James Glickenhaus has confirmed that the Ferrari P4/5 Competizione is being built and will enter the 2010 Nurburgring 24hr James Glickenhaus is wealthy. Even in these troubled times he’s still wealthy. And he’s a Ferrari nut. Which explains why he had Pininfarina create him the Ferrari P4/5 a few years ago at a reported cost […]
MG 6 to be built in the UK
It’s reported that China’s SAIC – makers of MG – are to commence production of the new MG 6 at the Longbridge plant in the UK in 2010. Now that is a bit of good news. It’s being reported today with the launch of the MG6 at the Guangzhou Auto Show that SAIC – owners […]
Top Gear Hammerhead Eagle i-Thrust – Official Press Release
Following on from the Top Gear Electric Car episode this weekend, the TG boys have followed up with a press release for the ‘Hammerhead Eagle i-Thrust’. The Top Gear Press Release on the Hammerhead Eagle i-Thrust is a great parody of the usual flowery prose car makers issue with their new creation and is definitely […]
Cadillac CTS Coupe (2010 / 2011) Press Release
2011 CADILLAC CTS COUPE: NEW SPORTS COUPE IS CADILLAC’S MOST DRAMATIC DESIGN LOS ANGELES – Cadillac today unveiled the 2011 CTS Coupe, the latest and most dramatic of the brand’s series of new designs to reach production. Slated to arrive in Cadillac showrooms in the spring of 2010, the CTS Coupe is a new luxury […]
Cadillac CTS Coupe (2010) – Official
Cadillac has confirmed that the CTS Coupe will launch in the Spring of 2010, with the powerful CTS-V Coupe launching later in the year. Having let the cat out of the bag over plans for a range-topping Cadillac CTS-V Coupe (and the CTS-V Wagon) the other day, GM has now released official detail of its […]
Porsche Boxster Spyder (2010) – lots of new photos
Porsche has sent us a whole new photo gallery of the new Porsche Boxster Spyder, which will launch at the Los Angeles Motor Show in December. Porsche revealed the Boxster Spyder at the beginning of the month, together with a smallish set of photos and a video. But for Porsche fans out there the modest set of […]
Pagani Zonda Cinque – Hammond’s Drive +Video
We have video of Top Gear’s Richard Hammond driving the ultimate road-going Zonda – the Pagani Zonda Cinque – round the hills near Modena. Whilst we were busy wandering round the interweb today to make sure we’d got our facts right for the ‘Top Gear builds an Electric Car‘ piece, we came across a video […]
Top Gear builds Electric Car
Episode 2 of the latest Top Gear series airs tonight with the boys building an electric TVR and driving the Audi R8 V10 and Corvette ZR-1. Update: As Top Gear gave their electric car to Autocar to test (they should have given it to Cars UK!), we thought we’d update this post with the Autocar […]
MG6 Launch revives Morris Garages moniker
SAIC (Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation) is to launch the new MG6 at the Guangzhou Car Show complete with ‘Morris Garages’ badging. Life has not been easy over the last few years for MG. Or should I say what remains of MG after the debacle of the ‘Phoenix Four’ who took over MG Rover from BMW […]
Audi A3 2.0 TDI gets greener
Audi is introducing stop-start and recuperative technology on the A3 2.0 TDI to improve economy and reduce emissions. If you read here regularly you’ll be only too well aware that every week we report on cars that have cleaned up their act, got more economical and are emitting less CO2. Less cynical souls than us […]