Toyota are to take the Toyota EV Prototype to Geneva, a Toyota iQ-based city car with the electric bits from the Prius Plug-in. It’s well-known we hold no truck with the motor industry trying to portray the electric car as a replacement for the ICE car. It’s palpable nonsense. But a compact electric car with a short city range […]
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Infiniti Etherea Concept at Geneva
Infiniti has revealed the first photos of its compact concept due at the Geneva Motor Show, and given it a name – the Infiniti Etherea Last week we had one of Infiniti’s Rolf Harris doodles come in to tease an entry-level Infiniti Concept scheduled to make an appearance at Geneva. This week, with two weeks to go […]
Chrysler Ypsilon revealed
Lancia reveals the new Ypsilon, an upmarket supermini which will come to the UK later in 2011 as the Chrysler Ypsilon. We only reported the other day that Lancia are coming back to the UK with a Chrysler-badged Ypsilon. And it’s probably a little disingenuous to say that the Chrysler Ypsilon has been revealed. It hasn’t. […]
McLaren MP4-12C Performance Press Release
McLaren Automotive and the groundbreaking new MP4-12C: the vision McLaren MP4-12C high-performance sports car on sale worldwide in 2011 McLaren Racing DNA runs through the development of the 12C and a range of future high-performance sports cars from McLaren Automotive New McLaren Production Centre due for spring completion A new short film presenting the McLaren […]
McLaren MP4-12C: Now it’s the performance photos & video
After last night’s performance data from McLaren, this morning we have performance photos and performance video on the McLaren MP4-12C We should probably call today ‘McLaren Day’, not Valentine’s Day. For today is the day we get every last morsel of detail on McLaren’s first new car in almost twenty years – the McLaren MP4-12C. Keen readers […]
Porsche Panamera: Long Wheelbase planned
Porsche are to introduce a long wheelbase Panamera – the Porsche Panamera LWB – stretched by five inches to give more rear room and bigger rear doors. Now Porsche is just a Volkswagen company, it has to look to yield value across its range. It also has to contribute to keeping emissions in check across its […]
McLaren MP4-12C: Performance & technical specs
McLaren has revealed performance figures for the McLaren MP4-12C. It will hit 62mph in 3.3 seconds, 205 mph, 592 bhp and 443lb/ft of torque The roll-out of the McLaren MP4-12C has been extensive. And drawn -out. But, in the age of the Interweb, that’s the name of the game. We – the online media – […]
Jaguar XF Facelift & Jaguar XFR Exclusive at Geneva
Jaguar are taking the 2012 Jaguar XF Facelift to Geneva, together with a Limited Edition S/C model – the Jaguar XFR Exclusive. In the last couple of days we’ve had a few conversations about Jaguar’s XF with contacts who should know what they’re talking about. We’ve also had the photo you see above sent to us, and we’re told it’s […]
Porsche Panamera Hybrid: Geneva Reveal
Porsche will reveal the Porsche Panamera Hybrid at Geneva together with the Porsche 918 RSR Hybrid, 911 Black Edition, Cayman R and Bosxter S Black Edition. We’ve got to say, the news that the Porsche Panamera Hybrid (strictly speaking, the Porsche Panamera S Hybrid) is going to debut at the Geneva Motor Show in a […]
Top Gear: Pagani Zonda R, cheap convertibles, Eddie Irvine & Simon Pegg – & McLaren MP4-12C?
Tonight’s Top Gear -Series 16, episode 4 – sees the boys in cheap convertibles, the Zonda R, Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Eddie Irvine – and maybe the McLaren MP4-12C Doesn’t time fly when you’re having fun? Here we are – not even at the middle of February – and we’re already more than halfway through […]