Mazda appears to have updated the Mazda2 for 2010 if pictures from their new factory in Thailand are anything to go by. We’re back on the same tack as the Evo X upgrades for 2010. This time it’s the Mazda2, which Mazda has been telling us has started production in Thailand. Not earth-shattering news, I’m […]
Mitsubishi Evo X 2010 Updates
Mitsubishi has updated the Evo X in Japan for 2010 with some very minor cosmetic tweaks and the deletion of the manual ‘box option on the GSR Premium Edition As updates to Japanese cars are usually launched in Japan before they make their way round the world, it’s always a good idea to keep an […]
Peugeot 5008 – UK pricing announced
Peugeot has announced UK pricing and specification for their 5008 MPV, which will arrive in the UK in January 2010. Peugeot revealed the 5008 MPV back in June, telling all the world that it looked like the TGV train. Whether that is good or bad rather depends on your point of view, but I suppose […]
£10 million of cars in a Shed
The cars lining up for RM Auction Automobiles of London sale this month are being stored in an industrial unit in SE England. £10 million of cars in a Shed? A glorified shed, admittedly. In fact a very prosaic and totally anonymous industrial unit on an small estate in South East England. That’s where the […]
Porsche Panamera Convertible coming
Porsche are planning on adding new variants of the Panamera, including a convertible and perhaps a GT – the new 928. Now that the Panamera is starting to hit the roads round the world speculation continues over Porsche’s future plans on the Panamera. We had a report a month or so ago that VW were […]
Fiesta US Launch
Ford has announced that the US version of the Ford Fiesta will be launched at the Los Angeles Motor Show in December. Don’t times change? It would have been unthinkable even a few years ago that there would be hype and genuine consumer interest for the launch in America of what even we in the […]
Ferrari 599 HTGE China Limited Edition
Ferrari has created the 599 HTGE China Limited Edition – a 599 customised by artist Lu Hao – with just 12 models being built. It would have been unthinkable even a few short years ago that anyone in China would be able – or allowed – to buy as decadent a symbol of Western Imperialism […]
Nissan at the 2009 Tokyo Motor Show Press Release
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE NISSAN EXHIBIT AT THE 2009 TOKYO MOTOR SHOW YOKOHAMA (October 8, 2009) – Nissan Motor Co., Ltd, will present various show cars at the upcoming 2009 Tokyo Motor Show, including ‘Leaf’, an electric vehicle (EV) which is slated for global launch and volume production in late 2010, ‘Land Glider’, an EV concept […]
Nissan Land Glider revealed +video.
Nissan has revealed a two-seat electric city car – the Nissan Land Glider – which leans on corners. It will show at Tokyo later this month. It’s starting to look as if car makers are waking up to the reality that electric cars are only really suited to city environments. In those surroundings they can […]
Infiniti M35 Hybrid revealed
Infiniti are adding a hybrid version to their range of M Saloons – the Infiniti M35 Hybrid. Due to launch in 2011. Infiniti – busy launching their range of cars in Europe this year – has announced that they are to produce their first hybrid – the Infiniti M35 Hybrid. The M35 Hybrid is based […]