The Lotus City Car – a range-extender 1.2 litre 3-pot – will go on sale in 2013. At the Paris Motor Show back in September Lotus arrived with more ‘New’ cars than any other car maker – much to everyone’s amazement. There was everything from the mid-engined Lotus Esprit to the Rapide-challenging four-door supercar that […]
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Lexus RX 450h SE-L Review & Road Test (2010)
We have the Lexus RX 450h SE-L in for a week for review and road test. Is it just a bland Japanese SUV, a sop to climate change – or something else altogether? There was a time when 4x4s or SUVs or whatever you want to call them were rather utilitarian. Some would argue it […]
Lexus RX 450h SE-L Review & Road Test (2010) Part 2
Part 2 of our review and road test of the Lexus RX 450h SE-L. Does the RX’s hybrid drivetrain allow the RX 450h to perform like a proper SUV? Until January owners of the RX450h can drive through the London Congestion Zone free of charge. But Boris has put the kibosh on that, and from […]
McLaren MP4-12C GT3 confirmed
McLaren has revealed they are going racing with their new road car – the McLaren MP4-12c – and are planning a GT3 version for 2012. We have been expecting McLaren to confirm that they are going racing with the McLaren MP4-12C. It would be unthinkable for McLaren not to take their new baby to the […]
BMW Vision EfficientDynamics Supercar priced
Ian Robertson, BMW Sales and Marketing Director, revealed at the lainch of the 1 Series M Coupe that the BMW Vision EfficientDynamics Supercar will cost less than £150,000. Just like every car maker on the planet BMW is working on hybrids. So far they’ve been sensible and have used hybrid powertrains to do what they […]
2011 Toyota Yaris T Spirit & Yaris SR revealed
Toyota are adding two new models at the top of the Yaris range – the Toyota Yaris T Spirit and Toyota Yaris SR. On sale January 2011. The Toyota Yaris isn’t the coolest supermini on the block, but it does have a certain appeal and the benefit of being a proper ‘mini’ car – perfect […]
2011 BMW X3 M Sports Package: Official
BMW officially introduces the M Sports Package for the new BMW X3 for 2011. Goes on sale Spring 2011 BMW has taken the wraps off a bit of butchness for the 2011 BMW X3 with the reveal of the M Sports Package. Which won’t surprise regular readers much as we reported on the 2011 BMW […]
Jaguar C-X75 at Berkeley Boutique +video
Jaguar are showcasing the Jaguar C-X75 Supercar Hybrid at the Berkeley Boutique in Knightsbridge until the end of the year. It’s easy to get a bit carried away when writing a headline. Perhaps not to the degree of xenophobic alliteration so beloved of our red-tops, but carried away with the moment nonetheless. But the range of headlines surrounding the […]
2011 BMW 1 Series Facelift
BMW has cosmetically tweaked the 1 Series Coupe and Convertible for 2011 / 2012 and fitted the N55 lump to the 135i. To be entirely accurate, the 2011 BMW 1 Series Facelift isn’t across the board – at least not yet. What we are getting – at the Detroit Motor Show next month – is […]
2011 Ford Focus Price revealed
Ford has revealed that the 2011 Ford Focus will start at £15,995 for the entry-level 1.6 litre petrol Edge trim level. We’ve had lots of news on the 2011 Ford Focus this year, from the initial reveal of the 2011 Focus at Detroit in January to the preview of the new Focus ST at Frankfurt […]