Today was the first day of Salon Prive at the Hurlingham club in London, and whilst the rest of us slaved over a hot monitor, our esteemed leader has been off supping Champagne and scoffing lobster surrounded by some of the world’s greatest cars. Yes John and Carla have been out playing! One of the […]
New Audi A8 2010/2011 teased
Update 1/12/09: Audi has now revealed the 2010 / 2011 Audi A8 in Miami I think ‘Teased’ is probably over-egging the reality. What we actually have is what looks like a grey-haired German accountant standing next to a car under a sheet. But this is in fact Michael Dick – Audi’s Board Member for Technical Development – […]
Alfa Romeo MiTo GTA – the end?
We’ve been promised the Alfa Romeo MiTo GTA for what seems an age. Shown only as a concept, we have been treated not just to the car in the flesh, but a set of pictures of the Alfa MiTo GTA and even an Alfa MiTo GTA video. But reports about the hot MiTo’s demise are […]
Audi A3 1.6TDI announced
Not quite ‘Yet another new Audi’ – but a new engine for the A3. Audi has announced that they are introducing a new 1.6 litre common rail diesel engine across the A3 range, which will oust the old A3 1.9TDIe and the A3 and Cabriolet 1.9 TDI. The new engine offers the same 104bhp as […]
Fiat 500C Abarth coming?
Fiat are on a real roll with the little 500. The hard-top version has been a cracking success, and the Convertible 500 – The Fiat 500C – is taking orders left, right and centre. Fiat seem to be doing everything right in terms of marketing; they even got the celeb angle right by using pictures […]
Rolls Royce Ghost – Prices & Performance
As is the way with car launches, information on the Rolls Royce Ghost has been trickling out for months now. Since the first reveal of what was then the RR4 / EX200 in February at Geneva, we’ve had umpteen RR Ghost Spy Shots and been spoon-fed information on the RR Ghost’ Suspension and its mechanicals. […]
Jaguar XFR Review – Top Gear Video
Update: We’ve now had the chance to do a Jaguar XKR Review for ourselves, and it was worth the wait. Lots of info and lots of pictures. And a lot of fun – smokin’ tyres an’ all! Yes, we’ve threatened the possibility that we would end up posting a video from Top Gear every week, […]
John Barrowman on Fifth Gear – the update
Last week we brought you a report that Torchwood and Doctor Who star John Barrowman had been out playing Rally Drivers with Fifth Gear. He was being coached by Tiff Needell before tackling the tricky Sweet Lamb rally stage in Mid Wales. But it didn’t all go according to plan. It appears – according to […]
Jaguar Land Rover – Lord Mandy’s threat
Jaguar Land Rover owners Tata have been waiting for the UK Government to underwrite loans from the European Investment Bank to help ease the pain of the current economic recession. But Lord Mandelson and his minions seem to be procrastinating over the deal. Reports have indicated that the biggest stumbling block has been the Government’s […]
Nissan UK Battery plans confirmed
As was expected Nissan – the Renault Nissan Alliance – has confirmed its plans to build battery plants in the UK to produce lithium ion batteries for electric cars. It has also announced it will be building facilities for battery production in Portugal. And the UK plants will be known as ‘Nissan European Mother Site […]