Lotus has released details of a special edition Elise – the Lotus Elise Club Racer – which will be revealed at the Frankfurt Motor Show. Lotus has been focusing on the Louts Evora of late, and recently delivered the first customer car. But the Elise has been the bedrock of Lotus for a decade, so […]
Hyundai ix-Metro Concept revealed
Hyundai has produced a mini Crossover Concept called the Hyundai ix-Metro that will preview at Frankfurt. There seems to be no stopping Hyundai at the moment. Recently revealed to be the fourth biggest car maker in the world, Hyundai goes from strength to strength with each release of a new model. We already know that […]
New Ford C-Max revealed
Ford has released information and pictures on the new C-Max that will debut at Frankfurt and go on sale in the second half of 2010 as a 2011 model. Ford has released some detail of the new C-Max, which is the first car from Ford to use the next generation Ford Focus platform, and will […]
New Mazda3 MPS – UK Details
The new Mazda3 MPS is arriving in the UK on 1st October, and Mazda has released UK price and specifications. We really rate the new Mazda3, as we never fail to point out. And the Mazda3 MPS is a very good performance version of Mazda’s Ford Focus beater. Driven by a 2.3 litre petrol engine […]
Volkswagen BlueMotion at Frankfurt
VW are bringing new versions of the Polo BlueMotion, Golf BlueMotion and Passat BlueMotion to the Frankfurt Motor Show this month. Even though we’ll be seeing some proper supercars at the Frankfurt Motor Show this month, much of the focus will be on economy, hybrid cars and electric cars. So VW are taking the opportunity […]
New Jaguar XJ – Update
Latest news on the progress of the new Jaguar XJ. The XJ will be with dealers in December and the first new XJ owners will get their keys in January. Update: 11/9/09: Jaguar are now working on the XJ ‘Limo-Green’, a hybrid XJ featuring Lotus’ Range Extender Engine. July was all about the launch of […]
MINI Coupe & MINI Roadster to be built
So much for the MINI Roadster and MINI Coupe being just ‘Concepts’. When we reported on the MINI Coupe Concept last week – and subsequently the MINI Roadster leak – MINI were insisting that both the Coupe and Roadster were merely concepts. Well, we took that with a pinch of salt as MINI are capable […]
Electric Audi R8 – Electricity Untamed +Video
The rumour of an electric Audi R8 has been floating around the rumour-mill for months. We first reported the possibility back in May, and the rumour surfaced again in July, this time with the Audi R8 ePerfomance moniker attached to it. Wishful thinking? Well, we thought there was certainly an element of that. But now […]
Porsche 911 Sport Classic – the Video
This morning we reported on the new Porsche 911 Sport Classic, a limited edition 911 with only 250 being built. But fortunately for UK Porsche lovers there are going to be RHD versions. The 911 Sport Classic features an upgraded 3.8 litre lump delivering 420bhp thanks to some clever tweaking of the ECU, manifolds and […]
Ferrari 458 Italia – Schumacher speaks +video
There was a real flurry of news a few weeks ago when Ferrari released details on the 458 Italia. But we figured that until the Italia was ready to be seen in the flesh at Frankfurt there was not much else to add. Even though we had a Ferrari video sent to us, it was […]