The Fiat 600 Hybrid is joining the 600 offerings in the UK, undercutting the price of the electric Fiat 600e by up to £10,000. It’s apparent that private UK car buyers are shying away from EVs – apart from at the top-end and for a second car as a local runaround – with just 18% […]
New car sales in the UK in February 2024 the best since 2004
New car registrations in the UK in February 2024 were the best for 20 years but were entirely driven by fleet purchases. As the supply of new cars returns to normal after the supply chain upheavals of recent years, sales are rising and February 2024 is no different with 84,886 new cars sold, an increase […]
HOORAY! Euro NCAP has a plan to get actual buttons back in to car interiors
Euro NCAP – the safety testing authority – is to penalize car makers that don’t provide actual buttons for some functions from 2026. We’ve moaned endlessly about the trend of plonking a big screen in the middle of the dashboard to control functions in new cars, bemoaning the obvious cost-cutting of deleting physical buttons to […]
New electric Porsche Taycan Turbo ‘GT’ TEASED ahead of imminent reveal
A new range-topping Porsche Taycan – expected to be the Taycan Turbo GT – is teased ahead of a debut on 11 March 2024. The first EV from Porsche – the Porsche Taycan – has been quite the success for Porsche as deep-pocketed businesses grab BIK-busting status symbols for their most valued employees, although the […]
Hyundai Ioniq 5 UPDATED for 2024 with bigger battery, new N Line trim and cosmetic tweaks
The electric Hyundai Ioniq 5 gets a facelift for 2024 with cosmetic tweaks, a bigger battery, more buttons and N Line trim. It seems like five minutes since the electric Hyundai Ioniq 5 arrived as Hyundai got properly serious about EVs, and it still looks like a concept car made real. But it’s three years […]
BMW i5, Volvo EX30, Hyundai Ioniq 6 and more grab UK Car of the Year Awards
Category winners in the 2024 UK Car of the Year are announced and include the BMW i5, Volvo EX30 and Renault Clio. Earlier this week, we had the announcement at the Geneva Motor Show that the Renault Scenic E-Tech has been awarded the 2024 European Car of the Year. Nest up is the 2024 UK […]
New Bugatti Hypercar gets V16 Hybrid powertrain [Video]
Bugatti will reveal the next generation Bugatti in June, and it’ll come with a V16 Hybrid powertrain instead of a W16. It is exactly eight years ago today that Bugatti revealed the replacement for the Veyron with the arrival of the Chiron, boasting 1,479bhp, 0-62mph in 2.5 seconds and a price tag of £2 million, […]
Jaguar C-X75 Supercar is FINALLY ready for the road
The Jaguar C-X75 Supercar revealed back in 2010 but never built by Jaguar, hits the road thanks to former Jaguar designer Ian Callum. Way back in 2010, as Jaguar and Land Rover were full of confidence and bullish about their prospects, Jaguar revealed the C-X75 as a bonkers supercar to showcase what they believed would […]
UK car production UP by 21.0% in January 2024
UK car production rose by 21.0 per cent in January 2024 – the best January performance since 2021 – according to the SMMT. We’ve got used to UK car manufacturing recovering as the world gets to terms with the fallout from Covid and War, with supply chains improving so car makers can churn out cars […]
New Tesla Roadster will debut this year and will hit 60mph in UNDER 1.0 second, says Elon Musk
The much-touted new Tesla Roadster will finally debut this year, says Elon Musk, and hit 60mph in under 1.0 second. We’ve got used over the years to Tesla debuting a new model with big promises on when it will be delivered, with the Tesla Cybertruck first shown in 2019 with the promise it would hit […]