The Kia EV3 has been declared the 2025 World Car of the Year, beating the Hyundai Inster and BMW X3. Wins too for Porsche, Volvo and more. Last month, we learned that the three finalists for the 2025 World Car of the Year award were the Kia EV3, BMW X3 and the Hyundai Inster, with […]
New Limited-Edition Mercedes G-Class has a 1980s W460 vibe
The Mercedes G-Class Edition STRONGER THAN THE 1980s arrives as a limited edition of 460, evoking the 1980s W460 offerings. Limited editions of cars are nothing new, but we do wonder if this – the Mercedes G-Class Edition STRONGER THAN THE 1980s – takes the gong as the longest, and most odd, badge we’ve seen. […]
New Lexus ES TEASED as the new Lexus Flagship – debuts 23 April
A new Lexus ES will be revealed in Shanghai on 23 April, ahead of which Lexus teases its arrival as a new Lexus Flagship. There’s a new Lexus ES on the way – the eighth generation – and Lexus has turned up with a single teaser image (above) to tease its arrival on 23 April […]
New Audi A6 Saloon ARRIVES to take on the BMW 5 Series and Mercedes E-Class
The 2025 Audi A6 Saloon is revealed to join the new A6 Avant and take on the Mercedes E-Class and BMW 5 Series. It was only last month that the new Audi A6 Avant was revealed, and now, following a tease, Audi is back with its more traditional sibling – the 2025 Audi A6 Saloon. […]
Land Rover Defender TROLLED by Ineos Grenadier in new Ad Campaign
Ineos Automotive is digging out the Land Rover Defender in a new ad campaign, cheekily placed on Land Rover’s home turf. It’s well-known that Jim Radcliff’s Ineos Automotive came into being with the aim of delivering a ‘Real’ Land Rover Defender as JLR mulled the replacement for the original Defender. It all started with Jim […]
MG Cyber X TEASED as a boxy SUV – Competition for the new Smart #5?
The MG Cyber X is teased ahead of a Shanghai debut as a Boxy mid-size SUV which could be offered with both electric and Hybrid powertrains. It’s taken MG quite a while to establish a new identity since it fell into Chinese hands, but more recently, it’s enjoying success with its EVs, in particular selling […]
Volvo-owned Polestar sales UP 76% in Q1 2025. Sounds great, BUT…
Polestar reports that retail sales in Q1 2025 were up by 76% globally to 12,304, with 30% of all sales to customers in the UK. Polestar, the former Volvo ‘Performance’ tweaker, now a standalone business owned by Volvo and Geely, has struggled to make a real dent in the market with its all-electric offerings. It […]
BYD guns for Porsche with the Denza Z9 GT with up to 952bhp
BYD is bringing its premium Denza brand to the UK and Europe, first with the Denza Z9 GT, an EV or PHEV with up to 952bhp. It’s 16 years since we were busy decrying China’s BYD for producing a Porsche Cayenne clone, but they’ve come a long way from then, via cooperation with Mercedes and […]
Smart #5 Brabus comes with a MAD 637bhp
Smart reveals its range-topping #5 model – the Smart #5 Brabus – boasting all-wheel drive, 637bhp and 0-62mph in 3.8 seconds. Last month, we saw the arrival of the Smart #5, a much bigger Smart than we’ve seen before (it’s about the size of a Volvo XC60) as the now Geely/Mercedes-owned brand reinvents itself. The […]
Volvo EX30 Cross Country UK Price and Spec ANNOUNCED
The Volvo EX30 Cross Country – Volvo’s butch take on the electric EX30 – comes with 422bhp and a chunky £47,060 price tag. It’s been almost two years since Volvo revealed the EX30, a new small electric SUV sitting below the EX40 in its EV offerings and costing from £34k to £44k. Not exactly bargain […]