Ford’s replacement for the Fusion – the Ford B-Max – looks to be a properly grown-up compact MPV. Should hit showrooms later this year. The latest Ford Fiesta is one of our favourite small cars. Probably because it doesn’t feel like a small car, more like a down-sized Focus. Which makes it very good. Very […]
Jaguar B99 by Bertone: Still looks like Jaguar past to us
Bertone has revealed the B99 Concept at Geneva, their take on a future New Small Jaguar to take on the BMW 3 Series. With Jaguar looking more than seriously at a New Small Jaguar to take the BMW 3 Series on at its own game, it seems almost certain Jaguar’s had a part to play […]
Koenigsegg Agera R: Geneva photos & video
We update the info on the Koenigsegg Agera R with video and photos from Geneva and ask – Is the Agera R a serious contender for star of the show? What’s the star of this year’s Geneva Motor Show? Ferrari FF? Pagani Huayra? LP700-4? Or something a bit more prosaic? It’s a question we’ve bandied around at […]
Hyundai i40 Estate: Production-ready i40 debuts in Geneva
Hyundai’s Sonata replacement – the Hyundai i40 – makes a production-ready debut in Geneva before going on sale across Europe in the Summer The Hyundai i40 has been cropping up all over the world in the last year as a very credible contender in the D-Segment. And now – better late than never – Europe […]
Saab PhoeniX: Saab give good Concept
Saab has brought along a new concept to Geneva – the Saab PhoeniX – which points the way to the new Saab 9-3 Saab always did do good concepts. And they’ve delved in to their past for a bit of inspiration for the Saab PhoeniX Concept. Even if that history was only five years ago, […]
Land Rover Range_e: Walks on water. Apparently.
Land Rover reveals the Range Rover Sport-based Range_e plug-in hybrid, said to do 85mpg and emit 89g/km. Yeah, right. What can you do when you’re a resurgent maker of high-end off-roaders in an age when the world expects nothing but fresh air to come from exhaust pipes? Simple – you play the hybrid game. Unlike […]
Gumpert Tornante: Gumpert get a looker
Gumpert has brought along the Gumpert Tornante by TOURING to Geneva, a vast cosmetic improvement on the Apollo but still with real fire-power. We’d long believed that ‘Good looking Gumpert’ was destined to be an oxymoron for ever more. But we were wrong. Because the Gumpert Tornante by TOURING is a good-looking Gumpert, in a butch, don’t-mess-with-me […]
Nissan ESFLOW: Great toy – won’t happen
Nissan reveals the electric Nissan ESFLOW at Geneva, and it looks like great fun as a B-Road blatter. But it’ll never be built You all know we’re not overly impressed with the way makers of electric cars pitch their products. ‘They’ll save the planet’ they say. ‘The future of personal transport’ they cry. ‘Better and […]
Aston Martin Virage: Best to think of it as the DB9 ‘Ghia’
Aston Martin has revealed the Aston Martin Virage and Aston Martin Virage Volante on the floor at Geneva. Or the DB9 Ghia, as we’ve decided to call it. No, we didn’t know there was a yawning gap in price and performance between the Aston Martin DB9 and the Aston Martin DBS, crying out to be […]
De Tomaso Deauville: The De Tomaso formerly known as SLC. And SLS
De Tomaso has named the De Tomaso SLC/SLS, it’s new crossover/SUV, the De Tomaso Deauville. A name last used for an XJ-style saloon. So the De Tomaso formerly known as the De Tomaso SLC, and then dubbed the De Tomaso SLS by its octegenarion saviour now has a proper De Tomaso-style name – the De […]