It’s reported that Land Rover will be taking a revised version of the new Land Rover Concept – the Land Rover DC100 – to the Los Angeles Motor Show. We had the first view of the new Land Rover Defender – the Land Rover DC100 Concept – at the Frankfurt Motor Show last month. And of its […]
New Honda CR-V: First new CR-V photos appear on Honda’s Japan site
The first photo of the new 2012 Honda CR-V in production-ready guise has appeared on Honda’s web site in Japan, almost a year before it arrives in the UK. We first got a proper look at the new Honda CR-V (the 2012 model) in concept form back in July, and at the time Honda told us that they were […]
Toyota FT-86: Now standard FT-86 leaks
We’ve had leaked pictures of the Toyota FT-86 with Modellista extras, but now we have what look like photos of the standard FT-86 leaking from a brochure in Japan. After what seems like years of waiting for Toyota’s sporty and ‘affordable’ sports car – the Toyota FT-86 – to arrive, information is coming thick and […]
New Mazda 6 (2013) previewed by Mazda Takeri Concept
Mazda are to reveal the Takeri Concept at the Tokyo Motor Show which previews the new Mazda 6, due in 2013. The Mazda Takeri Concept Mazda are going to debut at the Tokyo Motor Show next month is the first public step towards the new Mazda 6, and the second instalment of Mazda’s new SKY technology wrapped […]
New Ford Kuga (2012) to debut at Los Angeles Motor Show
Ford are to debut the Vertrek based production-ready new Ford Escape at the Los Angeles Motor Show in November, which will be the new Ford Kuga when it arrives in Europe. Yes, strictly speaking the debut of the new Ford Kuga at the Los Angeles Motor Show in November is actually for the 2013 Ford Escape. […]
Frankfurt 2011:Rimac Concept One – an Electric Supercar
23 year-old Croatian Mate Rimac has created the Rimac Concept One, a 1073bhp electric supercar with a 375 mile range and 2.8 second 0-60mph. Our antipathy towards electric cars – and the seeming futility of pursuing a technology that has made little progress in a century – is well known. But we do see electric cars as a […]
Frankfurt 2011: VW Nils EV Go-Kart Video
Volkswagen has revealed the VW Nils, a small electric ‘go-kart’ designed for use by commuters in urban environments. There have been quite a few of these very small, go-kart-style urban commuter cars cropping up of late, but perhaps the Volkswagen Nils is the most promising. The most promising because if – and it’s a very big if – […]
Frankfurt 2011: 2012 Subaru XV gets unveiled
After months of teasing – despite a concept at Shanghai – the 2012 Subaru XV Crossover is launched at Frankfurt 2011. We did moan – which we have been known to, from time to time – about the tease for the launch of the 2012 Subaru XV at Frankfurt. We moaned because we couldn’t see the point. […]
Frankfurt 2011: New Vauxhall Astra GTC (2012) debut
The Vauxhall Astra GTC finally make its production début at Frankfurt, 12 months after its arrival as a concept and 3 months from the reveal. The Vauxhall Astra GTC (and its European equivalent Opel GTC) finally gets to go on public view at Frankfurt this week, a year after it arrived as a concept at […]
Frankfurt 2011: New Lexus GS 450h (2012) arrives
The hybrid version of the new GS debuts at Frankfurt, with the reveal of the 2012 Lexus GS 450h, promising better dynamics and improved economy. As we said last month – when the 2012 Lexus GS debuted at Pebble Beach – our favourite Lexus looks to offer quite a bit more than the old GS. […]