A Rolls Royce spokesman has said that they are looking at the viability of an electric RR Ghost or RR Phantom. We’ve got used to one car maker or another rolling out a hybrid or plug in of some description on an almost daily basis. From the stalwarts of electric cars like Reva with the […]
VW Tiguan – People’s Reviewer Winner
VW names Harriet Gore the winner of the People’s Reviewer Competition to find an amateur car reviewer. She wins a nice shiny VW Tiguan for her efforts. It seems like it’s been going on for ever – it was actually the beginning of July – but the promo/competition that VW has been running to find […]
SEAT Leon Cupra R – Frankfurt catchup
The SEAT Leon Cupra R – featuring the same 265bhp engine as the Golf R – has made its official debut at the Frankfurt Motor Show. We thought we’d vindicated ourselves yesterday with our report on the SEAT IBZ Concept from Frankfurt. We knew we’d missed out covering SEAT, but the IBZ was the main launch. […]
Focus BEV in Jay Leno’s SIARPC – the Green Car Challenge
Jay Leno had Drew Barrymore and a Focus BEV for the first heat of the Green Car Challenge on his NBC Show. We like Jay Leno. He has petrol (or gas) running through his veins. He’s a proper petrolhead (gearhead – no more, you don’t need the translation). We enjoyed his live launch of the […]
Mercedes SLS AMG Roadster on the road
Mercedes is out testing the convertible version of the SLA AMG in Europe – the Mercedes SLS AMG Roadster – before a launch at Geneva in 2010. Even though the Mercedes SLS AMG Gullwing is only just making its official debut at Frankfurt, Mercedes are working hard on its soft-top sibling – the SLS AMG […]
Ferrari 430 Scuderia & 16M recalled
Ferrari has recalled all 430 Scuderias and 16Ms to rectify a tyre fault. All the news on Ferrari of late has been on the 458 Italia. But the car the 458 replaces has a problem. Drive too fast and the tyres go down. To be fair, this deosn’t apply to every F430 on the road […]
SEAT IBZ Concept Frankfurt Press Release
Family-sized SEAT IBIZA concept IBZ WOWS FRANKFURT * Family-friendly shape points to forthcoming third member of the Ibiza range * Sharp, dynamic exterior is combined with functional, stylish interior * Sporty Spanish brand continues ambitious design innovation SEAT is showcasing the stunning IBZ Concept at the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show. The star of the SEAT […]
SEAT IBZ Concept – Frankfurt catchup
SEAT showed off the IBZ Concept at Frankfurt – the preview of the SEAT Ibiza Sport Tourer for 2010 / 2011. Shame on us for not covering anything last week on SEAT from the Frankfurt Show. In our defence, we did cover the hot Leon – the SEAT Leon Cupra R – when we first […]
Renault gets suspended ban
Renault has received a 2 year suspended ban from F1 over race fixing in the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix. Briatore banned from F1 and Symonds for 5 years. It looks like they got off lightly. The FIA, meeting in Paris today, has handed out a suspended ban from F1 for Renault over the race-fixing debacle and the […]
VW Golf R & Scirocco R – the Video
With the reveal of the VW Golf R at Frankfurt, we have video of both of Volkswagen’s ‘R’ cars – the Golf R & Scirocco R – on video. We got the reveal of the VW Sirocco R back in May. With 265bhp it’s the most powerful Scirocco ever made, and a very good looking […]