The new BMW X2 and the electric BMW iX2 are on sale in the UK with the X2 costing from £40,515 and the electric iX2 from £51,615. The new BMW X2 – which now includes an electric iX2 – was revealed back in October as BMW made efforts to make the X2 look less like […]
Audi A3 Sportback and Saloon get a bit of a nip and tuck for 2024
The Audi A3 – Sportback and Saloon – get a bit of an update for 2024 with more aggressive looks and other minor tweaks. We’ve got a new VW Golf, so as night follows day we’re now getting a new Audi A3 – VW’s ‘Posh’ Golf – with a range of minor updates for the […]
New electric Dacia Spring costs from just £14,995. Blimey!
The new electric Dacia Spring costs from just £14,995 in the UK, rising to £16,995 for the more powerful range-topping Dacia Spring Extreme. Dacia revealed the new Dacia Spring EV last month with new looks and a thorough makeover and confirmation it will now be available in the UK. Around the size of a Hyundai […]
New Porsche Taycan Turbo GT arrives with up to 1093bhp
The new Porsche Taycan Turbo GT arrives to top the Taycan range, with a brace of track records already under its belt and a hardcore Weissach model too. Back in January, we revealed that a new Porsche Tyacan – which we assumed to be the Taycan Turbo GT – set a new EV lap record […]
New Mercedes-AMG E 53 REVEALED with as much power as the previous E 63
The new Mercedes-AMG E 53 arrives in saloon and Estate guise, boasting a PHEV powertrain which matches the power of the od E 63. There will come a point where cars stop delivering more and more horses with every generation. But we haven’t got there yet, with this – the new Mercedes-AMG E 53 – […]
Now the electric Kia EV9 SUV grabs the UK Car of the Year gong too
The electric Kia EV9 seven-seat SUV has been voted the UK Car of the Year Award, adding to its WWCOTY gong a few days ago. When we revealed the finalists in the 2024 UK Car of the Year Awards at the start of the month, we moaned that, with five BEVs in a finalist list […]
Electric Rivian R2, R3 and R3X SUVs REVEALED – and they’ll be heading across the Pond
Rivian reveals the Rivian R2, R3 and R3X to sit below the range-topping R1 models. And they look set to hit the UK. Rivian has been a bit of a slow burn, taking a decade to go from inception to its first electric models – the R1T and R1S pick-up and SUV – delivering EVs […]
Kia EV9 is Women’s World Car of the Year 2024 – wins too for Volvo EX30, BMW 5 Series and more
The electric Kia EV9 is the Women’s World Car of the Year 2024, and category winners include the Aston Martin DB12 and Volvo EX30. It’s fifteen years this year since the Women’s World Car of the Year awards started, a creation of New Zealand motoring journalist Sandy Myhre – who is still Honorary President – […]
New Lotus Emeya electric Hyper-GT goes on sale to take on the Porsche Taycan
The new Lotus Emeya Hyper GT goes on sale in the UK, with the range-topping Emeya R boasting 905bhp and costing £129,950. The electric Porsche Taycan has sold well to businesses in the UK taking advantage of tax breaks on EVs, but the apparent success of the Taycan perhaps hides a harsher reality. There are […]
New Volvo EX30 BOOSTS Volvo’s EV sales to 22% in February 2024
The start of deliveries of the new electric Volvo EX30 has seen Volvo’s BEV sales reach 22% of the total despite a drop in overall sales. Back in the summer, Volvo revealed the smallest SUV so far with the arrival of the electric EX30, which starts at a relatively affordable £33k and, although it’ll cost […]