Volkswagen reveals the VW NMS – New Mid-Size Sedan – as a dumbed down and bloated VW Passat designed for the US market. Volkswagen has been trailing something called the VW NMS in the US. What is it? It’s the VW New Mid-Size Sedan. Which sounds about as exciting as the name. Its purpose is to replace the old, slow […]
2011 Detroit Motor Show (NAIAS) Preview
We take a look at what we can expect at the 2011 Detroit Auto Show / 2011 Detroit Motor Show / 2011 NAIAS The Detroit Motor Show 2011 is upon us, with the press days starting tomorrow – 10th January – and the show opening up to Joe Public on Saturday 15th January. Recent Detroit Motor Shows have […]
Ford Focus Electric debut
Ford has shown the Ford Focus Electric at the CES (Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Due to launch late 2011 in US and 2012 in Europe We expected Ford to debut the electric version of the new Focus at the Detroit Motor Show next week until they did the whole ‘Electric Focus Tease‘ thing […]
2011 Mercedes C-Class Coupe photo leak
The 2011 Mercedes C CLass Coupe has leaked out ahead of an official reveal at the Detroit Motor Show next week. It’s Motor Show time soon – in Detroit next week. I know, you’ve only just got over Christmas and New Year and the last thing you need when you’re trying to work out how […]
Hyundai Curb Concept at Detroit
Hyundai are taking a new, small crossover concept to the Detroit Motor Show – the Hyundai Curb Concept. Whatever your opinion about Hyundai – and Kia, for that matter – we’d bet that it’s changed in the last few years. From dismissing Hyundai as the Lada for our age, you’ve probably come to accept, as […]
Ferrari 612 Shooting Brake NOT the new 612
Ferrari are taking a four seat Shooting Brake to Geneva. Is it the replacement for the 612 Scaglietti or just a Shooting Brake version of the current car? Last week we ran a story about the replacement for Ferrari’s four-seat supercar, the Ferrari 612 Scaglietti. The basic premise was that Ferrari would be bringing the […]
2011 Lotus Exige at Geneva; 2012 Lotus Evora quality boost planned
Lotus are planning to update the Lotus Exige for 2011 and give the Lotus Evora a more upmarket cabin for the 2012 MY. With all the hype that surrounded the recent Lotus outing at the Paris Motor Show it would be quite easy to forget that Lotus already has a range of cars to sell. […]
2011 Hyundai Coupe – Hyundai Veloster – teased
Hyundai are teasing the replacement for the Hyundai Coupe – the Hyundai Veloster – ahead of its production-ready debut at the Detroit Motor Show. For all that Hyundai – and for that matter sister company Kia – have managed to become in the last few years, we need only look towards one car that signposted their potential – the Hyundai Coupe. […]
2011 Kia Picanto revealed
Kia has revealed the 2011 Kia Picanto, an all new car featuring the latest Kia design language and new engines. Will debut at Geneva and on sale by Easter 2011. There are plenty of cheap cars on the market. And then there’s the Kia Picanto. Which has nothing to greatly recommend it apart from the […]
New 2011 / 2012 Ferrari 612 is 4×4 Shooting Brake
It now seems clear that the next generation Ferrari 612 will arrive at Geneva 2011 and be a 4×4 Shooting Brake with 650bhp Last month we had an email in from Argentina pointing us towards spy shots published by Autoblog Argentina which seemed to be of an all wheel drive Ferrari 612. Which tied in […]