Full price and specification details for the 2009 / 2010 Jaguar XK 5.0 – Coupe and Convertible. Jaguar has recently updated the XK and fitted it with the new 5.0 litre V8. The difference is quite remarkable, and makes the XK in to the car it should always have been – a beautiful, well-built, glorious […]
Jaguar XK 5.0 Portfolio Convertible Review – Richard Madeley
Broadcaster and journalist Richard Madeley joins Cars UK as a guest tester for this review of the Jaguar XK 5.0 Portfolio Convertible. I’ve always held a torch for Jaguars; forgave them their trespasses even back in the bad old 1970s; loved them as things of beauty even when they weren’t. Whatever the model, whatever the year, […]
Maserati GranCabrio – the Configurator
Maserati has launched an online configurator for the new Maserati GranCabrio recently released at the Frankfurt Motor Show. Earlier this month Maserati launched their four-seater GranCabrio to the world at the Frankfurt Motor Show. An elegant and sexy Italian Convertible and, so say Maserati, the longest wheelbase convertible on the market. Presumably if Mussolini were […]
Renaultsport Twingo 133 Cup revealed
Renault has revealed the Renaultsport Twingo 133 Cup, with reduced specification and the Cup suspension as standard. It’s been a bit of a Renaultsport year this year, with Renault releasing a whole raft of their hot cars on to the market, most recently the Megane Renaultsport 250 which we reported on just a couple of […]
Tokyo Motor Show – Japanese only (almost)
Hyundai has become the last major, non-domestic car manufacturer to pull out of the Tokyo Motor Show. The annual motor shows around the world were once the only place your average petrol-head could get his/her fix of high-octane fumes. Lots of new sheet metal – from supercars to the more prosaic – they were prepared […]
Lamborghini Estoque – still on?
We wonder if Lamborghini are still planning the Estoque after it was spotted out in Germany. At the Paris Motor Show last year we were treated to a four-door Lamborghini – the Lamborghini Estoque. When we first heard about it we were pretty sceptical. It was bound to be another horrible attempt by a supercar […]
Scrappage Scheme to be extended
Lord Mandelson looks set to announce an extension to the Scrappage Scheme later today. Update: It’s now been confirmed that the Scrappage Scheme has been extended. The Scrappage Scheme has run out of money and is due to end well short of the original estimated end date in February. But it’s being reported that Lord […]
Fiat Panda gets 2010 updates
Fiat has made a number of small changes to the Panda for 2010, including cosmetic tweaks and a new engine choice. If you think about the Fiat Panda at all, you probably tend to think of it as a relic from Fiat’s past. A car that’s still made but just doesn’t cut the mustard up […]
Top Gear does Romania
The Top Gear Crew are out filming Series 14 in Romania on the stunning Transfagarasan Road in the Carpathian Mountains with a Ferrari, an Aston Martin and a Lamborghini. We won’t get the latest series of Top Gear (Series 14) on our screens until November, but the Top Gear Crew are out filming – in […]
Hamilton wins Singapore Grand Prix
Lewis Hamilton managed to convert his pole position at Singapore in to a win for McLaren, but the biggest winner of the day was Jensen Button. It always looked as if McLaren’s late-season renaissance would continue at Singapore, and world champion Lewis Hamilton didn’t disappoint his team as he drove to his second successive Grand […]