See our story on the new Mazda 3 i-stop. The new Mazda3 2.0 DISI i-stop Press Release Mazda i-stop • World’s only start-stop system that uses combustion energy for restart. This results in fast response to pedal input and comparatively high potential for saving fuel • Restart of the engine in ca. 0.35 seconds, twice […]
New BMW 316d ES Saloon
Car makers are falling over themselves to introduce new models that are more fuel efficient and less polluting than what went before, and this time it’s BMW’s time to play the game with the most economical 3 Series yet – the new BMW 316d ES Saloon. The 316d ES gets BMW’s 2.0 litre 4-pot diesel […]
New Jaguar XJ – Tease #973!
To be entirely fair to Jaguar, it isn’t actually tease #973 – it just feels like it. But as Jaguar have told us that this is the next to last tease before the launch of the new XJ on 9th July, we may as well see the tease through to the end. This time we’re […]
F1 Budget Cap row over
We haven’t really bothered covering the row going on between FOTA (the F1 drivers ‘Union’) and the FIA (the governing body of the sport) because it all seemed to us to be a storm in a teacup, with both sides posturing and pouting, but neither likely to push things to the point where the money […]
New Mazda 3 Residual Values – Press Release
Strong Residual Values Set to Make All-New Mazda3 First Choice for Cost-Conscious Fleet Operators Strong used car prices put all-new Mazda3 into premium badge territory Leading contract hire and leasing companies place all-new Mazda3 range RVs as high as 35% Mazda3 RVs ahead of Ford Focus, Renault Megane, Toyota Auris and Vauxhall Astra Businesses taking […]
New Mazda 3 – Strong residuals
We’ve banged on a bit about the New Mazda 3. We think it’s the best car Mazda has made, and it’s very much the equal of sector leading competition like the Ford Focus and the Vauxhall Astra, as we said in our review of the new Mazda 3 back in April. But a big part […]
Ford raises UK prices – Again
It’s only a couple of months since Ford raised prices in the UK, citing the weakness of the pound against the Euro as the cause. I guess that’s what happens when you stop building cars in the UK (Ford only build engines here now). Interestingly, this comes just a week after Sterling hit a 2009 […]
New Vauxhall Astra Roadster preview
The guys over at Auto Express certainly knock out a rendering or two of cars that are to come. They’re not always bang on the money, but they make for interesting viewing (sometimes) and we’ve run one or two of their renderings before. With the new Vauxhall Astra starting to be pushed by Vauxhall ahead […]
Toyota Auris Hybrid in the UK
Update September ’09: The Toyota Auris Hybrid has now been revealed at Frankfurt and will go on sale in the second half of 2010. As we are all only too well aware, Toyota has just launched the new Toyota Prius, which is claimed to be a big improvement on the old Prius, so much so […]
Peugeot 308 RC Z – getting close
Peugeot revealed their 308 RC Z Concept at the Frankfurt Motor Show back in 2007. But despite being spotted from time to time out testing it hasn’t seemed to get any closer to production. But that looks set to change going off these latest spy shots, which show the RC Z little changed from the […]