Buying your first car is a milestone. It represents freedom, independence, and the ability to go wherever, whenever—without relying on buses, trains, or your mate with a license. But getting that first set of keys? That’s where the hard part begins. Most people don’t have a pile of cash sitting around. And the idea of […]
Skoda Superb sets WORLD RECORD for distance travelled on a single tank of fuel
Rally star Miko Marczyk has set a new world record for distance travelled on a single tank of fuel, driving a Skoda Superb 1,759 miles. Go back to pre-Dieselgate times, and diesel-engined cars ruled the market in the UK and Europe, with 48% of new cars registered in 2015 in the UK boasting a diesel […]
Porsche Macan GTS Electric REVEALED with up to 563bhp
Porsche adds to its electric Macan offerings with the new Macan GTS EV, slotting in between the Macan 4S and Macan Turbo. Costs from £89,000. Here in the UK you can, for a little while, still buy an ICE Porsche Macan, but in Europe, you can only get the new electric Macan after Porsche pulled […]
Toyota Land Cruiser FJ REVEALED as a Land Rover Defender 90-sized butch off-roader
Toyota extends its Land Cruiser offerings with the reveal of the Land Cruiser FJ, a Land Rover Defender 90-sized off-roader. Ahead of a proper debut at the Tokyo Motor Show, Toyota has revealed a new ‘mini’ Land Cruiser – the Toyota Land Cruiser FJ – with the same family looks as the Land Cruiser 250 […]
BMW iX3 ‘Neue Klasse’ EV is OUTSELLING the ICE X3
BMW’s first ‘Neue Klasse EV – the BMW iX3 – is already outselling the ICE-powered X3 in BMW’s home market. Last month, the future of BMW’s EVs was revealed with the arrival of the first ‘Neue Klasse’ model – the new BMW iX3 – with first customer deliveries expected in the spring. Much of what […]
Volkswagen Touareg FINAL EDITION signals the end of the Touareg – for now
Production of the Volkswagen Touareg SUV for the UK will end in 2027, with the Touareg Final Edition the run-out model. The Volkswagen Touareg is a product of Ferdinand Piech’s ambitious high-end goals for VW in the early 2020s (together with the Phaeton and more). Although it was never a big seller, it was technically […]
Volkswagen ID.4 and ID.5 get the £1,500 Electric Car Grant – Does it MATTER?
The Volkswagen ID.4 and ID.5 are the latest EVs to qualify for the Electric Car Grant, but it’s tiny compared to Dealer discounts. Back in June, the UK Government announced an Electric Car Grant (ECG) of up to £3,750 to encourage buyers into EVs, but it’s a bit of a Dog’s Dinner. So far, 38 […]
New Vauxhall Grandland eAWD is CHEAPER than the single motor Grandland
The new AWD electric Vauxhall Grandland price starts from £35,495, oddly making it cheaper than the single motor model. Back in the summer, Vauxhall revealed the Grandland Electric AWD (now called the Vauxhall Grandland eAWD), its first AWD EV with a motor front and back and a decent 321bhp on offer. Now, Vauxhall has revealed […]
Jaecoo 8 on the way to CHALLENGE SUVs like the Skoda Kodiaq, Hyundai Santa Fe and more
Chinese brand Jaecoo will launch the Jaecoo 8 in the UK in the new year to challenge SUVs like the Skoda Kodiaq and Hyundai Santa Fe. It’s easy to think that it’s Chinese EVs flooding into the UK market as buyers get pushed into EVs, but it’s not Chinese EVs sitting in the top 10 […]
Mercedes Vision Iconic looks to Mercedes’ past to DEFINE its future
The Mercedes Vision Icon Concept arrives as a look at Mercedes’ future design direction, defined by its history. Mercedes’ ‘Blobby’ EV design is already biting the dust with the dropping of the ‘EQ’ EV standalone models and the move to EV as a powertrain choice in its normal range of models, with the first move […]