Volkswagen has revealed the C Coupe GTE at the Shanghai Motor Show, a large four-door coupe concept previewing the future of VW’s sporty saloons. The Chinese market is a big deal for VW, so you’e expect them to deliver something significant and interesting at the Shanghai Motor Show, which they have with the C Coupe GTE […]
Volvo reveals the ultimate chauffeur-spec XC90 with Lounge Console Concept
Volvo has revealed the Lounge Console Concept at the Shanghai Motor Show featuring everything the pampered chauffeur-driven executive could need in an XC90. Volvo’s new XC90 signalled the real start of the ‘New’ Volvo, with new engines, new platforms and a new drive to challenge the German Premium marques wherever they can – but on their […]
The most affordable McLaren yet – £126k McLaren 540C launches
McLaren’s most affordable car ever – the McLaren 540C – has been revealed at the 2015 Shanghai Motor Show and will cost from £126,000 in the UK. McLaren’s new Sports Series cars are the ‘affordable’ face of McLaren (although in McLaren’s case, affordable is relative), with the recently revealed 570S costing from £143,250. But now entry […]
Volvo adds third plug-in hybrid model – the S60L T6 Twin Engine – but only for China
A third plug-in hybrid model has been revealed by Volvo, with a plug-in, twin engine version of the China-only S60L debuting in Shanghai ahead of going on sale. Volvo are determined to offer as many plug-in hybrid versions of their cars as they can roll out, and the latest is this, the Volvo S60L T6 […]
Audi Prologue Allroad Concept gets 724bhp and previews Audi’s future. Again.
Audi is delivering another Prologue Concept at the Shanghai Motor Show in the form of the Prologue Allroad Concept featuring a 724bhp hybrid powertrain. Audi’s Prologue Concept outings so far include the ‘regular’ and the ‘estate’ take on Audi’s design future, and now we’re to be treated to the ‘not-quite-an-SUV-but-Rufty-Tufty-anyway’ take on Audi’s future with […]
Peugeot 308 R HYbrid is a bonkers 493bhp 308 – 0-62mph in 4 seconds
Peugeot has revealed the 308 R HYbrid Concept – which will debut at the Shanghai Motor Show – featuring a hybrid powertrain with 493bhp and 0-62mph in 4 seconds. Peugeot has been trailing a range-topping ‘R’ version of the 308 for a while, with the 308 R Concept from Frankfurt in 2013 looking like it […]
Volvo XC90 Excellence is the ultimate luxury XC90 – but NOT for the UK
The Volvo XC90 Excellence – revealed ahead of a debut at the 2015 Shanghai Motor Show – is the ultimate luxury XC90. But the UK isn’t getting it. If Land Rover can do it with the Range Rover SVAutobioghraphy, Volvo can do it with the new XC90 Excellence, an ultra-luxury take on the new XC90, […]
Citroen Aircross Concept – it’s a Cactus-inspired compact SUV
A new Citroen Aircross Concept is revealed for the 2015 Shanghai Motor Show, taking the Citroen Cactus’s styling and applying it to a compact SUV. A Citroen Aircross isn’t exactly new – we had a C3 Picasso-based one in 2010 and a C4 Aircross in 2011 – but Citroen has rolled out the Aircross moniker once […]
Shanghai Motor Show considers banning the ‘Breast Show’
The Shanghai Motor Show organisers are contemplating banning scantily-clad models from parading at this year’s show in April. Back in 2012, Chinese authorities reprimanded the organisers of the Beijing Motor Show for allowing scantly-dressed models to parade their assets alongside the new cars on display. The Beijing Capital Ethics Development Office had declared that the revealing clothing the […]