The Electric Pininfarina Battista set new performance records, hitting 62mph in just 1.86 seconds, and braking as impressively. It’s getting on for four years since the electric Pininfarina Battista opened reservations as a new electric hypercar, with bonkers specs and serious performance potential. But with underpinnings borrowed from the Rimac Nevera, delivering up to 1900bhp […]
First customer Peugeot 205 GTI Tolman Edition RESTOMOD revealed
Tolman Engineering has revealed the first customer Peugeot 205 GTI Tolman Edition, a stunning Restomod of a 1980s hot hatch icon. Restomods of cars by classic car specialists seem to be all the rage at the moment, especially restomods with new electric powertrains. Which is all well and good if your classic car has an […]
Electric Mercedes EQE and EQS “Acceleration Increase” SUBSCRIPTION on the way
Mercedes looks to be heading down the subscription route for add-ons, with an ‘Acceleration Increase’ subscription for EQE and EQS EVs. In recent years, we’ve all become used to paying modest subscriptions for stuff like Netflix and Amazon, and we’re now very used to paying a monthly mobile phone payment bundling handset, calls and data […]
New Lexus RX 500h F Sport Performance is a “Major step forward in dynamic quality”, says Lexus
The New Lexus RX 500h F Sport Performance, part of the new Lexus RX range, has a performance edge, says Lexus. In a world populated by big premium SUVs doing their damnedest to emulate a huge hot hatch with performance and dynamics trying to defy physics, the Lexus RX has always been a bit of […]
Electric Cars to pay VED, but not until 2025. BIK rates for EVs on the rise too
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s international money market appeasement includes the arrival of VED for electric cars and increases in BIK too. Buyers of electric cars may be paying a lot more to buy their cars than buyers of ICE vehicles, but they’ve had a bit of a free ride when it comes to ongoing costs. Even […]
Toyota bZ Compact SUV PREVIEWS a new Toyota ‘bZ’ electric SUV
Toyota reveals more details of its next ‘bZ’ electric path with the arrival of the Toyota bZ Compact SUV at the LA Motor Show. Toyota’s hybrid darling returned to the world stage (well, some of the world stage) with the arrival of a new Toyota Prius this week as Toyota tries to breathe new life […]
OFFICIAL: Porsche 911 Dakar is a £173,000 off-road Porsche 911
The Porsche 911 Dakar is officially revealed as an off-road-focused 911 GTS with 473bhp and costing £173,000. Just 2,500 are being built. An off-road Porsche 911 has been in the offing for a long time, but last week Porsche finally revealed the first official look at what we now know is the Porsche 911 Dakar. […]
Euro NCAP dishes out 5 STAR awards for 15 cars from Range Rover to Smart #1
The latest Euro NCAP safety test see a total of 16 cars tested with all but one – the DS 9 – gaining the maximum five stars. Euro NCAP safety tests continue to get more and more stringent, bringing safer, but inevitably more expensive, cars to the market with a now huge array of safety […]
New Genesis X Convertible Concept REVEALED as Hyundai’s posh brand takes the roof off the Genesis X Concept
Ahead of a debut at the LA Motor Show Genesis, Hyundai’s ‘posh’ brand, revealed the electric Genesis X Convertible Concept. Hyundai hasn’t found it easy taking its ‘posh’ Genesis brand to the point where it can take on Toyota with its Lexus brand, but after a few false starts the Genesis brand is now starting […]
New Toyota Prius OFFICIALLY revealed – and it’s Prius PHEV only for Europe
The new Toyota Prius is officially revealed with new looks and new powertrains, and only the Prius PHEV heading for Europe. The Toyota Prius Hybrid, once the darling of drivers wanting to shout their eco credentials, has become something of an oddity in Toyota’s range as hybrids now stretch into every corner of the Toyota […]