The Jaguar F-Type 75 arrives to celebrate 75 years of Jaguar Sports Cars and mark the end of the Jaguar F-Type in 2023. We all know Jaguar is in new car hibernation as it plots its electric car future, but they’ve managed to conjure up a ‘new’ car in the Jaguar F-Type 75, a farewell […]
New Jaguar Charging and Land Rover Charging aims to make EV and PHEV charging easier
JLR is aiming to make charging EVs and PHEVs easier with a new Jaguar Charging and Land Rover Charging scheme. There is no doubt that charging EVs and PHEVs when out and about is getting easier and more reliable, but it is still inconvenient to need a wallet full of membership subscriptions to access some […]
JLR order book for New Range Rover, New Range Rover Sport and Land Rover Defender continues to grow
As Jaguar Land Rover reveals sightly improved sales in the last quarter, the order book for Range Rover, Range Rover Sport and Defender continues to grow. We’ve reported previously that Jaguar Land Rover is sitting on a big order bank (here and here) primarily for the Land Rover Defender and the new Range Rover and […]
New Volvo EX90 EV will offer bi-directional charging – perfect for blackouts
As Volvo continues its tease for the new EX90, it reveals the electric SUV will come with bi-directional charging to power appliances and more. We know Volvo will reveal the electric replacement for the current XC90 – whilst keeping the current XC90 as a plug-in only model – on 9 November, and that the plan […]
Toyota stops the WHEELS falling off the new electric Toyota bZ4X
Toyota has restarted production of the new electric Bz4X after it was halted following an issue which could make the wheels fall off. Toyota has been big on electrification for longer than any other car maker, but the electrification focus, for both Toyota and Lexus models, has been almost exclusively on hybrid models. Toyota had […]
Lamborghini 400 GT 2+2 CELEBRATES Beatles Love Me Do debut with London Tour
On the 60th anniversary of the release of the Beatles’ debut single, Love Me Do, a Lamborghini 400 GT 2+2 celebrates with a London tour. It’s 60 years this week since the Beatles released their first single, Love Me Do, and launched a pop phenomenon the likes of which had never been seen before or […]
Mercedes B-Class gets a FACELIFT to keep up with the BMW 2 Series
The Mercedes B-Class comes in for a bit of a cosmetic facelift as well as new tech and new mild hybrid engines. There’s not a lot of competition in the ‘Premium MPV’ market, but the two main contenders are BMW’s 2 Series and Mercedes’ B-CLass. So, with the updated BMW 2 Series hitting the road […]
Mercedes A-Class gets a Facelift – now with ‘Power Bulges’
Mercedes gives the A-Class a bit of a facelift with cosmetic tweaks, additional safety stuff, improved infotainment and mild-hybrid engines. Despite rumblings that Mercedes is planning to drop the A-Class in a couple of years’ time, the baby Mercedes is getting a facelift. Although that could be because it’s going to be binned by 2025? […]
New Car Registrations UP in September – but still down by a third on pre-Covid
New car registrations in the UK in September 2022 rose by 4.6 per cent, but are still down by 34.4 per cent on pre-Covid numbers. Last month (August 2022) saw the tiniest of rises in new car registrations in the UK, and now we get s second improvement in a row with figures for September […]
Titivated DS 7 costs from £36,760 – but the trio of DS 7 PHEVs are a chunk more
The recently updated DS 7 goes on sale in the UK with a choice of three powertrains and five trim levels and prices from £36,760. DS recently revealed the updated DS 7 (no longer with its ‘Crossback’ tag), and it now goes on sale in the UK with prices starting from £36,760. That £36,760 gets […]