Dacia has announced prices and specs for the new Hybrid 150 4×4 versions of the Duster and Bigster. Start at £26,845. Dacia’s offerings may not be quite the bargain basement they once were (the Duster, for example, costs 50% more in real terms than when it arrived in the UK in 2012), but they have […]
BYD Ti 7 REVEALED – another BYD SUV taking aim at the Land Rover Defender
The BYD Ti 7 is revealed as a new seven-seat PHEV SUV with 402bhp and aimed at the Land Rover Defender. Priced from £47,995. It’s just a couple of days since the arrival of BYD’s Denza Bao 5 as a new SUV aimed at the Land Rover Defender, complete with a state-of-the-art powertrain and body-on-frame […]
New Mercedes GLA arrives – and this time there’s an ELECTRIC one too
The new Mercedes GLA is revealed, and it’s bigger than before and comes with both ICE and Electric powertrain options. Mercedes has come to its senses with their push into EVs, dropping the blobby ‘EQ’ offerings and instead going down the EV as a powertrain option, as we’ve recently seen with the new CLA. Now […]
Denza Bao 5 costs Land Rover Defender money
The Denza Bao 5, a ‘Premium’ SUV from BYD’s luxury brand, costs from £70-80K, the same ballpark as the Land Rover Defender and Toyota Land Cruiser. We’ve got used to seeing seemingly endless Chinese cars enter the UK market and undercutting, often significantly, legacy car makers, but BYD’s posh brand, Denza, is trying to compete […]
Audi Q9 SUV ARRIVES to take on the BMW X7 and Mercedes GLS
The Audi Q9 SUV arrives as Audi’s new flagship model, effectively replacing the A8, aiming to rival the BMW X7 and Mercedes GLS. The idea of an Audi Q9 SUV to sit above the Q7 has been around for a very long time, although Audi dismissed speculation as far back as 2013, but times have […]
Mercedes-AMG A 45 S Final Edition is a £68,000 FAREWELL to the A 45 S
Mercedes is killing off the AMG 45 S and saying goodbye with the £68,000 Mercedes-AMG A 45 S Final Edition. The Mercedes A 45 arrived back in 2013, boasting a four-pot petrol engine good for a whopping 355bhp and good for 0-62mph in 4.6 seconds, enough to worry supercars and all wrapped up in Mercedes’ […]
Volkswagen ID. Polo is more EXPENSIVE than the Renault 5 and Nissan Micra
Prices and specs for the new Volkswagen ID. Polo are announced, with prices starting at £23,945, more than the Renault 5 and Nissan Micra. The reveal of the ID. Polo back in April was, in many ways, more significant than the arrival of the ID. 3, the first of VW’s ‘new Age’ EVs, because it […]
BMW iX1 and iX2 prices SLASHED to qualify for ECG
BMW has slashed the price of the BMW iX1 and iX2 EVs to qualify for the full Electric Car Grant, meaning savings of up to £12k. The Electric Car Grant has been pitched to exclude ‘Premium’ cars by making the grant only available for cars costing under £37,000, although the same car with higher trim […]
Range Rover GT REVEALED – the ‘Road Rover’ arrives as the fifth Range Rover model
We get our first look at the Range Rover GT, a new electric Crossover Grand Tourer and the fifth Range Rover model. There’s been chatter for a long time that JLR are planning a Range Rover ‘saloon’, with JLR filing a trademark for ‘Road Rover’ back in 2018, reinforcing that belief. So far, the closest […]
New Mercedes-Maybach GLS 680 – a GLITZY alternative to the Bentley Bentayga
The Mercedes-Maybach GLS 680 arrives as the range-topping GLS wth a 604bhp 4.0-litre V8 and many glitzy trinkets. Just last month we saw an update for the Mercedes GLS 63, just a couple of months after a mid-life update for the rest of the GLS range, and now the range-topping GLS – the Mercedes-Maybach GLS […]