The Porsche 918 Spyder hybrid hypercar – Porsche’s answer to the McLaren P1 and LaFerrari – has just a few months production left before it’s sold out. [nggallery id=888 template=customlinks] With 2013 the year of the hybrid hypercar, wealthy car lovers were spoilt for choice with three different choices for a supercar with a few […]
Audi RS7 completes Hockenheim lap without a driver (+video)
Audi has piloted an RS7 round the Hockenheim track without a driver – and at ‘race’ speeds – to demonstrate how far autonomous technology has progressed. Last week we reported that a driverless Audi RS7 was going to do a lap of Hockenheim – ahead of the DTM finale – to showcase Audi’s latest autonomous technology, […]
Ford boosts Dagenham with clean diesel engine investment
The Ford plant at Dagenham is getting a jobs boost with news that Ford is investing £190 million in its UK home plant to produce new clean diesel engines. There was a time when Ford’s plant at Dagenham was the Ford car production powerhouse in Europe, but those days are long gone and all the […]
New Volvo XC90 POLESTAR planned
The new Volvo XC90 SUV won’t start arriving on UK roads until summer 2015, and it looks like there are plans to offer a Polestar performance version. [nggallery id=1925 template=customlinks] The new Volvo XC90 does seem to have blended the best of the ‘old’ XC90 with the best of modern technology in an SUV that looks […]
Mercedes S-Class Maybach confirmed for LA – Maybach to be a Mercedes sub-brand like AMG
The new Mercedes S-Class Maybach – effectively a replacement for the Maybach brand – will debut at the LA Auto Show in November as the ultimate S-Class. We’ve known for some time that the new Mercedes S-Class will spawn a number of variants, and that one of those will be an ultra-luxury, ultra-long (18 feet) […]
Want a cheap Toyota GT86? Toyota DROP prices.
The Toyota GT86 is getting a new four model line-up for 2015 and a new entry-level spec and price. The new Toyota GT86 Primo costs from £22,995. Earlier this year, the price of the Subaru BRZ was dropped by £2,000 as Subaru tried to steal sales from the Toyota GT86, and now Toyota has responded […]
First Land Rover Discovery Sport rolls off the production line – and gets given to Virgin Galactic
The first Land Rover Discovery Sport – Land Rover’s replacement for the Freelander 2 and the first of a new family of Discovery models – starts production. [nggallery id=1931 template=customlinks] It’s only just over a month since the new Land Rover Discovery Sport was revealed ahead of its public debut at this month’s Paris Motor […]
New Mercedes S-Class sells 100,000 in first year
The new Mercedes S-Class has been delivered to 100,000 customers in its first year of production, making it the most successful S-Class to date. [nggallery id=1448 template=customlinks] It was May 2013 when the new Mercedes S-Class was revealed, June when order books opened and production started. And by December Mercedes was having to increase S-Class production […]
Jaguar F-Type AWD heading for LA debut
A four-wheel-drive version of the Jaguar F-Type is heading for a debut at the L.A. Auto Show in November as Jaguar looks to extend the F-Type’s appeal. [nggallery id=1698 template=customlinks] The Jaguar F-Type Roadster has been with us for a couple of years now, and last year saw the arrival of the more focused F-Type Coupe – […]
New Volvo Coupes & Convertibles coming – but not for a couple of years
Volvo are planning to introduce new coupe and convertible models based on their new Scalable Product Architecture, but not until the current range has been renewed. [nggallery id=1616 template=customlinks] The first look the world had at the sort of cars that Volvo could build off its new Scalable Product Architecture underpinnings was the glorious Volvo Concept […]