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 […]
UK Car Production Plummets
We knew that car sales had a rocky ride in the last quarter of 2008. And we knew that car makers across the world were cutting production levels to cope with the huge stock of cars they had. But figures just released show how dramatic the fall-off in car production has been. Overall UK Car […]
Porsche GT3 RSR updated for 2009
The venerable 911 continues to succeed in great part because Porsche lavishes so much love and care on it. Constantly developed, and used to race in the real world, the Porsche 911 is the most perfect example of ‘Motoring Evolution’. One big area Porsche utilises to develop the constant progression of the 911 is its […]
Mercedes E Class gets AMG Pack
Mercedes quietly unveiled the 2009 Mercedes Benz E Class at Detroit. Quietly, because it wasn’t actually planned, but due to details leaking out ahead of the show, it seems Mercedes decided they may as well get the reveal over. Bigger than the last generation E Class, the new E Class gets a complete styling overhaul, […]
Honda’s Insight for Europe revealed
Last week at the Detroit Motor Show, Honda revealed its Prius-challenging Insight Hybrid, and has today revealed details on the UK/Euro version. The new Insight, which utilises a 1.3 litre petrol engine with 88bhp, coupled with a 14bhp electric motor to give a 0-60 of just over 12 seconds and 113mph, has very low […]