[nggallery id=1933 template=customlinks] The new Mazda MX-5 – revealed last year – will cost from £18,495 for the 1.5-litre SKYACTIV petrol rising to £23,295 for the 2.0i Sport. On sale now. The latest evolution of the Mazda MX-5 – and it is still very much an evolution, with the same light, simple and frugal ethos it’s always […]
Volkswagen Golf R400 to debut at Frankfurt 2015 – will probably get 414bhp
[nggallery id=1836 template=customlinks] The Volkswagen Golf R400 – VW’s extreme Golf Concept from last year – looks set to arrive at the Frankfurt motor show as the VW Golf R420. When the VW Golf R400 arrived at the Beijing Motor Show last year, it looked production-ready, and it idn’t take long for VW to confirm […]
Rolls-Royce Phantom Limelight Collection – taking Phantom luxury to another level
[nggallery id=2103 template=customlinks] The Rolls-Royce Phantom Limelight Collection is a limited run of just 25 Phantoms with luxury upgrades aimed at the busy ultra wealthy customers Rolls Royce covets. Maybe Rolls Royce is trying that bit harder because Mercedes is rolling out Maybach versions of its new S-Class, and even Volvo is showing they have the […]
UK Car Manufacturing UP in March – productivity at all time high
UK Car manufacturing rose by 1.9 per cent in March 2015, and the SMMT report that productivity in the UK car industry is now at an all time high. We’ve become used to new car sales rising inexorably in the last few years, but it’s good to see that new car sale aren’t just imports, […]
Top Gear missing episodes WILL air this summer
BBC2 boss Kim Shillinglaw has declared that the footage from Top Gear’s series 22, cancelled after the Jeremy Clarkson ‘Fracas’, will air this summer. The corporate self-flagellation at the BBC over Jeremy Clarkson’s fracas with a producer now seems to be dwindling, and more practical considerations are taking over. Not before time, we must say. […]
Jaguar E-Type Series III Roadster Barn Find – just 7740 miles from new
Silverstone Auctions are offering a 1973 V12 Jaguar E-Type Series III in their May sale that’s been in the same family since new and covered just 7,740 miles. If there is such a thing as an unloved Jaguar E-Type, the Series III is probably it. Bigger and bolder than the more delicate Series I and II […]
Volkswagen C Coupe GTE: New Phaeton, new VW model or just a concept?
[nggallery id=2102 template=customlinks] Volkswagen has revealed the C Coupe GTE at the Shanghai Motor Show, a large four-door coupe concept previewing the future of VW’s sporty saloons. The Chinese market is a big deal for VW, so you’e expect them to deliver something significant and interesting at the Shanghai Motor Show, which they have with […]
Jaguar: Official cars for Wimbledon Tennis
Jaguar has announced it is to be the official supplier of cars to the All England Lawn Tennis Association for the Wimbledon Tournament. It will supply XE, XF and XJ models. If you had to make a list of things that are quintessentially English (or British), Wimbledon (the tennis tournament, rather than the Common) would […]
Volvo reveals the ultimate chauffeur-spec XC90 with Lounge Console Concept
[nggallery id=2101 template=customlinks] Volvo has revealed the Lounge Console Concept at the Shanghai Motor Show featuring everything the pampered chauffeur-driven executive could need in an XC90. Volvo’s new XC90 signalled the real start of the ‘New’ Volvo, with new engines, new platforms and a new drive to challenge the German Premium marques wherever they can – […]
The most affordable McLaren yet – £126k McLaren 540C launches
[nggallery id=2100 template=customlinks] McLaren’s most affordable car ever – the McLaren 540C – has been revealed at the 2015 Shanghai Motor Show and will cost from £126,000 in the UK. McLaren’s new Sports Series cars are the ‘affordable’ face of McLaren (although in McLaren’s case, affordable is relative), with the recently revealed 570S costing from £143,250. […]