It’s a bit of a ‘Coals to Newcastle’ scenario, with Honda announcing that the Honda Civic Type R 3-door, which is only built in Swindon, is to go to Japan to be sold as the Civic Type R Euro. Currently, the only Civic Type R sold in Japan is the saloon version, so the addition […]
Toyota Avensis updated
Toyota has been having a play recently with the Yaris, adding the TR to the range, and has now had a play with the Toyota Avensis, announcing two new engine options and some revisions to spec. First up is a new, entry-level 1.6 litre petrol Valvematic, which offers 0-60 mph in a bit over 10 […]
Infiniti M Saloon teased
Infiniti has been busy launching in the UK and Europe this year, and we’ve run a fair bit of information on Nissan’s luxury brand, including the Infiniti G37 and the Infiniti FX37 & FX50. But now Infiniti are ramping up interest in the next generation Infiniti M Saloon (which we haven’t had in Europe so […]
BMW Project i – Isetta revived?
As is the case with all car makers these days, there is a move to create and launch ‘Zero Emission’ vehicles, or at least cars that are perceived as such or close. BMW is no different, and we reported back in January that BMW and Fiat were talking about building a range of city cars […]
VW Tiguan Review – Johnny wins heat 2
We’ve kept you up to date with VW’s efforts to find a new Jeremy Clarkson – a People’s Reviewer. And now it’s getting close to a conclusion (they’re certainly getting their money’s worth out of this competition!), with the winners of the first 2 heats sorted and the reviewers for the final heats out playing […]
Mazda MX-5 Superlight at Frankfurt
The Mazda MX-5 has, by any measure, been a huge success for Mazda. Born 20 years ago (the Mazda MX-5 20th Anniversary model has just been released in Japan), the MX-5 is the best selling roadster of all time, with sales of over 850,000 in the last 20 years. And it’s achieved its success by […]
Mercedes E Class Estate (2010) Photo Image Gallery
It’s now all but confirmed that Mercedes will bring their station wagon variant of the E Class – The Mercedes E Class Estate – to the Frankfurt Motor Show in September. And after we confirmed the news this morning, we got sent a whole stack of pictures of the new E Class Estate, so here […]
Porsche Panamera Custom Options
Now that the Porsche Panamera is hitting showrooms in the UK and around the world, Porsche has decided that now is the time to increase their bottom line (and they need all the help they can get at the moment with VW about to take over Porsche!) and have launched a range of customistation options […]
Mercedes E Class Estate leaked
The E Class is a big deal for Mercedes, and the new E Class has been much in the news this year. The new Mercedes E Class leaked and then launched earlier this year, and the E Class Coupe turned out to be a C Class Coupe in disguise. We also reported in May that […]
Jaguar Land Rover – the aluminium future
Jaguar has been extolling the virtues of the Jaguar XJ’s aluminium construction for years (or ‘Aloominum’, in deference to our colonial cousins). In fact, it’s not just the new Jaguar XJ that benefits from aluminium construction – the previous XJ has had an aluminium construction since 2003. The benefits of aluminium construction are clear. The […]