The Kia XCeed – Kia’s best-selling Ceed model in the UK – is getting a facelift, previewed with a new design sketch and debuting on 18 July. It’s three years since the Kia XCeed arrived as a crossover take on Kia’s Ceed, since when it’s gone on to be the best-selling model in the Ceed […]
New MINI Countryman SPIED on video looking anything but ‘Mini’
The next-generation MINI Countryman is caught on video testing – and looking quite large – ahead of a debut expected later this year. The Mini Countryman has been around for more than 60 years, starting life as a Mini Estate (even with a ‘Woody’ body initially) as a more practical version of the original Mini […]
Dacia Sandero and Duster drive Dacia sales UP despite market decline
Renault’s Dacia brand sold 277,785 cars in the first half of 2022, up by 5.9 per cent, in a market where sales are declining across the board. We all know that car makers’ sales are continuing to drop as the fallout from Covid constrains supply chains and production. But no one seems to have told […]
New Honda Civic Type R – OFFICIAL reveal on 21 July
The new Honda Civic Type R will finally be officially revealed on 21 July, after a tease campaign lasting more than nine months. It’s hardly a secret that there’s a new Honda Civic Type R on the horizon – following on from the debut of the new Civic – because it’s more than nine months […]
Rare and original Jaguar XJ-S V12 Lynx Eventer Shooting Brake up for grabs
A rare – 1 of just 67 – Jaguar XJ-S V12 Lynx Eventer Shooting Brake in original condition and with just 47,000 miles is up for grabs. Was the Jaguar XJ-S a huge step forward on the E-Type it replaced? Well, perhaps technically if not cosmetically, but over the years it’s sort of grown into […]
Hyundai Ioniq 5 N – Hyundai’s first electric ‘N’ car – spied on video
The Hyundai Ioniq 5 N, expected to be the first of Hyundai’s electric N models, is spied on video ahead of an imminent reveal. No one can doubt that Hyundai has come on in leaps and bounds in the last decade, and now counts as a mainstream maker with a strong reputation. That’s been built […]
This is what the VW Phaeton should have become – until Dieselgate KILLED it
Volkswagen reveals the Phaeton D2, the car that was supposed to replace the original Phaeton before Dieselgate ended its life. What do you buy if you want a ‘Premium’ car from VAG? You probably buy an Audi. But, more than twenty years ago, the then VW Chairman Ferdinand Piech had other ideas. Piech’s idea was […]
Land Rover now has 62,000 orders for the new Range Rover and 20,000 for the new Range Rover Sport
Land Rover has an order bank of almost 200,000, with 62,000 for the new Range Rover, 46,000 for the Defender and 20,000 for the new Range Rover Sport. We’ve reported before that you may well be waiting more than a year for your new Land Rover as the ongoing supply-chain shortages and Covid lockdowns stymie […]
New VW Amarok Pick-up ARRIVES – aimed at the space left by the Mercedes X-Class
The new Volkswagen Amarok pickup arrives as VW’s take on the Ford Ranger, and looks to be aiming upmarket to the space left by the Mercedes X-Class. The new VW Amarok pick-up arrives as the Volkswagen take on the new Ford Ranger, but with few surprises in store thanks to that – and VW’s previews […]
Bentley Bentayga EWB’s Airline Seats are the most advanced car seats…in the WORLD
The optional airline seats for the new Bentley Bentayga EWB are, claims Bentley, the most advanced seats ever fitted to a car. Bentley has only just revealed the Bentyaga EWB as a sort of replacement for the now-defunct Mulsanne, delivering all the luxury and space the Mulsanne offered but in an on-trend SUV. Of course, […]