The familiar 50 car insurance groups are being replaced a new Vehicle Risk Rating to better categorise risk. Anyone who has been a driver for the last 15 years will be familiar with Car Insurance groups 1-50, designed to categorise the risk for insurance on any particular model of ar. But until 2009 there were […]
Electric MINI Aceman John Cooper Works LEAKED ahead of October debut
The electric MINI Aceman JCW is revealed by China’s MIIT ahead of an official debut at the Paris Motor Show on 14 October. It’s just a few days since we saw the first photos – and published a bunch of information – on the new MINI John Cooper Works E ahead of a debut at […]
Electric Car sales DOWN by 70% in Germany in August and 44% EU-wide
Electric car sales in the EU in August 2024 fell by 43.9%, with BEV sales in Germany falling a dramatic 69.8%. No one can have failed to notice that our political masters’ obsession with throwing away a century of internal combustion-powered innovations and force us into white-good EVs is plunging the car industry into a […]
Mercedes-AMG GT 63 PRO 4MATIC+ Motorsport Collectors Edition – inspired by F1
The Mercedes-AMG GT 63 PRO 4MATIC+ Motorsport Collectors Edition arrives as a limited run of AMG GTs with added equipment and cosmetic titivations. It was only back in July that the new Mercedes-AMG GT 63 PRO 4MATIC+ arrived as a track-focussed take on the GT 63, and now Mercedes is back with a new GT […]
New electric Peugeot e-3008 and e-5008 Long-Range get MORE than 400-mile range
Peugeot reveals new long-range models of the electric e-3008 and e-5008, promising range of over 400 miles for both. It’s only a couple of months since the new electric Peugeot e-5008 went on sale in the UK – along with its Hybrid and PHEV siblings – but Peugeot is already back with another option for […]
Lotus Theory 1: A 986bhp Esprit-inspired electric sports car
Lotus reveals the Theory 1 Concept, a look at future design direction wrapped up in a 986bhp three-seat electric sports car. Lotus has had new life breathed in to it with Geely money, although the new EV stuff we’ve seen so far from the now all-electric Lotus seems a long way away from Colin Chapman’s […]
MINI John Cooper Works E Electric Hot Hatch LEAKED ahead of October debut
The MINI John Cooper Works E – MINI’s new electric Hot Hatch – is leaked online ahead of a debut in October in Paris. It’s almost exactly a year since MINI revealed the new electric MINI, and the next instalment in the MINI EV story is the arrival in October of the MINI John Cooper […]
New Ford Ranger PHEV Pick-up UK deliveries start in spring 2025
The Ford Ranger plug-in hybrid pick-up promises up to 27 miles of EV range with UK deliveries starting in spring 2025. It’s a year since the Ford Ranger plug-in Hybrid was revealed as Ford plotted to bring it to market as the first PHEV pick-up in the UK (and Europe too). So you might have […]
New Peugeot 3008 now with Plug-in Hybrid powertrain promising 53-mile EV range
Peugeot adds a plug-in Hybrid powertrain option to the new 3008, promising EV range of 53 miles and an 8% BIK rate. Late last year, the new Peugeot 3008 arrived offering just a single ICE and single electric powertrain, but now Peugeot is hoping sales will be boosted with the arrival of a new PHEV […]
Skoda Fabia, Kamiq and Scala get new ‘Edition’ models with added value
The Skoda Fabia, Kamiq and Scala get new ‘Edition’ models offering a range of additional equipment to deliver better value. On the whole, Skodas come with decent specs, but Skoda is boosting that with new ‘Edtion’ models of the Fabia, Kamiq and Scala. The updated Fabia gets new trim levels – SE Edition, Design Edition, […]