The new MG HS SUV – MG’s largest SUV – arrives boasting a new look, more room and a choice of petrol and PHEV powertrains. MG teased the arrival of a new MG HS to debut at the Goodwood Festival of Speed this week, promising a more sophisticated car with a new look, more room […]
Land Rover Discovery 35th Edition is an £80k celebration of the Discovery
The Land Rover Discovery 35th Edition is a limited-run celebration of the Discovery’s 35-year history and comes with the 350d powertrain. It’s 35 years since Land Rover revealed their ‘middle’ model designed to sit between the ‘farmers’ favourite’ Land Rover Defender and the ‘Land Owners’ posh Range Rover, aimed at a family market with seven […]
THIS is the new Ford Capri – just not the new Ford Capri you wanted
The new electric Ford Capri is officially revealed as Ford’s take on the Volkswagen ID. 5, rather than the EV Coupe most had hoped for. Ford has form for using iconic names from the past and attaching them to a new EV which bears no relationship to their namesake with the Mustang Mach-E, and pulled […]
Lexus UX, NX, RZ and RX EVs and PHEVs get BIG price cuts
Lexus has announced big price cuts for the UX, NX, RZ and RX ‘electric’ models – EV and PHEV – with prices falling by up to £7,100. Lexus may still feel like a slightly left-field premium choice, but if you want a well-built, comfortable, quiet SUV with interiors a notch or three above the competition […]
Volvo EC40, EX40 and XC40 Black Editions – and the OFFICIAL return of the Volvo V60 and V90 Estates
Volvo reveals Black Edition models of the electric EX40, EC40 and Mild-Hybrid XC40, and confirms the V60 and V90 Estates are back on sale Just to be different to every other car maker, Volvo has created a spiffing wheeze to flog more of its EX40, EC40 and XC40 SUVs by creating ‘Black Edition’ models. Why […]
Henry Ford II’s Ford Escort RS2000 up for grabs
A MK2 Ford Escort RS2000, built for the personal use of Henry Ford II, is up for grabs with a guide price of £50,000 to £60,000. It’s not long ago that fast Fords from the ’60s, ’70s and ’80s headed for the scrapyard as you couldn’t give them away. But things have changed. No longer […]
Honda Prelude RETURNS as a two-door Hybrid Sports Coupe – debuts at Goodwood
The Honda Prelude is returning to the UK as a two-door hybrid sports coupe and will debut at the Goodwood Festival of Speed. It’s been a long time since there was a Honda Prelude on sale in the UK, but that’s about to change as Honda reveals the Honda Prelude is going into production and […]
Waiting for the electric Ineos Fusilier “Baby Land Rover Defender” to arrive? You’re in for a long wait.
The Ineos Fusilier EV SUV, Ineos’s take on a “Baby Land Rover Defender”, won’t be happening any time soon due to weak EV demand. Jim Ratcliffe’s quest to deliver a ‘real’ Land Rover Defender replacement with the Ineos Grenadier has already spawned not just the regular Grenadier 4×4 but the Ineos Grenadier Quartermaster and even […]
New car registrations for private car buyers DROP again in June
New car registrations in June 2024 rose by a tiny 1.1%, but sales to private buyers dropped by 15.3%, just 37.7% of the market. We’ve got used over the last nine months to seeing car sales rise very modestly, but that rise is entirely down to sales to fleets. June was no different, and despite […]
MINI John Cooper Works Electric Prototype heading for Goodwood dynamic debut
The next up in MINI’s drive down the EV road is the MINI John Cooper Works E, heading for Goodwood in Prototype guise for a dynamic debut. MINI has been busy of late delivering a new MINI Electric and updating the ICE MINI to look the same as the Electric MINI despite being based on […]