The new Mazda CX-60 is revealed as an SUV to take on ‘Premium’ completion with a 323bhp plug-in hybrid powertrain. Costs from £43,950. Mazda may be rather late to the plug-in hybrid party – and the electric party too – but it aims to make up ground with this, the new Mazda CX-60 SUV complete […]
The Peugeot 308 is the 2022 Women’s World Car of the Year – beating off the EV challenge
The Peugeot 308 has beaten off competition from a trio of electric cars to be declared the 2022 Women’s World Car of the Year. We’ve moaned (even this morning) that it seems impossible for anything other than an EV to win a Car of the Year gong at the moment, despite EVs being out of […]
Renault Austral Revealed – replaces the Kadjar and comes only with HYBRID power
The new Renault Austral SUV arrives as Renault replace the Kadjar with a new SUV with a new look, hybrid engines and an upmarket interior. Renault has been busy teasing the Renault Austral as a replacement for the Kadjar for the last three months, and now it arrives with new looks, new all-Hybrid powertrains and […]
Hyundai Ioniq 5 EV BEATS BMW iX, Toyota Yaris Cross and more to be UK Car of the Year 2022
The Hyundai Ioniq 5 has been named the UK Car of the Year 2022, beating off competition from BMW, Skoda, Toyota and more. There seems to be an unwritten rule around Car of the Year awards recently that the only possible winner is an electric car, despite the fact that the vast majority of buyers […]
Are we running out of people RICH enough to buy electric cars?
A new report from Autotrader shows the interest in electric cars is waning, with searches for electric cars falling sharply in recent months. We’ve moaned endlessly that electric cars are just too expensive for ordinary car buyers to consider, and it’s starting to look like that is finally starting to have an impact. Autotrader, the […]
Ford Mustang California Special arrives in the UK for top-down summer fun
A new Ford Mustang California Special goes on sale in the UK in convertible guise with manual or auto ‘box, V8 engine and prices from £52,105. Ford has managed to move perceptions of a ‘Mustang’ from a V8 muscle car to an electric Crossover with the arrival of the Mach E. But the proper Mustang […]
Looks like the Vauxhall Manta EV will do to Manta what Ford’s Mach-E did to Mustang
Hopes that an electric Vauxhall Manta will arrive to deliver an appealing two-door electric coupe have been dashed with a Crossover image from Vauxhall. Just last week we learnt that Vauxhall is planning to deliver a new electric Manta, using an iconic Opel name to deliver one of a range of new EVs to market. […]
Nissan Qashqai e-POWER innovative Hybrid on sale in the UK in the summer
The new Nissan Qashqai will go on sale in the summer with Nissan’s innovative ‘Petrol-Powered’ EV powertrain for the first time. When is an electric car not an electric car? Perhaps it’s when the electricity for the batteries is provided by a petrol engine? If that combination of petrol making electricity seems a bit odd […]
Aston Martin follows Lotus in deal to develop high-performance EV batteries with Britishvolt
Britshvolt has added Aston Martin to its partners, with AML and Britishvolt working together to develop high-performance batteries for its forthcoming electric cars. Back in January, we reported that Britishvolt had secured £1.7 billion in funding to create a new battery Gigafactrory to build high-performance batteries for electric cars, and it seemed likely its first […]
Volvo XC40 UPDATED, new C40 Recharge model and trim changes for the whole Volvo range
Volvo officially announces a bit of a facelift for the XC40, a new single-motor C40 Recharge model and new trim variants across the Volvo range. It’s been clear for a while that Volvo was planning a refresh for the XC40 because images of the new look have been cropping up on some of Volvo’s sites. […]