Vauxhall adds to its Frontera Electric offerings with a new Extended Range model with a 54kWh battery and range of 253 miles. Prices from £27,495. The new Vauxhall Frontera went on sale at the start of the year, offering a choice of a pair of hybrid powertrains and a single EV, with prices, regardless of […]
Chery Tiggo 8 goes on sale to CHALLENGE cars like the Skoda Kodiaq and Nissan X-Trail
The Chery Tiggo 8 goes on sale in the UK with a choice of ICE and PHEV powertrains, seven seats and prices from £28,545. Chery, long-term partners with Jaguar Land Rover in China, already has a presence in the UK with its Jaecoo and Omoda brands, but now it arrives under its own brand name with the Chery […]
Range Rover Sport SV Carbon – a new way to spend even MORE on a Range Rover Sport
The Range Rover Sport SV Carbon is revealed as a range-topping version of the new Range Rover Sport SV offerings. Costs from £165,045. JLR’s mission to see just how much they can charge for a Range Rover Sport has gone into overdrive lately, with the previous Limited Edition Range Rover Sport SV now a core […]
New Car Registrations DOWN 5% in July
New car registrations in the UK fell by 5% in July as electric car sales stalled waiting for clarification on the Electric Car Grant. We’ve already declared the new Electric Car Grant a mess, failing to target private buyers and only half-baked when it was announced, and clarity on which EVs will be eligible still […]
New Nissan Micra Electric costs from £22,995 – the same as the Renault 5 EV
Nissan announces prices and specs for the new electric Micra, starting from £22,995 (the same as the Renault 5) and with two battery options. The Nissan Micra returned to the UK a few months ago, as Nissan revealed an all-new electric Micra with underpinnings borrowed from the Renault 5 EV. Now, Nissan announces prices and […]
Volkswagen ID.3 GTX Fire & Ice REVEALED as a limited-run electric ID.3 GTX
VW goes back into its past to deliver the Volkswagen ID.3 GTX Fire & Ice, a limited-run ID.3 GTX with cosmetic titivations. It would seem, when Adam was a lad (well, some 30-odd years ago), VW produced a limited edition Golf in collaboration with Bogner (a luxury and high-tech ski wear brand), which has become […]
Honda Civic e:Hybrid gets a bit of a TITIVATE for 2025
The Honda Civic e:Hybrid gets a bit of a facelift three years after it went on sale, but the tweaks are minor and the hybrid powertrain is the same. It’s more than four years since the Honda Civic e:Hybrid was revealed with the promise it would arrive in the UK in 2022 – which it […]
Skoda Vision O Concept TEASED – previews a future Electric Octavia/Superb Estate
Skoda has delivered a tease for the Vision O Concept, previewing a future electric Estate and due to debut in Munich in September. If there’s one thing Skoda does well (although there are many) it’s delivering appealing and practical Estate cars, something it did even back in the ‘Shed’ days before it became a VW […]
Electric MINI Cooper and MINI Aceman get the Monochrome treatment
The MINI Cooper Electric and MINI Aceman get the Monochrome treatment with enhanced specs and a choice of Black or White paint jobs. We haven’t done the actual numbers, but it feels like MINI has delivered more ‘Special Edition’ models than any other car maker in the last 15 years, with recent specials including the […]
Is this a new Land Rover Defender in CAMOUFLAGE? Nope, it’s the ‘iCar’ V27
Chery Brand ‘iCar’ is about to reveal their new V27 4×4 in Dubai, a range-extender SUV remarkably similar to the Land Rover Defender. The car landscape is changing at breakneck speed as governments legislate a future where only electric cars can be sold, with legacy car makers struggling to compete against a wave of technically […]