Ford are going to manage battery temperature in the electric Focus to improve range and battery longevity. Just like everyone else, Ford is working on battery electric vehicles. And in particular – certainly in the UK – they’re working on an Electric Ford Focus. Which for us is a daft way to go. Electric cars […]
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MINI Countryman UK Debut Press Release
NEW MINI COUNTRYMAN MAKES ITS UK DEBUT MINI will launch its latest and largest model, the MINI Countryman, to the UK market on September 18 2010. Countryman will be the fourth member of the MINI family following Hatch, Convertible and Clubman but the first to have four doors, seating for five adults and the first […]
MINI Countryman hits UK +Video
The MINI Countryman hits the UK this month, and MINI has marked that with Countryman Video, Photos and information specific to the UK. To be honest, if we were to cover every MINI as it hits the UK – in addition to reporting its initial reveal – since BMW revived the MINI badge we’d have a whole […]
SSC Ultimate Aero II (2011) – First Photos
We have the first photos of the SSC Ultimate Aero II, which hopes to take back the crown as world’s fastest production car in 2011 The car world may have been in melt down for the last year or three, but some things are beyond recession. Ultimate hypercars is one, and it seems there are […]
Gumpert back from the brink
Gumpert – makers of extreme road-going race cars – has been brought back from the financial brink with investment from Asia. There are some bonkers car manufacturers out there. But precious few make cars quite as bonkers as the Gumpert. Or, some would argue, quite as ugly. But not so ugly you don’t covet them After all, the Gumpert Apollo S […]
Renault Laguna Facelift (2011)
Renault has revealed tweaks to the Renault Laguna for 2011 with a revised nose and Euro 5 compliant engines. The 2011 Renault Laguna will debut at the Paris Motor Show. Just like yesterday with the Citroen C4 Picasso Facelift, this Renault Laguna Facelift is about having new product to show to the world at the […]
Chevrolet Cruze Hatchback – Paris debut
Chevrolet are showing the Chevrolet Cruze Hatchback at the Paris Motor Show before it goes in to production mid 2011. Chevrolet are trying hard in Europe. Last year we saw the launch of the Chevy Cruze in to Europe – before even the US got it – and we recently reported on the Chevrolet Orlando […]
Aston Martin Cygnet – now there’ll be an electric Cygnet too
Having already gone mad by Aston-ising a Toyota IQ, Aston Martin have lost the plot and are planning an electric Aston Martin Cygnet. When Aston Martin first revealed the re-badged Toyota iQ as the Aston Martin Cygnet we were quite enamoured by the idea. But only because Aston Martin inferred – no, they actually said […]
Citroen C4 Picasso & C4 Grand Picasso 2011 Facelift
Citroen has revealed a 2011 facelift for the C4 Picasso and the C4 Grand Picasso. But you’d be hard pushed to notice. As you can’t have failed to notice – even though it is still a month away – Europe’s second biggest motor show is looming – the Paris Motor Show 2010. And you’d have […]
Hyundai ix20 revealed
Hyundai has revealed a teaser sketch of their latest offering – the Hyundai ix20 – a sort of crossover come mini mpv. Will debut at Paris As is often the case, ‘revealed’ is perhaps too strong a word for what we have on Hyndai’s latest offering – the Hyundai ix20. One up from a tease […]