These are troubled times for Formula 1. Honda, rich as it is, has bailed out of F1 and is still looking for a buyer. Other teams are struggling to make a budget that adds up, despite the backing of billionaires and car manufacturers. But what of the real lone independent of F1 – Williams? How […]
Now even Audi slows production
We’ve written endlessly about the slow down in car production worldwide. All the top end manufacturers have made savage cuts in jobs and production. But there seemed to be one company bucking the trend – Audi. But even the mighty Audi is now starting to feel the pinch. Audi has announced that it is to […]
Will the California damage Ferrari?
Ferrari has had a wonderful 10 years. Riding the back of a benign world economy, it has doubled the number of cars it sells to over 6,000 a year, and sales have risen to over €1.6 billion. The biggest success by far has been the 360/430, which easily accounts for the lion’s share of the […]
BMW – Mean, GREEN, Driving Machines
BMW may be a lot of things. But stupid isn’t one of them. They haven’t stayed at the top of the Premium Car sector for so long without a pretty good idea of what they’re doing. BMW rolled out their EfficientDynamics a couple of years ago, and won the accolade of the Greenest Premium Manufacturer […]
JJAD P1 EV gets closer
Jim Dowle used to work as a designer for McLaren, and was involved in the original F1 development. So he knows a thing or two about lightweight performance cars. Last year Jim first announced details of his P1 concept, which was well received. But since then the P1, and the world, has moved on, and […]
What Car – Car of the Year Awards 2009
Last night saw the What Car – Car of the Year Awards ceremony take place at The Grosvenor in Park Lane (cars may not be selling – but car mags still are!), and here are the award winners for this year: What Car – Car of the Year 2009 Overall Winner & Supermini Category Winner […]
SEAT Leon Twin Drive Prototype surfaces in Barcelona
VW’s Spanish arm SEAT today unveiled their vision of the future, with the SEAT Leon Twin Drive Prototype unveiling in Barcelona. The Twin Drive concept is simple, but quite promising. It offers an electric motor for running around town, but switches to a diesel or petrol engine when out of town. This is just a […]
Unbelievable SSC Ultimate Aero EV
The world and his dog seem to have it in for high-powered, thirsty and ostentatious cars (or probably, closer to the truth, those who can’t afford them now feel they have an excuse to deride and denigrate them without looking green-gilled), so car makers are looking at ways to appease the rising tide of antipathy […]
Toyota gunning for Honda Insight
We brought you news yesterday of the new Honda Insight, which Honda is launching in to the European market. Honda has made big noises about the Insight being significantly cheaper than the Prius, which seems to have got Toyota thinking. The next generation Toyota Prius (unveiled recently at Detroit) is due out before too long, […]
Porsche 998 (911) caught testing
The current version of the 911 has not long been refreshed, and still has more to deliver. Only the Carrera and Targa have had the facelift so far, and still to come is the Turbo, not to mention the GT3. But Porsche is already a long way down the road with the next generation 911 […]