We’ve spent a week with Peugeot’s small family car – the Peugeot 308 S HDi 90 – to road test and review. As good as the Focus and Golf? We’ll find out. So you want a small family car? Something the industry would call a C-Segment car. Something like a VW Golf or a Ford Focus or […]
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Lexus LFA Hybrid in the works?
Lexus look as if they are testing a hybrid version of the Lexus LFA hypercar after spy shots of a camouflaged LFA have surfaced There’s us thinking that the Lexus LFA was a shining beacon of non-hybrid sense in a sea of otherwise total hybrid obsession at Lexus. But even the LFA looks like it […]
Silverstone unveils new F1 Circuit
Silverestone and the BRDC officially launched the new Silverstone F1 Grand Prix Circuit this week ahead of the British Grand Prix in July Bernie will be pleased It’s been a bit of a saga for Silverstone and the BRDC of late, with a backwards and forwards ‘will-they, won’t-they’ get to host the British Grand Prix […]
BMW X4 on the cards
It’s being reported that BMW are considering producing a smaller version of the X6 – the BMW X4 – based on the new X3 due later this year When BMW first launched the X5 more than a decade ago many thought it was a step in a very strange direction for the self-styled makers of the ‘Ultimate Driving Machine’. But […]
Fiat 500 Thousandth – the first ‘Collective Car’
Fiat are building a one-off Fiat 500 covered in owners’ photos to celebrate the 500 thousandth Fiat 500. The Fiat 500 seems like it’s been around forever. Which of course it almost has if you count its original iteration. But even the modern Fiat 500 seems to be such a familiar part of the motoring landscape that it’s […]
GM repays Government loans – sort of
GM have repaid their Government loans five years early – and made a big deal of the fact. But is the repayment for real, or smoke and mirrors? We can’t deny that GM are making a pretty good job of rising Phoenix-like from the ashes of their effective bankruptcy. A new focus on cars that […]
Jaguar’s big turn out for 2010 Mille Miglia
Jaguar has a total of 27 cars entered in this year’s Mille Miglia – including 6 works Jaguars – which takes place in Northern Italy next week. The Mille Miglia – literally 1,000 miles – was a car race that took place in Italy between 1927 and 1957 for unmodified production cars, but ended in tragedy when a Ferrari crashed […]
Spyker signs deal to sell in China
Spyker has signed a deal with Chinese luxury car importers China Automobile Trading Company to sell Spykers quirky Supercars in China. If you’ve been living hermit-like in a cave for the last few years you may be wondering why Spyker would even try to sell cars in the People’s Republic. On the other hand, if […]
Ferrari deny subliminal Marlboro advertising
It’s being claimed that the livery on Ferrari’s F1 cars and drivers overalls is subliminal advertising for Marlboro. In the Nanny-State world in which we live sport is no longer allowed to take advantage of the bulging coffers of tobacco companies to boost their bottom line through advertising. At least in Europe. Which means that sport is […]
Alfa Romeo Giulietta – UK prices and models
Alfa Romeo has released details of UK models and prices for the Alfa Giulietta. Prices start at £16,995 and the Giulietta goes on sale this summer. Its little brother – the Alfa Romeo MiTo – started the ball rolling. For the first time in my lifetime an Alfa Romeo – albeit a little one – was not just reliable, but it was […]