Kia delivers a ‘Quantum’ special edition of its small Stonic SUV, adding equipment and cosmetic titivations. Costs from £21,600. Kia‘s on a mission to deliver a range of electric cars as the UK heads inexorably towards a deadline just seven years away banning the sale of ICE cars. But with plenty of ICE cars still […]
A ROYAL Land Rover Series 1 up for grabs – could fetch £150,000
A Land Rover Series 1 used by the Queen and Prince Philip at Balmoral is expected to fetch up to £150,000 at Silverstone’s Auction. The Land Rover Defender and its predecessors – the Series 1, 2 and 3 models – lasted for more than 70 years and symbolised all things British across the globe, surpassed […]
Vauxhall Mokka-E becomes the Mokka Electric and gets a bigger battery
The Vauxhall Mokka-e becomes the Vauxhall Mokka Electric and in the process gets a bigger battery, more power and longer range. It’s more than two years since the Mokka-e arrived as Vauxhall went down the route of powertrain as an option – rather than delivering ‘bespoke’ EVs – since when it’s had a couple of […]
Jaguar F-Pace updated for 2023 including INCREASE in F-Pace PHEV EV range
Jaguar updates the F-Pace SUV with improved spec, simplified range and a 20 per cent increase in EV range for the F-Pace PHEV. With Jaguar effectively in hibernation as it waits for its ‘transformation’ into a luxury electric car brand, there’s nothing much Jaguar can do to entice buyers into showrooms apart from titivating its […]
Appetite for new electric cars in the UK DOWN by 30% in the last six months
A new report from Autotrader reveals that the appetite for new electric cars in the UK has fallen by 30 per cent in the last six months. We’ve long bemoaned that electric cars are out of the reach of the majority of car buyers, with new EVs costing, on average, a third more than an […]
A McLaren SUV looks to be FINALLY in the planning
McLaren has eschewed the trend to deliver a ‘Supercar SUV’ so far, but it looks like it’s now seriously under consideration. It’s 20 years since Porsche revealed the Cayenne SUV and turned the world of high-end sports car and supercars upside down. Panned by Porsche anoraks, that first Cayenne was a far from good-looking SUV, […]
New Hyundai Ioniq 5 N EV will have the Feel and Sound of the Hyundai i30 N
The Hyundai Ioniq 5 N – Hyundai’s performance take on the Ioniq 5 – will have the feel and sound of the Hyundai i30 N. The Hyundai Ioniq 5 has been with us since, delivering Hyundai’s first bespoke EV. And it’s doing very well. But a performance version – the Ioniq 5 N- is missing so […]
New Ford GT Mk IV is Ford’s ULTIMATE track-only Ford GT
The Ford GT Mk IV is revealed as a track-only tribute to the original 1967 Ford GT Mk IV with 800bhp. Just 67 units are being built. The original Ford GT Mk IV was Ford’s ultimate GT of the 1960s, winning Le Mans in 1967, and Ford is paying tribute to it with an extreme […]
MG4 EV is 2022’s Award-Winning ‘Budget’ electric car STAR
The electric MG4 EV has been mopping awards since it went on sale in September at prices which are more affordable than the competition. We’ve endlessly bemoaned the cost of electric cars making them a non-starter for the majority of the car-buying public, with even ‘normal’ electric family hatches sitting in the £40-50k range. At […]
Hyundai Ioniq 6 UK Prices and Specs announced
The electric Hyundai Ioniq 6 costs from £46,745 for the entry-level Ioniq 6 Premium RWD, rising to £53,745 for the Ultimate AWD. Hyundai has been doing well with the retro-inspired electric Ioniq 5, but now it’s time for the second act of Hyundai’s dedicated EV push as the Ioniq 6 gets set to go on […]