We’ve had the leaks and teases on the Audi A5 Sportback, and now it’s official. Audi are on a mission to fill every niche that exists – and some that don’t – in order to reach their goal of selling 1.5 million cars a year by 2015. Set to go on sale in the UK […]
Fiat 500C – Elle’s in love
Fiat has worked hard on PR for the Fiat 500. We’ve had loads to write about, from the Fiat 500 getting eco:drive – as promoted by Jodie Kidd – to the Fiat 500s donated for charity – as promoted by Damian Hirst and Peter Blake. And away from the celeb endorsements Fiat has been working […]
Ford KA sells 500,000 in the UK
Not, we hasten to add, the new KA in the short it’s been on sale in UK. But in total the Ford KA, which really launched the whole sub-compact City Car niche when it launched in 1996, has racked up more than 500,000 sales in the UK. And despite a few reservations when we did […]
Bentley Continental Supersports – Driven at Goodwood
The Goodwood Festival of Speed is more than a week ago, and we did a round up after it finished. And there were lots of goodies to savour, such as the new Jaguar XK Goodwood Special in Lime Green and the Ferrari Scuderia Spider 16M taking on the Goodwood Hillclimb. So this bit of news […]
New Mercedes SLK caught testing
The Mercedes SLK has been transformed in to a pretty decent car in its latest iteration, particularly the AMG. It’s gone from being a ‘Hairdressers’ car to pose in, and now offers a credible drive. But the next SLK is already on its way (due in 2012), and our snappers have caught it out testing […]
Bugatti Bordeaux – a 4-door Veyron?
Update 13/9/09: Bugatti has now revealed that the four-door Bugatti will be the Bugatti Bugatti Galabier 16C. There’s been speculation ever since Bugatti first launched the Veyron that it would just be the start of a series of incredible performance and luxury cars to come from the marque. We reported quite recently on the speculation […]
Jaguar X-Type axed early
It should have been a runaway success. And it did sell 350,000+ in it’s life. But it never worked as well as Jaguar would like and, with the emphasis on the new Jaguar XJ, the very successful Jaguar XF and the Jaguar XK, Jaguar has taken the decision to end production of the X-Type at […]
Fiat Qubo gets eco:Drive
The Fiat Qubo is an odd looking creation. Based on the Fiorino panel-van its a mini MPV in the style of the Renault Kango. But they’re not a huge seller in the UK, even though they do sell quite well in Europe (where there is more choice of these mini-mpv panel-van creations). But it’s relatively […]
New Jaguar XJ – Driving in London
You’ve probably read all there is to read on here on the new Jaguar XJ. We have to agree that it’s a brilliant car – although the final proof will be how it drives, which won’t be getting a chance to do until later in the year – and we are blown away by the […]
Kia cee’d Facelifted – launches at Frankfurt
It’s been Hyundai that has taken the glory lately at the budget end of cars. But Kia are playing a good game, and the cee’d is very much up there as a budget option to a mainstream European model like the Golf or Focus. True, it’s very derivative and not terribly exciting, but if your […]