Ahead of the Geneva Motor Show next month, images have surfaced of the ‘Hot’ new Mini Cooper Cabriolet John Cooper Works version. The new JCW Mini Cab gets most of the tweaks the standard JCW Mini Cooper gets, including a more aggressive front end. But the heart of the JCW is what goes on under […]
New Hyundai SUV to show at Geneva
Hyundai really is a force to be reckoned with these days. It is moving further and further in to traditional Japanese territory, by offering real Euro-Spec cars at bargain prices – the new Hyundai i20 being a good case in point. And now Hyundai is looking to make an impact on the compact SUV market, […]
Bugatti Atalante sells for £3 Million
Back at the turn of the new year, we brought you news of a Bugatti Type 57S Atalante that had been found in a barn in the North East, after the death of its owner, a Dr Harold Carr. We speculated on its price, for which estimates varied hugely, with some reports suggesting that a […]
SEAT Leon gets an update
The SEAT Leon has been around for a few years now, and SEAT has decided it’s time for a facelift, so a revised Leon gets a debut at Geneva next month before appearing in showrooms in the Summer. SEATs, on the whole, are perceived as a cheaper alternative to a Golf, which is not a […]
Ultra rare Ferrari 250 TR up for auction
A rare Ferrari 250 TR is to be auctioned in Maranello in May, and is expected to achieve a world record price at the Ferrari Leggenda e Passione sale.
Saab 9-4X gets closer
As the world is only too well aware, GM has huge problems. In the real world it should have gone out of business, but in the political world that would probably be unacceptable to the American public. So it’s busy grovelling to Congress to acquire sufficient funding to stay alive until it can produce products […]
Fiat 500 gets Stop-Start
Flavour of the month, stop-start, and here’s another to add to the list. The Fiat 500 gets Start&Stop (I’ve lost count of the different monikers) as an option on the 1.2 Lounge, using Bosch technology to beef up the system to make it reliable. The Stop/Start also gets another Fiat moniker – Blue&Me – which […]
Alfa Romeo MiTo beats Mini
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 […]