[nggallery id=2004 template=customlinks] Volvo has confirmed the final performance and economy figures for the production version of the XC90 T8 Twin Engine Hybrid – 0-62mph in 5.6 seconds and 134.5mpg. Back in December, Volvo released full details of the economy, emissions and performance for the hybrid T8 Twin Engine version of the new XC90, which […]
Lotus boss CONFIRMS ‘Made in China’ SUV on the way
Lotus boss, Jean-Marc Gales, has confirmed a Lotus SUV will be built in China with joint venture partner Goldstar. Plans to sell 5,000 SUVs a year. We’re not entirety sure Colin Chapman would be on-side, but whatever Lotus’s founder might have thought, had he still been around, Lotus are taking the plunge in to the […]
Polestar upgrades for Volvo’s Drive-E T5, T6, D4 and D5 to launch in June
Polestar – Volvo’s Motorsport division and in-house tuner – has revealed they’re launching power and performance upgrades across the new range of Drive-E engines. Polestar has been tweaking Volvo’s road cars as well as its track cars for some time, so it’s only sensible that they get involved with offering performance upgrades for the new Drive-E […]
Audi A8 gets more power, more equipment and a new Sport spec
The Audi A8, Audi’s flagship saloon, gets updated for 2015 with more power for the diesels, lower emissions, more equipment and a new Sport model. Audi has given the A8 a bit of a shake up for 2015, including an new Sport model, more powerful diesel engines, lower emissions and more equipment, despite which the […]
All Volvo’s front-wheel-drive cars get Drive-E engines for 2016
Volvo continues the roll-out of its very good Drive-E engines for the 2016 MY, with all the car maker’s front-wheel-drive models now using the new engines. We found out just how good Volvo’s Drive-E engines are when we recently tested the S60 with the D4 version of the Drive-E engine, so the news that Volvo […]
Hyundai’s facelifted i40 gets priced – costs from £19,600
[nggallery id=2104 template=customlinks] The facelift for the Hyundai i40 has now gone on sale in the UK in four trim levels, costing from £19,600 for the saloon and £20,850 for the Estate. The Hyundai i40, when it arrived in 2011, was the first car from Hyundai that could credibly go up against the might of […]
Land Rover Discovery Sport (finally) gets Ingenium engine
[nggallery id=1931 template=customlinks] The new Land Rover Discovery Sport is finally being made available with the new Ingenium engine, and there’s a new entry and range-topping model too. Land Rover has finally corrected the big mistake they made by fitting the shiny new Discovery Sport with the old Freelander 2.2 litre diesel engine, replacing it with […]
Hyundai Santa Fe Premium SE Review (2015)
[nggallery id=2314 template=customlinks] This week we have in the ‘New Generation’ Hyundai Santa Fe Premium SE with 4WD and seven seats for review and road test. How does it stack up? It’s a couple of years since the new Hyundai Santa Fe arrived, complete with a proper makeover that saw its looks improving and Hyundai’s biggest SUV […]
Volkswagen Group Chairman Ferdinand Piech quits in power struggle with CEO Martin Winterkorn
VW Group Chairman Ferdinand Piech has been forced to resign after VW’s steering committee failed to back his attack on VW CEO Martin Winterkorn. From the outside, the VW Group looks to be a Teutonic model of efficiency and profits, with just about everything VW does – from Lamborghini to Bentley by way of Skoda […]
Mercedes G Class to get 4.0 litre twin turbo V8 – should offer up to 416bhp
[nggallery id=2054 template=customlinks] The Mercedes G Class is to lose its 5.5 litre naturally aspirated V8 in favour of the new 4.0 litre twin turbo V8 found in the new Mercedes AMG GT. Unlike Land Rover and the Defender – where Land Rover has already called time on the Defender – Mercedes is still keeping faith […]