The final line-up of seven for the European Car of the Year Award (COTY) has been announced. It’s that time of the year again, when the final line-up for the European Car of the Year Awards are announced. And there seems to be something of a theme. The finalists are : Citroen C3 Picasso Mercedes […]
Kia Soul Tempest available
Kia has launched the Kia Soul Tempest – a limited edition Soul in Silver – replacing the discontinued Kia Soul Samba. Kia, like Hyundai, are making some credible, well-made and affordable cars these days. But they do like a special edition or two, so they’ve just announced the Kia Soul tempest which goes on offer […]
F1: Mercedes sticks with McLaren – Brawn still likely
Mercedes has reaffirmed its partnership with McLaren F1 for 2010 but is looking ever closer to a deal to take a majority stake in Brawn F1 As the F1 season drew to a close at the Yas Marina circuit in Abu Dhabi yesterday, the whole of the top end of Mercedes Benz management was on […]
Red Bull 1-2 in Abu Dhabi
Sebastian Vettel won for Red Bull with team mate Mark Webber in second place at the first Abu Dhabi Grand Prix at Yas Marina. It was billed as a procession; a meaningless final race to the topsy-turvy 2009 F1 season. And in a sense it was. Sebastian Vettel managed to best Lewis Hamilton in the […]
Range Rover Sport by Prestige – No, thanks.
UK tuner Prestige has launched a tarted Range Rover Sport with new bumpers, louvres and wheel arch extensions. The ultimate overkill body kit for the RRS. When I bought a Cayenne a few years ago I weighed it up against the other options. Eventually I was left with a short-list of just two cars – […]
Generation Y – the new face of the car buyer
It’s the Generation Y car buyers that are driving the change to hybrids and electrics, not GEN X or the baby boomers. The car landscape is changing. Dramatically. Big, thirsty V8, V10 and V12 engines are starting to feel as if they’re from another age. They’ll survive, of course they will. But big, powerful performance […]
Lamborghini LP620 YarroW
German tuner Wheelsandmore has released a tuned and titivated Lamborghini LP560 – the LP620 YarroW. The Lamborghini LP560-4 is a very good car. Not as barking mad as we like our Lambos – you can thank Audi for that – but a damn fine car nonetheless. Its stunning V10 makes one of the best noises […]
Ferrari World Theme Park Yas Island Abu Dhabi Press Release
Ferrari World Abu Dhabi Overview Ferrari World Abu Dhabi, set to open in 2010, is the world’s first Ferrari theme park and largest attraction of its kind. It will be an intense multi-sensory experience and a must-visit for enthusiasts, fans and families. The Park pays tribute to the passion, excellence, performance, technical innovation that Ferrari […]
Ferrari World Abu Dhabi – the petrol-head theme park
Ferrari World Theme Park on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi is on the way to completion and will open to the public in 2010. Makers of super cars may be having something of a torrid time at the moment with the world saving instead of spending. But if you have an iconic brand there’s more […]
Mercedes C Class Executive SE launched
Mercedes has launched a Limited Edition C Class Mercedes – the Executive SE – based on the C 180 KOMPRESSOR BlueEFFICIENCY. Having already played this card with the E Class – the E-Class Executive SE – Mercedes has decided to treat buyers to a limited edition model of the C Class and has announced that […]