Illusionist Dynamo has taken the Mercedes SL 63 AMG round a makeshift track on an old airfield, with a blindfold on, and predicted his time to a nervous David Coulthard. If there’s one man who’s made magic and illusions cool again it’s the little man from Bradford – Dynamo. His street illusions are a must […]
Audi A3 gets more powerful 2.0 litre TDI & LED lights
Audi has added a new, more powerful, 2.0 litre diesel engine to the A3 range offering 181bhp. An LED light package can also be had for £2,000. [nggallery id=1247 template=customlinks] It still seems astonishing that car makers can match really quite powerful performance with almost parsimonious fuel consumption, but modern turbo diesels and high pressure […]
Fiat Punto Sporting arrives with revised Punto range
Fiat has revised the Punto range with the addition of the Punto Sporting and deletion of the Lounge and TwinAir trim levels. The Fiat Punto is a bit of an anonymous Fiat that should probably sell better than it does, but with most of Fiat’s marketing efforts centered on the 500, the Punto just gets […]
New VW Golf GTD to cost just £199 a month. Sort of.
Volkswagen are trumpeting that you can get in to the new, Mk 7 Golf GTD for just £199 a month. But it’s quite a bit more in reality. [nggallery id=1407 template=customlinks] There’s no question that car buyers are getting themselves in to new cars at affordable money thanks to the range of finance packages on […]
Europe’s economic problems sees UK become biggest Ferrari market in Europe
Ferrari increased its profits by 20 per cent in the first six months of 2013, with the UK becoming the biggest European market for Ferrari, ahead of Germany. The economic crisis in the Eurozone has seen Ferrari’s sales in countries like Italy and Spain plummet, and Greece managed just one sale in 2012 (and even […]
BMW plotting a hydrogen fuel cell EV
Not satisfied with launching their first premium electric car – the BMW i3 – BMW are plotting the future with plans to develop a hydrogen fuel cell electric car. BMW has now taken its first fully-fledged step in to the electric car market with the BMW i3, revealed in full earlier this week. The i3 […]
MG 3 arrives in the UK next month – price from £8399
The MG3 – the new supermini from China that’s bolted together in the UK – will cost from £8,399 when it goes on sale in the UK in September. [nggallery id=1537 template=customlinks] MG revealed the UK MG 3 back in June as their design centre in Birmingham, and it’s not a terrible looking thing – […]
Lamborghini Gallardo LP 570-4 Squadra Corse. It’s the final, final Gallardo. Probably.
Lamborghini has revealed the Lamborghini Gallardo LP 570-4 Squadra Corse as probably the final edition of the Gallardo. [nggallery id=1589 template=customlinks] We did think Lamborghini had come to the end of the road with the Gallardo ahead of an all new Gallardo arriving in 2014, but they have one more trick up their sleeves to milk […]
Subaru BRZ: Increased supply for UK market
Subaru has announced that its BRZ – the Subaru take on the Toyota GT86 – will have additional UK supply going forward to help cater for demand. [nggallery id=850 template=customlinks] The Toyota GT86, and it’s Subaru BRZ sibling, have been a big hit in the UK, and around the world, with lovers of (almost affordable) […]
Spyker B6 Venator Spyder concept to debut at Pebble Beach
It seems the drop-top version of Spyker’s appealing B6 Venator – the Spyker B6 Venator Spyder – will debut as a concept at Pebble Beach next month. [nggallery id=1435 template=customlinks] Earlier this year we managed to trawl through the rather dry annual report from Spyker and discovered that plans were afoot for a Spyder version […]