When we did a review of the Alfa Romeo MiTo recently, we were pretty smitten. Yes, it has its faults, but don’t all cars? And we speculated that if its residuals hold up it could turn out to be an absolutely cracking buy. Well, it looks like they will. CAP (the trade bible) has just […]
Citroen DS Revival – update
Citroen are trying to reposition themselves in the marketplace, or so it seems. They’ve changed their logo and decided that it’s time to copy Audi and come up with their version of ‘Vorsprung durch Technik’ – ‘Créative Technologie’. That’s bound to make a difference. We brought you news a few days ago of Citroen’s announcement […]
Black Stig Back!
The Stig Saga rolls on! As we reported a few weeks ago, White Stig (the Top Gear test driver) was outed as Ben Collins, and we speculated, as did everyone else, whether this would be the end of White Stig. After all, when Black Stig was outed as Perry McCarthy he was unceremoniously killed-off by […]
Mercedes SLC Gullwing caught testing
When Mercedes and McLaren decided their road car future was not together, they went separate ways in development, but both with the aim of producing a lighter, more efficient car than the SLR. McLaren is well on the way with development of the P11 as we saw recently, and Mercedes is definitely getting close with […]
Renault Clio facelift for 2009
The current Renault Clio has been with us for a few years now, and Renault has announced a facelift for their best selling car, to be launched at the Geneva Motor Show in March. As with most car makers, Renault is going for the ‘Family’ look, and has grafted a new nose on the Clio […]
Ford gets another NO on Volvo
And the beat goes on… Ford has been trawling the world’s car manufacturers (and Governments) for what seems like forever, in an increasingly desperate attempt to off-load its Swedish subsidiary, Volvo. They appear to have tried everyone from the Swedish Government to BMW and Mercedes, with a fair dose of Chinese firms in between (has […]
Mercedes AMG has best year ever
With car sales plummeting in 2008 (and likely to be worse in 2009) there aren’t many bright spots around. But performance saloons are certainly one of them. As we reported back in December, BMW’s M Division had a cracking year, with sales of nearly 27,000 for the year. In fact, they did so well that […]
Aston Martin V12 Vantage arrives!
This is one every Aston Martin lover has been waiting for. The Aston Martin V8 Vantage promised so much when it was launched. It looked great, it sounded even better, and Aston Martin promised us it would be cheap (by Aston standards) and show the 911 how it was done. Well… It didn’t quite make […]
Mazda3 MPS and i-stop to launch at Geneva
With a new model of the Mazda3 released at Bologna, Mazda has now added more to the range with the announcement that the Mazda3 MPS and i-stop will be launched at Geneva in March. The Mazda3 MPS is the ‘Hot Hatch’ version of the Mazda3. Aggressive styling, including a big air scoop at the front, […]
Citroen to revive the DS – sort of
The Citroen DS is one of the most evocative Citroens ever. Designed by Bertoni, it was a futuristic looking, technically advanced (with hydropneumatic suspension) car that sat at the top of the Citroen range. It went on to spawn the legendary Citroen SM – a Maserati powered ‘Supercar’ – and its place in Citroen’s history […]