Renault teases a new concept car with a new design language that eschews EV power for a hydrogen-powered combustion engine. The received wisdom is that the future of cars is all about battery electric vehicles (BEVs), and that the combustion engine is dead and buried, consigned to the history bin and not suitable for a […]
Lunaz’s Classic Range Rover, Jaguar, Roll-Royce and Bentley EV Conversion TWO YEAR waiting list
The waiting list for Classic Car EV specialist Lumaz to deliver an electric conversion for prestige classics is now two years. Are Classic Cars that have been converted to EVs still Classic Cars? Well, according to FIVA, the international federation of historic vehicles, they’re not. But no one seems to have told EV Classic Car […]
New Jeep Grand Cherokee is PHEV ONLY in the UK with the Grand Cherokee 4xe
The New Jeep Grand Cherokee opens for pre-orders next week, and the only model available is the plug-in Hybrid Grand Cherokee 4xe. Back in September, Jeep revealed the new Grand Cherokee, with what looks like a big step-up in interior quality and a choice of two petrol engines – V8 and V6 – and a […]
Porsche Macan T REVEALED as Porsche adds a new model to the Macan range
The Porsche Macan T arrives as Porsche rolls out the ‘Touring’ badge to its SUV. Suspension and cosmetic tweaks but no more power. We’ve seen Porsche ‘Touring’ models before, with both 718 and 911 gaining the ‘T’ moniker to denote a car that’s at the bottom of the range, but with a sharper edge. And […]
Mazda2 Hybrid – a Toyota Yaris in Mazda clothes – goes on sale
The new Mazda2 Hybrid, effectively a Toyota Yaris Hybrid, goes on sale in the UK with three trim options and prices from £20,300. At the end of last year, Mazda revealed it was finally biting the bullet on electrification by adding a hybrid option to the Mazda2 range. But instead of adding a hybrid powertrain […]
Volvo XC90 to be updated and sell ALONGSIDE its electric Volvo Embla ‘replacement’
Volvo is planning to give the XC90 a bit of a facelift and continue to sell it alongside its ‘replacement’ – the new electric Volvo Embla. We did wonder, when Volvo announced last year it was updating the XC90 T8 Recharge plug-in hybrid with a bigger battery for longer range – and additional power – […]
New electric Mercedes-AMG EQE 53+ gets 678bhp to take on the Porsche Taycan
The new electric Mercedes-AMG EQE arrives in 43 and 53 guises with up to 678bhp and 0-62mph in as little as 3.3 seconds. We’ve already seen the first efforts of AMG to adapt to a world of electric powertrains with the EQS, and now we get the arrival of its baby brother with the reveal […]
New Polestar 5 aiming at Porsche Taycan with new UK-developed aluminium platform
The new Polestar 5 – Polestar’s flagship model and production version of the Precept concept – will have a UK-developed bonded aluminium platform. Polestar is now ploughing its own furrow after its separation from Volvo and subsequent SPAC listing, and has already delivered the hybrid Polestar 1 as a halo car to kick-start the brand […]
New Vauxhall Astra Sports Tourer Prices and Specs announced
The new Vauxhall Astra Sports Tourer goes on sale from £25k, with a choice of two trim levels and diesel, petrol or PHEV power. Vauxhall revealed the new Astra Sports Tourer (the Astra Estate) back in December as Luton’s take on the Peugeot 308 SW, and now it’s going on sale with prices from £25,005, […]
2022 Women’s World Car of the Year category WINS for BMW, Audi, Mustang, Kia and more
The category winners in the 2022 Women’s World Car of the Year are announced, with the overall winner to be announced on 8 March 2022. It was back in 2009 that Sandy Myhre, a motoring writer from New Zealand, set up the Women’s World Car of the Year Awards (WWCOTY) to give a female perspective […]