Bernie Ecclestone has announced the return of the US F1 Grand Prix – at a purpose-built track in Austin, Texas. The Americans have never really fallen in love with Formula One in the way the rest of the world – and particularly the Europeans – have. They have plenty of race series of their own, […]
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Peugeot 3008 – new 163 HDi auto launches
Peugeot UK has announced that the Peugeot 3008 HDi 163 – complete with a 2 mode auto box – is now available in the UK from £21,395. There’s absolutely nothing wrong with the Peugeot 3008 as far as we can see. It’s a very convincing crossover from Peugeot and has performed strongly since its release six months […]
Renault Megane CC (Coupe Cabriolet): UK Press Release
RENAULT ANNOUNCES NEW MEGANE COUPE-CABRIOLET UK PRICING AND SPECIFICATION New Mégane Coupé-Cabriolet range available to order 4th June prior to showroom launch on 9thJuly, priced from £21,595 on-the-road High core specification level includes: 17” alloys, Bluetooth, panoramic electric glass folding roof, fixed glass wind deflector, hands free keycard and fully integrated Carminat TomTom satellite navigation […]
Renault Megane CC (Coupe Cabriolet): UK price & details
Renault has released UK details on the Megane CC, which starts at £21,595 for the 1.4 TCe 130 Dynamique TomTom As it usually does now on car launches, the launch of the Renault Megane CC started with a tease before moving on to a full reveal in February prior to the public debut at the […]
VW take control at Italdesign Giugiaro through Lamborghini.
It’s now official – Volkswagen has taken a 90.1% stake in Giugiaro Italdesign through Lamborghini S.p.A. Perhaps it makes sense politically for an Italian company to takeover another, but the outcome is the same – VW has taken a majority stake in Italdesign Giugiaro – 90.1% – through its Italian subsidiary Lamborghini Holdings S.p.A. Just as we […]
Lamborghini Murcielago – recall for fire risk
Lamborghini are recalling 2007-2008 Murcielagos to fit new fuel tanks. A faulty weld on a fuel pump can cause a leak and subsequent fire. We don’t do the whole ‘Wrecked Exotic’ here on Cars UK. There’s something a bit unedifying about publishing pictures of the misfortunes of others, be they accidents or fires. Seems a bit ghoulish […]
Subaru Cosworth Impreza STI CS400 – Revealed
The Subaru Cosworth Impreza STI CS400 has now been revealed, offering 395bhp, 0-60mph in 3.5 seconds for just less than £50k. Just 75 being built. Yes, the Cosworth Impreza STI CS400 did get revealed here back in March, but although we got all the goodies on what was on offer we didn’t get any pictures […]
Buick Regal GS gets green light
The range-topping Buick Regal GS – the US Insignia VXR – gets a green light for production once the Regal starts being built in North America instead of Germany. As we said when GM revealed the Buick Regal GS as a concept at the Detroit Motor Show “Concept? Believe that and you’ll believe anything”. And so it […]
BMW 320d EfficientDynamics – The Eco drive
Hacks Tom Ford & Gavin Conway have achieved distances of more than 1,000 miles on a single tank of fuel in a BMW 320d EfficientDynamics & a VW Passat BlueMotion 1.6 TDI As you may have noticed, Fifth Gear on the telly has been given a reprieve, and is due back on our screens with a more […]
Audi A1: the marketing blitz falls flat – & rolls over
Audi are getting in a bit of a mess with the A1 marketing, with some dire Justin Timberlake videos and an A1 ending upside down. The Audi A1 should be a breeze for Audi. They’re perceived as makers of premium cars and the A1 looks to offer everything buyers expect in an Audi, but in […]