[nggallery id=2102 template=customlinks] 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 […]
Volvo reveals the ultimate chauffeur-spec XC90 with Lounge Console Concept
[nggallery id=2101 template=customlinks] 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 – […]
The most affordable McLaren yet – £126k McLaren 540C launches
[nggallery id=2100 template=customlinks] 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. […]
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.
[nggallery id=2097 template=customlinks] 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 […]
Peugeot 308 R HYbrid is a bonkers 493bhp 308 – 0-62mph in 4 seconds
[nggallery id=2096 template=customlinks] 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 […]
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. [nggallery id=2094 template=customlinks] 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 […]
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. [nggallery id=2092 template=customlinks] 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 […]
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 […]