West Midlands Police are to take delivery of Mitsubishi’s electric car – the MiEV – as community patrol cars. We’ve seen police cars ranging from the sublime to the ridiculous. On our doorstep the Essex police use Subaru Imprezas, which give hoodie-herberts the fright of their lives when they see them looming in their rear-view […]
Audi introduces stop-start for auto ‘boxes
Audi has announced they are to introduce stop-start on the A3 equipped with an auto box from November. With every car maker looking for ways to reduce emissions and improve economy, stop-start has become an increasingly useful tool in their arsenal, particularly where cars are use in city traffic. When we reviewed the Fiesta ECOnetic […]
Audi e-Tron gets green light
Audi’s US boss – Johan de Nysschen – has revealed that Audi will be putting the electric e-Tron in to production in the next two years. Although there were stories surrounding an electric Audi R8 for months, it was only a short while before Frankfurt that we learned the deal was real, with Audi unveiling […]
Volvo C30 & C70 – UK Prices & Specs announced
Volvo officially launched the 2010 C30 and the C70 at Frankfurt last month, and have now released price details for the UK. Volvo has had a play with the C30 and C70 and made a number of changes for 2010. The 2010 C30 gets some new sheet metal at the front to give the Volvo […]
Ferrari 458 Italia – full price details
The full price list for the Ferrari 458 Italia has been revealed, with UK prices starting at £175,000. We had the official launch of Ferrari’s new 458 Italia at the Frankfurt Motor Show last month, but we didn’t really know what to expect in terms of price. But now we do. The 458 Italia starts […]
France invests in an Electric Car Future
France is to invest 1.5 billion Euros to install recharging points for electric cars and promote EV development and purchase. We’ve had various declarations of intent from politicians with regards to an Electric Car future this last year, including Portugal committing to the Electric Car, Germany looking to see a million electric cars on their […]
Vettel wins for Red Bull in Japan
Sebastian Vettel has won the Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka to keep his world championship hopes alive. So much for the chance that Jenson Button could sew up the driver’s championship at Suzuka. The start grid was not what we expected after Q3 on Saturday, after a raft of speeding under a yellow flag penalties […]
McLaren F1 to buy BMW F1 Engine ops
McLaren are poised to buy BMW’s F1 engine building operation in a move to end the relationship with Mercedes. The relationship between Mercedes and McLaren has been a successful one. For almost fifteen years they have collaborated with great success both in F1 and with the Mercedes McLaren SLR. But the marriage has been one […]
Bugatti Galibier Green Light
It looks like the Bugatti Galibier has been given the green light, and will be followed by a Super-Veyron and a new Bugatti Royale. A couple of weeks ago, shortly after a private unveiling to select Bugatti clients, we reported on the reveal of the Bugatti Galibier – a four-door, four-seat super saloon (and we […]
Aston Martin Rapide – the Promo Video
We have video of the new Aston Martin Rapide testing at MIRA and the Nurburgring and driving in the mountains of Italy. We finally got the launch proper of the DB9 derived Aston Martin Rapide at the Frankfurt Motor Show last month. Little changed from the Rapide Concept we saw what seems like a decade […]