We have spy shots of what appears to be a new top of the range BMW 1-Series. The 135tii or M! or 1-Series M or 135i CSL or 135is. Anything but M1. We’ve had endless speculation that BMW are to produce an ‘M’ car for their baby 1-Series range. An argument for which is very strong. After all, if you can […]
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Volvo S60 (2010) UK Price and Model detail
Volvo has released UK prices and model details for the 2010 S60, starting at £23,295 and rising to £36,745. First customer cars delivered in August. Volvo has managed to drag the launch of the new S60 out over most of the last eighteen months, from the first teaser pictures of the S60 at the back end of […]
Volvo S60 UK prices & Specifications press release
PRICES AND SPECIFICATIONS ANNOUNCED FOR THE ALL-NEW VOLVO S60 All-new Volvo S60 starts from £23,295 OTR (D3 ES) Three luxury specification levels – ES, SE and SE Lux Ground-breaking Pedestrian Detection technology including ACC with Distance Alert, Queue Assist and Collision Warning with Full Auto Brake available as an option Arriving in UK dealer showrooms […]
MINI E takes on the Nurburgring +video
BMW has taken a lightened MINI E for a blat round the Nurburgring and returned a time of 9m 51.45s and a top speed of 116mph. Roll out the dancing girls. I know, you’re rather more used to us bringing you video of something like the Nissan GT-R tackling the Nurburgring and aiming to clock […]
BMW 1 Series – One Million built
BMW has delivered the 1 millionth BMW 1-Series – a BMW 118d – to a customer at the Leipzig Motor Show this week. That new BMW. You know, the little one that’ll never sell. The one BMW plans on mopping up sales to wannabe 3 Series owner with? Well it’s not new any more. In fact it’s […]
Ford S-Max & Ford Galaxy (2010) get Blind Spot Monitor
Ford is introducing Blind Spot Monitoring as an option on the 2010 Galaxy and S-Max. It will also be offered on the 2011 Focus and C-Max. Toys. Toys on cars in particular. You’ve got to love ’em. We get more toys to play with on cars with every model revamp. Cars are so clever now it’s not going to be […]
Bentley sales improving – buyers are back
Bentley CEO Franz-Josef Paefgen feels that the sales dip at Bentley is over and that buyers are starting to return to the showroom. The world recession in the motor industry has affected Bentley badly. Very badly. Their sales have dropped to half what they were at the peak a couple of years ago (down to 5,000 cars […]
Englon TXN from Geely. The new London Taxi? No Chance.
Geely is to market the Englon TXN, which is being touted as a replacement for the London Black Taxi. Extremely unlikely. A couple of weeks ago we regaled you with the sorry story of the London Cab falling in to Chinese hands. It wasn’t the most shocking story considering how feeble the London Cab has become in […]
MINI John Cooper Works World Championship 50 – US bound
The MINI John Cooper Works World Championship 50 – aka MINI JCW WC50 – is heading to the States, with just 50 units crossing the Pond to sell for over $40k. The MINI John Cooper Works World Championship 50 – possibly the longest name yet to adorn a MINI special Edition – was launched last […]
Bugatti Veyron ‘A Piece of Junk’ – Ron Dennis
Ron Dennis has said in an interview that he considers the Bugatti Veyron a ‘Piece of Junk’ and ‘Ugly as a Pig’. Harsh words. Is he right? No one can argue with the passion that Ron Dennis – CEO of McLaren Automotive – has for the cars McLaren builds and for cars in general. Equally, […]