The new Volkswagen Tayron – this generation’s Tiguan AllSpace – goes on sale on 9 January with prices starting at £39.850. We’re not entirely sure the world needs yet another VW SUV, but whether it’s needed or not is irrelevant, because VW’s latest niche SUV – the Volkswagen Tayron, effectively the Tiguan AllSpace for this […]
Electric car sales in the UK UP by 19.6% in 2024 – but just 10% are private buyers
New car sales in the UK rose by a modest 2.6% in 2024, with BEV sales up by 19.6%, almost entirely driven by fleet sales. The UK government is currently ‘consulting’ on the future path for EVs and a ban on new ICE, Hybrid and PHEV sales, but the consultations are with the car industry […]
New Skoda Kamiq Design Edition adds to Skoda’s Kamiq offerings
The Skoda Kamiq Design Edition arrives as an extra model choice in Skoda’s Kamiq range, sitting between SE and SE L models. It’s more than four years since the Skoda Kamiq arrived in the UK as a baby SUV with the same underpinnings as the Volkswagen T-Cross, with a bit of a model tweak in […]
2030 ICE ban is ON as Government consults with industry – but they don’t care what you think
The UK government has launched a consultation with industry as it confirms an ICE ban from 2030, but no public consultation. It’s been mooted, ever since Labour came to power, that they planned to re-instate the original bonkers ZEV mandate to ban ICE cars from the UK by 2030. And that’s now confirmed, with the […]
Skoda Kodiaq is the 4×4 Car of the Year – wins too for Dacia Duster and more
The new Skoda Kodiaq has been declared the 4×4 of the year by Overlander 4×4 Magazine, with wins too for Dacia and more. We live in a motoring age when everyone and his dog seems to want a 4×4, with SUVs from the smallest to the largest – and cheapest to the most expensive – […]
UK car production DOWN in November by 30.1% – the lowest level since 1980
UK car production fell in November 2024 by 30.1%, and by 56.7% for the home market, the lowest levels since 1980. In a turbulent market in a cost of living crisi, car makers struggle, but add in the obsession of a legislation-driven requirement to abandon a century of ICE car innovation to force us all […]
Classic Mini Cooper S RESTOMOD by Tolman looks a hoot
Classic restomod experts Tolman have worked their magic on a 1968 Mini Cooper S, with more power and modern tech. We already know that Tolman does a great restomod job having seen what they are doing with the Peugeot 205 GTI, still an ongoing project with four cars currently in build. But Tolman doesn’t just deliver […]
Classic Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow gets 400bhp ELECTRIC conversion
Evice, a ‘British specialist in heritage remastering’ has created an electric Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow boasting a restomod and 400bhp. Restomods and EV conversions of classic cars are a growing part of the car landscape and, as we’ve said before, if the restomod is tasteful and the car being converted to an EV isn’t defined by […]
New Hybrid Honda Prelude will get S+ Shift technology when it arrives in 2026
When the new hybrid Honda Prelude arrives in the UK it will come with S+ Shift technology to mimic quick gear changes. You’d reasonably expect, because this is 2024, that any car maker reviving an iconic nameplate to hang on a new car would see it added to an electric SUV (hello, Ford Capri) in […]
2025 Skoda Enyaq PREVIEWED in new design sketches from Skoda
The Skoda Enyaq and Enyaq Coupe are getting a facelift for 2025, previewed by design sketches showing a new front end. It’s hard to believe that the Skoda Enyaq has been with us for four years as Skoda’s take on the VW ID.4, but it has. In that time, Skoda has added new variants to […]