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 […]
Bentley Continental GT and Flying Spur High Performance Hybrid models get ONLY 671bhp
The Bentley Continental GT, GTC and Flying Spur get a new ‘entry-level’ High Performance Hybrid powertrain with 671bhp. Last year, Bentley revealed the new Continental GT Speed after saying goodbye to the, by then venerable W12, replacing the W12 with a V8 plug-in hybrid powertrain delivering 771bhp, good for 0-60mph in 3.2 seconds and in […]
Volvo EX90 gets CHEAPER with new RWD model
Volvo reveals a new rear-wheel drive EX90 with 276bhp and 100kWh battery, with a new Plus trim level cutting the entry-level price. Believe it or not, it was back in 2022 when the electric Volvo EX90 was first revealed, at a time when Volvo was saying all its cars would be EVs by 2030 and […]