The new 2015 Volvo XC90 will get the most technologically sophisticated and comprehensive range of safety equipment available when it launches. [nggallery id=1907 template=customlinks] Volvo are on a mission to prevent any deaths in their cars by 2020, and the new Volvo XC90 – due to be revealed shortly – looks set to push Volvo […]
Audi dropping Multitronic CVT gearbox
Audi has decided that the time has come to finally give up the Multitronic Constantly Variable Transmission (CVT) and replace it with a seven-speed dual-clutch ‘box. Audi make some great cars, but a number of them are spoiled by the woeful CVT gearbox. The theory is that as the CVT ‘box, which varies transmission ratios […]
Lexus sales rising strongly in Europe – up 33 per cent in Western Europe
It looks like Lexus is appealing to European buyers more and more, with sales across Europe up by an impressive 25 per cent in the first six months of 2014. [nggallery id=1350 template=customlinks] There’s lots to like about the Lexus range (even if we would like to see proper gearboxes proliferate), and it seems buyers […]
Jaguar F-Type Coupe by SVO for Tour de France – JLR’s Special Vehicle Operations creates F-Type support car for Sky Team
[nggallery id=1906 template=customlinks] Jaguar Land Rover’s new Special Operations Division has created a Jaguar F-Type support car for the final stages of Jaguar’s Team Sky Tour de France. We’ve already had two new cars from JLR’s new Special Operations division in the guise of the new Range Rover Sport SVR and Jaguar F-Type Project 7, […]
75% of BMW 2 Series Active Tourer buyers will be new to BMW
BMW has revealed that they expect three out of every four buyers of the new, FWD, BMW 2 Series Active Tourer will be new to the brand. [nggallery id=1769 template=customlinks] The new BMW 2 Series Active Tourer – BMW’s front wheel drive small family mover – went on sale in the UK in May and […]
German Grand Prix (2014): RESULT
Nico Rosberg is on pole for Mercedes’ home Grand Prix at Hockenheim, but Lewis Hamilton is starting from the back in his car. Is a one-two possible? The plan by Mercedes to get a one-two on the grid at the German Grand Prix went awry when Hamilton crashed out in qualifying, but Nico Rosberg starts […]
China to boost electric cars with 30% Government EV fleet
The Chinese government has ordered its officials to boost the take-up of electric cars for official uses with a requirement for 30% EVs by 2017. The UK government has just announced its commitment to use electric cars for its own vehicles in an effort to boost the take-up of EVs, but China is going even […]
German Grand Prix Qualifying (2014): Rosberg on pole for Mercedes – Hamilton crashes out
Mercedes’ Nico Rosberg has taken pole position for tomorrow’s German Grand Prix, but team mate Lewis Hamilton crashes out after brake failure. Lewis Hamilton managed to close the gap to Mercedes teammate Nico Rosberg at the British Grand Prix two weeks ago after Rosberg’s car fell foul to mechanical failure, but it was Lewis’s turn […]
Bentley Mulsanne Speed heading for 2014 Paris Motor Show – and maybe a Bentley Mulsanne Coupe
It looks like Bentley are planning to extend their more powerful ‘Speed’ models to the Mulsanne, with a Bentley Mulsanne Speed expected to debut at Paris. [nggallery id=1373 template=customlinks] Even the very top end car makers are finding that buyers are willing to pay more for more driver-focused versions of the their cars, with even Rolls […]
2014 FIAT Panda Cross goes on sale in the autumn priced from £15,945
The new 2014 FIAT Panda Cross – revealed at the Geneva Motor Show in March – goes on sale in the UK in the autumn from £15,945 for the 0.9 litre TwinAir. [nggallery id=1905 template=customlinks] There really isn’t a lot of choice in the car market if you want a rugged little 4×4, and the only […]