Photos have emerged of what appears to be the baby Mercedes CLS – the 2012/2013 Mercedes BLS – on a production line in Hungary. There is no doubt that the 2011 Mercedes B-Class will arrive at Frankfurt next month. We’ve had a raft of details from Mercedes and even a set of interior photos of […]
2012 Mazda CX-5 at Frankfurt
Mazda’s all new compact SUV – the 2012 Mazda CX-5 – will debut at Frankfurt sporting Mazda’s SKYACTIV Technology. Mazda has been touting its SKYACTIV Technologies for some time now, and the new 2012 Mazda CX-5 – which Mazda will debut at Frankfurt next month – is the first Mazda to come endowed with a complete raft of SKYACTIV stuff. […]
2012 Lexus GS: UK to get GS 450h & GS 250 – but no diesel
Lexus has revealed that the 2012 GS will not just offer a hybrid powertrain but also a 2.5 litre V6. But there are no plans for a diesel. The more we learn about the 2012 Lexus GS the more appealing it becomes which, considering the current GS is the most appealing driver’s car in the […]
2012 Renault Twingo Facelift revealed
Renault has given its smallest car a facelift for 2012, which seems to comprise of mainly a new nose, to fill in until the all-new SMART-based Twingo arrives. The Renault Twingo is Renault’s smallest car, and not one we Brits have really taken to our hearts, at least not unless we need very basic hire car when in […]
Ken Block Goodwood Hooning 2011 +video
We have video of Ken Block at the 20122 Goodwood Festival of Speed, both hooning on track and blatting round the forest rally stage. We thought we’d covered all that the Goodwood Festival of Speed 2011 had to offer. But we were wrong. We’d forgotten Ken Block. We’d given you Claire charging up the hillclimb […]
2012 Mercedes SLK55 WILL get 5.5 litre V8
2012 Mercedes SLK55 will get the naturally aspirated version of Mercedes new 5.5 litre V8 with 416bhp, active exhaust and cylinder shut-off. You never really know until it’s officially announced, but we did expect the 2012 Mercedes SLK55 to get the new 5.5 litre V8. When Mercedes revealed the new SLK back in January, we knew there […]
Peugeot 508 RXH heading to Frankfurt
Peugeot has revealed the range-topping Peugeot 508 RXH, an Allroad-style, high-riding, 4WD, hybrid 508 Estate (SW) ahead of a launch at Frankfurt. We had spy photos of what looked like a rufty-tufty, Allroad-style Peugeot 508 Estate back in February, and here we are in July with all the bumph on the Peugeot 508 RXH landing […]
Renault FRENDZY Concept off to Frankfurt
Renault has created the FRENDZY Concept, a Kangoo-based EV with weekday and weekend personas. And sounds. Really. Nothing floats Renault’s boat quite as much as a pile of batteries attached to an electric motor. Unless it’s an off-the-wall concept heading for a motor show. Put the two together and you have a Renault designer’s wet dream. […]
McLaren MP4-12C GT3 (& MP4-12C) at Goodwood FoS +video
McLaren were big at the 2011 Goodwood Festival of Speed, with the debut of the McLaren MP4-12C GT3 on the hillclimb driven by Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton. We’ve covered just about every car that went up the hillclimb at this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed. We also managed to send Claire up the hillclimb […]
MINI JCW Roadster rides the ‘Ring
We have a spy photo of the MINI JCW Roadster pounding round the Nurburgring ahead of an imminent production model reveal – at Frankfurt or maybe sooner. Now we’ve got the MINI Coupe out in the open, with and without its swirly black and white camouflage, it must be close to MINI doing the same with the […]