Toyota has taken a £35 million stake in Tesla and Tesla will be building their Model S at an empty Toyota plant in Fremont, California. Tesla has – despite only producing a Lotus with a million laptop batteries and an electric motor for three times the price of the actual Lotus – managed to win […]
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Infiniti EX30d UK details press release
INFINITI TORQUES UP ITS SECOND DIESEL New lower CO2 EX30d to cost from £35,975 Bespoke 235 bhp V6 diesel with class-leading 550Nm of torque Sound, refinement and response to rival best petrol engines Lavishly equipped new GT Premium model expected to be best seller Innovative Lane Departure Prevention (LDP) and Forward Collision Warning (FCW) part […]
Infiniti EX30d: UK price and details
Infiniti has now released details of the diesel engined EX – the Infiniti EX30d – which starts at £35,975 & rises to £41,220 for the range-topping Infiniti EX30d GT Premium. The start of the month saw Infiniti divvying up details of the diesel engined FX30d for the UK, and in the next step in giving their cars […]
Peugeot 308 GTi for Europe but not for UK – sort of
Peugeot has launched the 308 GTi as a Europe only model. The UK won’t get it because it’s not a real Peugeot GTi. Well there’s a headline that will need some explaining. But let’s start with the easy bit – Peugeot is launching the Peugeot 308 GTi in to the European market. Which is nice […]
Maybach Coupe – we warned you it was coming!
As we reported in March, there is to be a Limited Edition run of 100 Maybach Coupes. Could this be the swansong for Maybach? Mercedes have really tried hard to get the world to love its Playstation on wheels dressed up in its finest woods and leathers and given the moniker of a long dead […]
Land Rover Freelander 2 off road video
We have video of the Land Rover Freelander 2 going off-road showing how effective the Terrain Response and Hill Descent Controls are. We had the Land Rover Freelander 2 for a week recently and found it – as we do with all current Land Rover products – to be even better than you’d have thought. […]
VW Golf Match (2010) launches
Volkswagen is dropping the Golf SE and replacing it with the Golf Match which offers more equipment. Prices start at £17,730. At least the Volkswagen Golf Match makes sensible use of the pun, unlike the VW Touran Match we got last summer or the Tiguan Match that turned up a couple of weeks ago. And it looks […]
Audi Insurance – cheaper than BMW or Mercedes
Audi has issued data from the ABI proving that it costs less to insure an Audi than the equivalent BMW or Mercedes. Every edge helps, and no one knows that better than Audi. They’ve become masters at finding value where other car makers didn’t even see an opportunity, much less explore it. And their marketing […]
Lexus LS adds to Toyota’s recall woes – but only 40 UK cars affected.
Lexus are recalling a total of 11,500 Lexus LS 600h and Lexus LS 460 models to fix a problem with the Variable Gear Ratio Steering (VGRS). Just 40 UK cars affected. They say it never rains but it pours, but for Toyota 2010 has been a Monsoon season seemingly without respite. The massive ‘Throttlegate’ recall […]
Volkswagen to buy Giorgetto Giugiaro’s Italdesign?
It’s being reported that Volkswagen are planning to take a majority stake in Italian Design Studio Italdesign, owned by Giorgetto Giugiaro It’s probably a fair bet – or at least was and has been for some time – that Volkswagen would be in the frame to buy an motoring asset that comes on the market. […]