years with funds from US […]
Aston Martin DBS Carbon Black & V12 Vantage Carbon Black Revealed
Aston Martin has released a pair of Limited Edition models – the DBS Carbon Black and the V12 Vantage Carbon Black. Prices will be about 5% more than the standard model. It’s been a little while since we had a limited edition from Aston Martin, and just like Land Rover where we got the Freelander […]
Ford Mustang GT (2011) gets 5.0 litre V8
It’s been revealed that the 2011 Ford Mustang GT will get a 5.0 litre lump delivering 412hp It looks like Ford are taking the latest version of the iconic Ford Mustang GT seriously. The social web (Twitterers a Facebook fiends alike) have spilled the beans on what powers Ford’s latest V8 Mustang ahead of the […]
Volvo C30 Electric (BEV) for Detroit
Volvo are taking the electric Volvo C30 (BEV) to the Detroit Motor Show next month and are planning a trial of 50 cars in 2011. Volvo had a little tease about the electric version of the C30 EV (or Battery Electric Vehicle) back in September. They rolled out a bit of a ‘Wish-List’ of what […]
BMW 1 Series ActiveE Press Release
The BMW Concept ActiveE Another milestone to achieving CO2 free mobility. The BMW Group presents yet another milestone along the way to achieving CO2 free mobility. The BMW Concept ActiveE provides a taste of a purely electrically-powered BMW. Focused on the requirements of practical use, the study is based on the BMW 1 Series Coupe […]
Electric BMW 1 Series Concept ActiveE Revealed
BMW has released details of the BMW 1-Series ActiveE Concept, an electric 1 Series which will be shown at the Detroit Motor Show in January 2010. BMW are ramping up their foray in to electric cars with the reveal of the BMW 1 Series Concept ActiveE which will show at the Detroit Motor Show in […]
Land Rover Freelander 2 White & Black 2010 launched
Land Rover have launched the Freelander 2 White & Black, a new entry-level model starting at £19,495. Another day, another new Freelander 2 model. Just like a bus; you wait ages for one and then two come along together. You might think that releasing two new models of the Freelander 2 in succession reeks a little of […]
Citroen DS3 – UK Prices revealed
Citroen has revealed prices for the DS3 range which launches in Spring 2010. Starting at £11,700 for the 1.4 16V VTi 95hp in DSign trim, rising to £18,775 for the DSport 1.6 THP 150hp. The MINI-challenging Citroen DS3 – the first of Citroen’s ‘Premium’ DS models – was revealed in September and is due to go […]
Skoda Superb Estate UK Prices
Skoda has now revealed full model and price details for the Skoda Superb Estate, which starts from £17,715 rising to £29,075. We reported on the UK deatils for the new Skoda Superb Estate a couple of weeks ago and the only thing that was missing was the pricing detail. Well, Skoda have now got their […]
Lotus gets Ferrari Designer
Former Ferrari designer Donato Coco is to join Lotus as Director of Design alongside his former Ferrari colleague Dany Bahar who is now Lotus CEO. As we’ve reported umpteen times this year, Lotus are getting things very right. They’re selling the new Lotus Evora hand over fist and have plans in place to a convertible […]