The SEAT Leon X-Perience has been revealed as an ‘Allroad’ version of the Leon ST with raised ride height, plastic cladding and four-wheel-drive. [nggallery id=1886 template=customlinks] SEAT seems to be launching the Leon X-Perience as a precursor to the arrival of a proper SEAT SUV in a year or two to get buyers used to the […]
Austrian Grand Prix: RESULT
With the Williams cars of Massa and Bottas on the front row, Rosberg in third and Hamilton a lowly ninth on the grid, can Mercedes manage another one-two in Austria? It did seem likely, after qualifying for the first Austrian Grand Prix in eleven years yesterday, that Mercedes faced a real uphill battle to even […]
Austrian Grand Prix Qualifying: WILLIAMS front row – Massa on pole
The Williams cars of Felipe Massa and Valtteri Bottas – with Maasa on pole – lock out the front row of the 2014 Austrian Grand Prix. Hamilton in 9th. The writing was perhaps on the wall for the Mercedes domination of the 2014 F1 season after the Canadian Grand Prix, and the writing is now loud […]
Jaguar to reveal first Jaguar Special Operations car at Goodwood Festival of Speed
With the Jaguar Land Rover Special Operations division now official, Jaguar are revealing the first car from the new division at the 2014 Goodwood Festival of Speed. It’s not just the new high performance Range Rover Sport from JLR’s Special Operations division that’s arriving at the Goodwood Festival of Speed next week, we’re also getting […]
New Mercedes C-Class Estate price and specs – costs from £28,055
The new Mercedes C-Class Estate costs from £28,055 for the C 200 petrol rising to £33,220 for the 250 BlueTEC and a choice of SE, Sport and AMG Line trim. [nggallery id=1857 template=customlinks] The second variant of the new C-Class – the 2015 Mercedes C-Class Estate – was revealed last month offering proper load-lugging abilities together with the […]
BMW 4-Series: Alpina B4 Biturbo price and specs – debuts at Goodwood
The Alpina B4 BiTurbo – the Alpina take on the BMW 4-Series Coupe and Convertible – debuts at the Goodwood Festival of Speed. Costs from £58,950. [nggallery id=1885 template=customlinks] We’ve already had the arrival of the BMW 4-Series Coupe and Convertible – the replacement for the old 3-Series Coupe and Convertible – so logically the […]
Range Rover Sport Overfinch Performance Package gets 545 bhp – price from £87,995
Overfinch has revealed a performance package for the Range Rover Sport V8 Supercharged offering 545 bhp and costing from £87,995. [nggallery id=1884 template=customlinks] We make no secret of the fact that if you want to spend money on making your Range Rover (or Evoque or Sport) more individual, then the best route is with Overfinch. […]
Land Rover tease new Range Rover Sport R / RS – debuts at Goodwood (video)
The most powerful Land Rover to date – the Range Rover Sport R (or RS) – is teased on video ahead of a debut at the 2014 Goodwood Festival of Speed. The idea of a more powerful Range Rover Sport – complete with the 542bhp version of the supercharged V8 from the Jaguar XJR and […]
New Land Rover Discovery Sport to be built at Halewood
Jaguar Land Rover announced the new Land Rover Discovery Sport will be built at Halewood with 250 new jobs and £200 million investment. The new Land Rover Discovery Sport – effectively a replacement for the Land Rover Freelander – is expected to make its debut at the Paris Motor Show in the Autumn and go […]
Peugeot 508 gets engine and cosmetic upgrades for 2015
The Peugeot 508 – Peugeot’s biggest car and a competitor for the Ford Mondeo – gets a small cosmetic facelift and engine updates for the 2015 model year. [nggallery id=1883 template=customlinks] It’s four years since the Peugeot 508 first broke cover and pitched its tent as a French take on the Ford Mondeo. So now it’s […]