The Ford E-Transit Custom is revealed as Ford turns its best-selling vehicle in the UK in to a 236-mile range EV. Due to arrive in 2024. Ford turned the Transit electric back in 2020, but that was the full-sized transit. Now, Ford reveals the Transit we all think of as a Transit – the Transit […]
Volvo EVs get a Volvo Studio to showcase all things Volvo electric to Brent Cross shoppers
A new Volvo Studio opens at the Brent Cross Shopping Centre to entice bored shoppers in to learn about the future for electric Volvos. We’re all heading down an electric highway where, in less than eight years, we won’t be able to buy an ICE car and all cars will have to be electric. Whether […]
Land Rover Defender advert BANNED – because it won’t stop you falling off a cliff
The Advertising Standards Authority has banned an advert for the Land Rover Defender after two complaints about its reversing sensors. Car makers love to deliver cinematic standard adverts for their cars, showcasing their abilities in a compelling and appealing way. But they often fall foul in the UK of the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) which […]
This is the will.i.AMG – a one-off AMG GT with the nose of a G-Class
The will.i.AMG – aka ‘The Flip’ – is revealed as an AMG GT 4-Door with suicide doors and a nose borrowed from the Mercedes G-Class. One-off models built to customers’ specifications can be a little eclectic, so when we revealed will.i.am was creating a one-off AMG it seemed likely it would turn out to be […]
Electric Genesis GV60 – the ‘Posh’ Hyundai Ioniq 5 / Kia EV6 – UK prices announced
The electric Genesis GV60, the Genesis take on the Kia EV6 and Hyundai Ioniq 5, costs from £47,005 in the UK, rising to £65,405. It was last summer when the wraps were taken off the electric Genesis GV60 as Hyundai added a Genesis based on the same EV platform as the electric Hyundai and Kia. […]
Private buyer and small business new car registrations UP in April
New car registrations by small businesses and private buyers rose in April 2022, but were more than offset by a one-third fall in fleet registrations. The car industry is having a bit of a torrid time with a shortage of components – especially ‘Chips’ – and production and registrations of new cars have been lower […]
Electric DS E-Tense Performance – an EV with NO brakes
Citroen’s ‘Posh’ arm DS has revealed a prototype of the DS E-Tense Performance Concept which uses motor regen instead of brakes. It’s six years since the first DS E-Tense Concept arrived, just a year after DS was created as a standalone Citroen brand, and was said to preview a future DS GT EV with a […]
Bentley TEASE new model – looks to be a LWB Bentley Bentayga
Bentley tease the arrival of their fifth model, due to be revealed on 10 May, which looks to be a LWB version of the Bentayga SUV. How many models does Bentley currently offer? Well, with the demise of the Mulsanne we can only count three – the Continental GT, Flying Spur and Bentayga. So, as […]
Will-i-am ‘Designs’ a one-off Mercedes-AMG Coupe with a Mercedes G-Class nose
The musician will.i.am has collaborated with Mercedes-AMG to create a one-off coupe which looks to have the nose of a Mercedes G-Class. No one can claim musician will.i.am is a one-trick pony, with his wide range of interests from music to presenting, acting to judging, a fascination with technology and Space and a strong philanthropic […]
More Aston Martin TURMOIL- Mercedes-AMG’s Tobias Moers OUT, Ferrari’s Amedeo Felisa IN
Just two years after joining Aston Martin as CEO, former AMG boss Tobias Moers is out, to be replaced by ex-Ferrari boss Amedeo Felisa. When Aston Martin’s latest ‘White Knight’ – Lawrence Stroll – rocked up to Gaydon, it looked like things could only get better. But now, just two years after he was appointed […]