The Mercedes S-Class has been declared the 2015 winner of the Women’s World Car of the Year Award and Luxury Car of the Year too. [nggallery id=1448 template=customlinks] The Women’s Car of the Year Award kicked off in 2009 after New Zealand car scribe Sandy Myhre decided a woman’s voice was needed in the male-dominated world […]
Jeremy Clarkson: Goodbye BBC, hello Sky or ITV?
Jeremy Clarkson has been suspended from the BBC, and Top Gear cancelled, after Clarkson was involved in a punching fracas with a BBC producer. Jeremy Clarkson and the BBC has been an accident waiting to happen for years. The ever increasingly PC BBC and the very un-PC Clarkson were always uneasy bedfellows, but now it looks […]
Audi Q6 electric SUV makes its first appearance
An all-electric Audi Q6 – an Audi take on the Tesla Model X – takes its first steps in to the limelight with a teaser image of the new Q6 from Audi. Due in 2018. We already knew that Audi was planning an electric SUV, and it was thought it could be a new, range-topping […]
Talacrest boss grabs £20 million classic SUPERCAR collection
Talacrest boss John Collins has snapped up a collection of 27 classic supercars – including 11 Ferraris – from a private collector in a deal worth £20 million. Some car collectors have a very high profile, and some keep their car gems hidden. And the owner of a collection of 27 classic supercars was very […]
New Audi R8 Price & Spec – V10 £119,500, V10 Plus £137,500
The new V10 Audi R8 – revealed at the 2015 Geneva Motor Show – will cost from £119,500 for the V10 up to £137,500 for the V10 Plus. On sale UK May 2015. [nggallery id=2058 template=customlinks] The 2015 Audi R8 finally arrived in Geneva last week and goes on sale in the UK in May. […]
Jaguar Land Rover planning standalone SVR cars
[nggallery id=1917 template=customlinks] Jaguar Land Rover’s Special Vehicle Operations (SVO) look set to deliver standalone SVR models as well as creating performance versions of the JLR range. It’s only been nine months since Jaguar Land Rover officially launched its Special Vehicle Operations (SVO) to add another performance layer to its production cars. But it’s starting to […]
New Mazda MX-5 starts production – pre-order now open in UK
[nggallery id=1933 template=customlinks] The new Mazda MX-5 – revealed September 2014 – has now gone in to production in Japan, and pre-orders are now open in the UK. Prices to be revealed later in 2015. The new Mazda MX-5 – which was revealed last autumn as a new model for 2015, and will also arrive […]
Top Gear Tonight: Rallycross, Jaguar F-Type & Eagle, Mazda MX-5 & Nicholas Hoult
Top Gear tonight with James May doing Rallycross, Jeremy with Jaguar F-Type and Eagle E-Type, Hammond with new Mazda MX-5 and Nicholas Hoult is SIARPC. Top Gear tonight (episode seven of series 22) looks a properly decent car episode, with lots of interest and not too much stupidity on display. James May continues his quest […]
Audi Q7 e-tron plug-in hybrid Petrol & Diesel versions planned – and they’ll be the most expensive Q7
The Audi Q7 e-tron plug-in hybrid – revealed at Geneva – will be offered with either a diesel or petrol engine and be the most expensive Q7 on offer when they arrive in 2016. [nggallery id=2065 template=customlinks] The Audi Q7 e-tron was revealed this week at the Geneva Motor Show as a plug-in hybrid Q7 […]
The next NEW Lotus will be an SUV
The new Lotus boss – Jean-Marc Gales – has said the next new Lotus to arrive will be an SUV / Crossover as Lotus aims for profitability. We’re not sure what Colin Chapman would make of plans for Lotus to build and SUV, but despite his hatred of superfluous weight he’d probably conclude that, done right, […]