Audi are equipping the 2010 / 2011 Audi A8 with its own Wi-Fi hotspot, using a Bluetooth phone to create a WLAN. We’re hoping it won’t be too long before the world becomes one giant wi-fi hotspot, although broadband providers will probably have something to say about that if every town installs a wi-fi network covering their entire area. You can […]
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New Jeep Grand Cherokee (2011): Details, photos & video
Jeep have released pictures, video and some detail on the 2011 Grand Cherokee. I don’t know why, but I always thought the Grand Cherokee an appealing SUV. It was soft and soggy in typical Yank-Tank way, and its interior trim owed more to the art of plastic than trees, but it had an appeal. More […]
BMW Alpina B3 S Bi-Turbo launches
The Alpina B3 S Bi-Turbo, sporting 395bhp and offering 29mpg – and starting at £49,250 – arrives in the UK in July. Actually, the 2010 Alpina B3 S Bi-Turbo launched at the Geneva Motor Show a couple of months back, but in amongst all the glitz, glamour and endless launches we don’t seemed to have […]
Vauxhall Corsa Black & White Limited Edition launches
Vauxhall have launched a VXR-look Corsa Limited Edition – the Vauxhall Corsa Black & White. No more go, but more toys and a bodykit. Starts at £13,995. We know that Limited Edition cars shift metal in quiet times. What other reason could there be for manufacturers seemingly giving away options on a Limited Edition car? So if […]
Freelander 2 hits 200,000
Land Rover are celebrating the production of the 200,000th Freelander 2 at Halewood, just three years after production started. The original Freelander was, for a car that was pretty much cobbled together from the Rover parts bin, a remarkable success. Sadly, it wasn’t a remarkable car, particularly with the K Series engine many Freelanders had succumbing to […]
Lewis Hamilton charged by the Australian ‘elf ‘n’ safety Police
Lewis Hamilton has been charged by Melbourne Police with ‘intentionally losing control of a vehicle’. Shouldn’t take much to prove he WAS in control. There are times when our Antipodean cousins would love to deny that they are of the same stock as we. But the ‘Nanny-State’ culture that has enveloped Australia in the last […]
Goodwood Festival of Speed 2010: The Star Drivers
It’s starting to get close to one of the major motoring events in the UK calendar – the Goodwood Festival of Speed – which runs this year from July 2nd to July 4th. So more news. We’ve had a number of teases in the last few months for the Goodwood Festival of Speed, including the […]
New Infiniti teased. Infiniti M Coupe? Nope
Infiniti are teasing two new cars ahead of a Pebble reveal in August. One is mainstream, one is performance. Neither is an Infiniti M Coupe. Infiniti – Nissan’s luxury lot who are struggling to get a foothold in the UK and Europe – like the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance. They launched the new Infiniti M there last […]
Cadillac CTS Coupe & CTS-V Coupe priced
Cadillac has price the appealing CTS-V Coupe for the US at $62,990. Which, if Cadillac are serious about Europe as a market – should see a sub £60k price here. The most appealing product to come out of Cadillac since… well, since ever – the Cadillac CTS-V Coupe has finally had a price put on […]
McLaren: The dealer network takes shape
McLaren has revealed that their dealer network is now taking shape and the new dealers will be announced at the Goodwood Festival of Speed. Most of what we’ve written about McLaren in the last month or two hasn’t been about the new McLaren – the McLaren MP4 12C – but about McLaren’s venerable hypercar the […]