What look like shots of the 2011 Mercedes C-Class facelift have leaked out on to the Interweb. The current Mercedes C-Class is due a facelift in 2011 and we’re expecting the revamped Mercedes to put in its debut appearance at the Detroit Motor Show in January. But it looks like a bit of Mercedes’ thunder may have been stolen if […]
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Honda: Electric cars DO have a future
Honda boss Takanobu Ito has revealed that Honda now see a future for EV and hybrids, and will show a plug-in hybrid and an EV at the LA Motor Show. In some ways Honda has been the biggest naysayer of all the car makers when it comes to electric cars. Under the leadership of Takeo […]
Brazil Grand Prix (2010) RESULT
Not quite a Red Bull lock-out on the grid in Brazil, with Williams’ Nico Hulkenberg grabbing his first pole in front of the Red Bulls. But McLaren seem out of contention. Another Red Bull victory to come? No question, Interlagos 2010 was a Red Bull success story. Yes, they’ve made things more difficult for themselves […]
Millionth Range Rover presented to Jezza for Help for Heroes
Land Rover’s MD Phil Popham has presented the millionth Range Rover to Jeremy Clarkson to auction for the Help for Heroes Charity. It’s a very large number of Range Rovers, 1,000,000. Although you do have to remember that is a production number over a forty year period. Still, long time or not it’s a milestone […]
2011 VW Jetta R in the works
Volkswagen are planning a hot version of the 2011 Jetta – the VW Jetta R. We’ve only just got the reveal of the 2011 VW Jetta out of the way and we’re already hearing that VW are planning on adding to their range of proper R models by producing a Jetta R. Mind you, with the Golf […]
VW Up! to launch at Frankfurt 2011
Volkswagen has revealed that their small, 3-pot city car – the VW Up! – will launch at the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show. It seems like an awfully long time since Volkswagen announced to the world that it was going to make a small range of city cars to cope with modern eco-sensibilities and recession-motivated downsizing. In fact as long […]
Jenson Button escapes attempted car-jacking in Brazil
Jenson Button was the target of gun-wielding kidnappers as he was driven back to his hotel after qualifying in the Brazilian Grand Prix. Yesterday wasn’t really Jenson Button’s day. His low-key performance in qualifying for the Brazilian Grand Prix has probably put the last nail in the coffin of his desire to retain his F1 world champion […]
Audi Q7 Project by Project Kahn
Project Khan has announced they’ve given the Audi Q7 the Khan treatment to create the Audi Q7 Project. Having worked over the products of Land Rover in recent years to keep the orange inhabitants of Cheshire loftily mobile, Project Khan has now decided that Audi is deserving of its gifts and has set about ‘Khan-ising’ […]
Boris slashes electric car charging point plans
London Mayor Boris Johnson has cut funding to build electric car charging points in London by 65% Back in the Summer of 2009 Captain Boris announced to the Climate Change Conference in Seoul (how many carbon dioxides did it cost all the delegates to get there, I wonder) that he intended making London the electric car Capital […]
Kia Sportage Scottish Car of the Year
Time for another raft of motoring awards, this time the Scottish Car of the Year Awards judged by motoring experts from the Association of Scottish Motoring Writers (ASMW). It sounds from all accounts as if it was a jolly day out north of the border for PRs from across the motoring industry, all travelling to […]