Car customisers Kahn are back with their second London Taxi creation, this time a bespoke take on the electrified LEVC TX5. Costs from £120k. It’s four years since the London Taxi TX4 Final Edition from Kahn arrived to mark the end of production of the iconic London Taxi, with just five units built with a proper […]
Porsche is the most UNRELIABLE used car brand in the UK – followed by Land Rover and Jaguar
Aftermarket car warranty specialists Warrantywise reveals the UK’s most unreliable used car brand is Porsche, followed by Land Rover and Jaguar. If you want a reliable car, you probably need to buy a Japanese car or one from South Korea, with Toyota, Suzuki and Honda from Japan, and Kia and Hyundai from South Korea, heading […]
Nissan LEAF grabs another ‘Best USED Electric Car’ Award
The electric Nissan LEAF has grabbed another ‘best used electric car’ award at the DrivingElectric awards this week. There was a time, not so very long ago, when the only real choice you had if you wanted a proper car with an electric powertrain, was a Nissan LEAF. The real pioneer of EVs, Nissan’s LEAF […]
Euro NCAP 5 STARS for 11 cars from Land Rover Discovery Sport to VW ID. Buzz and MG4 EV
The last Euro NCAP tests of 2022 are in, with 11 of the 14 cars tested – including three Chinese cars – gaining a full five stars. The last round of Euro NCAPO tests for 2022 has now been completed, and the majority of cars tested – 11 out of the 14 – managed to […]
New Skoda Enyaq iV vRS on sale in January – costs as much as its VW ID.4 GTX sibling
The new Skoda Enyaq iV vRS – Skoda’s take on the VW ID.4 GTX – goes on sale in the UK in January costing as much as its VW sibling. Want a cheap VW? Then buying its Skoda equivalent has always been good advice. But not anymore. Skoda revealed its take on the VW ID.4 […]
New Volvo EX30 electric SUV CONFIRMED for 2023 by Volvo boss
Volvo’s new compact SUV to sit under the ’40’ range is confirmed by Volvo boss to be the electric Volvo XC30, arriving in 2023. Last month Volvo revealed the new Volvo EX90 as an electric replacement for the XC90, although we’re expecting the XC90 to carry on for a few years yet – with a […]
New Mercedes-AMG S 63 E Performance – it’s the S-Class ‘Warp Speed’ Edition
The Mercedes-AMG S 63 E Performance arrives as Mercedes switches the S63 to PHEV, delivering 791bhp and 1054lb/ft of torque. We may be in an age where electric cars are setting all the performance standards for road cars, but Mercedes isn’t forgetting that ICE cars can still deliver a fair old lick of performance, especially […]
Munro Mk 1 is an electric Ineos Grenadier-challenging ‘REAL’ Land Rover Defender
The Munro Mk 1 is revealed as an electric ‘Made in Scotland’ challenger to the Ineos Grenadier delivering proper workhorse abilities. For those potential buyers disappointed by the new, more upmarket, Land Rover Defender, we now have the Ineos Grenadier, promising to be a more rugged workhorse and costing much the same as a new […]
New car registrations JUMPED 23.5% in November
New car registrations in the UK grew by 23.5 per cent in November, driven mainly by a big jump in fleet registrations of 45.4 per cent. Car makers are still struggling with a Covid hangover causing problems with supply chains, but that hasn’t stopped new car registrations from growing in the last three months. And […]
New Toyota C-HR Concept previews the Hybrid counterpoint to the electric Toyota bZ Compact
Toyota reveals a concept version of a new C-HR due in 2024 which will feature Hybrid and PHEV powertrains and batteries built in Europe. It’s six years since the Toyota C-HR first went on sale in the UK as a funky crossover designed to mop up sales from cars like the Nissan Qashqai, and it […]