SEAT has had a play with the Exeo ahead of a a debut at Frankfurt with new nose, more efficient engines and new alloys. Our instinct is to call the changes to the 2012 SEAT Exeo – SEAT’s take on the Audi A4 – a 2012 facelift. But we decided there rally isn’t enough going on for […]
New Mercedes B-Class (2012) arrives
Mercedes-Benz has revealed the new B-Class ahead of its debut at the Frankfurt Motor Show. The Mercedes B-Class ‘Sports Tourer’ features new engines and new gearbox. It looks like we may have to hold our hands up and confess that we may have been mistaken about the 2012 Mercedes B-Class. On several fronts. Mercedes are calling the […]
New Bentley Continental GTC (2012) arrives too late for Summer
Bentley has revealed the 2012 Bentley Continental GTC ahead of a debut at Frankfurt 2011 in September. On sale before the end of the year. Bentley are busy updating their cars, a process which started with the new Bentley Mulsanne and carried on with the 2012 Continental GT this time last year. And now, just […]
Ferrari 458 Spider – now it’s official
Ferrari has revealed the Ferrari 458 Spider – complete with folding hard top – which will debut at Frankfurt before going on sale in 2012. We had our doubts when we ran the leaked photos of the new Ferrari 458 Spider at the weekend. We thought they could just be very good Photoshops. But with the […]
New Mercedes B-Class (2012) exterior photo leaks
We have the first exterior photo of the 2012 Mercedes B-Class. The new B-Class will debut at Frankfurt in September. We did wonder if Mercedes were trying to keep exterior photos of the 2012 Mercedes B-Class under wraps until it launches at Frankfurt next month. Not much chance of that now the first official exterior photo has leaked out. In case you’re wondering, the […]
Volkswagen up! (2012) arrives – traditionally.
Volkswagen has revealed the VW up! ahead of its debut at Frankfurt, but it’s a traditional FWD up!, not the Rear-Engined of the Concept up!. Volkswagen has been trailing the VW up! forever. Well, four years – since Frankfurt 2007. And now finally – ahead of Frankfurt 2012 – we get the production version of the 2012 […]
New Mercedes SLK 55 AMG (2012) blasts in
The new, range-stopping SLK – the Mercedes SLK 55 AMG – has been revealed ahead of Frankfurt 2011. On sale in the UK early 2012. Just last week we had the first diesel SLK arrive, promising a new era of fun and frugal Mercedes roadster goodness – but with an oil-burner. But now we’ve got the ‘Daddy’ SLK, the new […]
Kia 4-Door Concept heading to Frankfurt 2011
Kia is to unveil a 4-door Concept at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September, thought to be a RWD V8 based on the Hyundai Genesis. It really is remarkable, the pace of change at Kia. Once the butt of as many jokes as Skoda at the height of their ‘Skip-on-Wheels’ era, Kia is now a […]
New Porsche 911 (2012) leaks out
The first photos of the 2012 Porsche 911 have leaked out, more than a month before the 911 is due to debut at Frankfurt. You could argue, quite convincingly, that the first photos of the new Porsche 911 for 2012 are not exactly a big deal. And in some ways you’d be right. You’d be right because we’ve had endless spy shots of […]
Jaguar C-X16 ‘production concept’ car revealed ahead of Frankfurt
Jaguar has released a single sketch of the Jaguar C-X16 ‘production concept’ car ahead of a debut at Frankfurt – the Jaguar XE. We’ve been running stories on Jaguar’s spiritual successor to the E-Type – the Jaguar XE – for what seems like an eternity. Now, finally, the reality starts to catch up with the expectation with the […]