Top Gear Series 20 Episode 2 is on tonight with Ron Howard as SIARPC, the Ferrari F12berlinetta, BAC Mono, best taxi & bye-bye BBC TV Centre. Tonight’s second episode of series 20 of Top Gear gets back to the usual format. The new reasonably priced car is in action for the first time as film […]
German Grand Prix: Lewis Hamilton beats Vettel to pole
Lewis Hamilton put his Mercedes on pole position for tomorrow’s German Grand Prix on his last lap, ahead of Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel. It looks like ‘Tyre-Gate’ has been quashed before it started at the German Grand Prix, with a new tyre from Pirelli, no punctures and teams under order for minimum tyre pressures. But […]
New Opel Monza Concept at Frankfurt 2013 signals a new big coupe from Vauxhall
A new Opel Monza Coupe will arrive at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September, previewing a new big coupe from Opel and Vauxhall. There was a time, for those not old enough to remember, when mainstream car makers produced big saloons and coupes. But no more. With very few (low-selling) exceptions, car makers like Vauxhall […]
Ferrari F12 & Eric Clapton’s Ferrari SP12 EC at Goodwood
It’s the Goodwood Festival of Speed next week, and Ferrari will be there with cars including the F12berlinetta and Eric Clapton’s SP12 EC. [nggallery id=970 template=customlinks] The 2013 Goodwood Festival of Speed starts on Thursday with the Moving Motor Show, and Ferrari are planning a good turnout including the F12 Berlinetta popping its Goodwood Cherry. […]
Caterham planning SUV & City car
Caterham has revealed that in addition to the sports car planned with Renault Alpine, there’s an SUV and a City car in development. We already know that Caterham and Renault are working together to build a new sports car to be marketed as both a Caterham and an Alpine. But there’s already more in development. […]
New Mercedes S-Class Plug-in Hybrid to debut at Frankfurt Motor Show
A plug-in hybrid version of the new Mercedes S-Class is expected to debut at the Frankfurt Motor Show, offering 90mpg and sub-75g/km emissions. [nggallery id=1448 template=customlinks] We’ve known Mercedes were planning a plug-in hybrid version of the new S-Class as far back as 2009, and it now appears it will debut – as a 2014 […]
2014 Volvo XC90 to get a raft of new safety technology
Volvo has revealed the 2014/2015 XC90 Crossover/SUV will come with a raft of new safety technology including animal detection and autonomous parking. [nggallery id=1559 template=customlinks] We know that the Volvo XC90 will be replaced (finally) next year with a new XC90 using Volvo’s new SPA platform and powered by their new range of 4-cylinder, high […]
Hyundai move from Baboons to Kids to test quality
Hyundai has let a group of four and five year old kids loose on a Hyundai i30 Tourer to prove their cars can stand up to all the rigours of a boisterous family. [nggallery id=1558 template=customlinks] Last year, Hyundai let a troop of 40 safari park baboons loose on an i30 to see if, left […]
Top Gear Russia outs the 2014 Mazda3 Saloon – probably not coming to the UK
The new Mazda3 saloon has been outed by Top Gear in Russia ahead of an official reveal. But it’s probably not coming to the UK. [nggallery id=1556 template=customlinks] The UK and Europe have eschewed small saloon cars for hatchbacks in recent years. But in other parts of the world its the small saloon that’s big […]
2014 Range Rover Sport dynamic debut at Goodwood Festival of Speed
Land Rover are taking the new Range Rover Sport to next week’s Goodwood Festival of Speed where it will get it public dynamic debut as it tackles Goodwood’s hillclimb. [nggallery id=1455 template=customlinks] It feels like the 2014 Range Rover Sport has been with us for quite a while already, but apart from it’s brief sojourn […]