Audi are planning on launching a limited run of the R8 e-tron quattro EV in 2012. We have video of the R8 e-tron cruising in California. Audi first revealed its electric car project at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September last year with the R8 e-tron, an electric car based on the R8 and featuring four electric motors creating […]
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BMW X1 – Made in China
With expanded capacity coming on line in China, BMW are to start production of the BMW X1 in Shenyang for the China market. We reported in November that BMW, together with its Chinese partner Brilliance, was planning a new factory in China to produce an extra 100,000 BMWs a year by 2012, and was looking to […]
F1 2010 – an enticing prospect
It hardly seems five minutes since Jenson Button tied up the 2009 F1 World Championship, and already we’re on the eve of the first F1 race weekend of 2010 in Bahrain. There have been accusations that Formula 1 has become boring; just a procession of cars going round in a circle many say. And at […]
Mercedes and BYD get cosy – new Electric Car (EV) brand for China
BYD and Mercedes are to jointly develop a new electric car for the Chinese market under a new, jointly owned brand. I wrote that headline and then thought ‘That looks awfully familiar’. So a quick look back shows that we ran a story in May 2009 with the headline ‘Volkswagen and BYD get cosy‘. Nice to be original. But it does […]
Uwe Gemballa – Interpol issue ‘Yellow Notice’
The ‘Hunt’ for Uwe Gemballa rumbles on with the issue of a ‘Yellow Notice’ by Interpol and a suggestion that Uwe may have left Germany to avoid tax issues. We’ve been tempted to revisit the saga that is the disappearance of Uwe Gemballa on a number of occasions in the last few weeks as titbits of information trickle in. […]
Pagani Zonda R – the Ultimate Video
We have a terrific video of the Pagani Zonda R, from creation to action on a rain sodden track. Well, ‘Ultimate Video’ may be slightly overstating the case, but it is a crackingly good video. As we said when we reported that Pagani were taking a Zonda Cinque Roadster to the Geneva Motor Show – […]
Roewe 350 to be revealed – is this the MG3?
Chinese car maker SAIC are expected to debut their latest car – the Roewe 350 – at the Beijing Motor Show in April. Will this be the MG3? As lovers of MG are only too well aware, their beloved ‘Morris Garages’ brand is now in the hands of the Chinese. Which is no doubt a […]
Kia Sportage (2010) – the Promo video
Kia has now started the marketing campaign for the 2010 Kia Sportage with a trendy CGI video of their new c-segment compact SUV / Crossover. You’ve got to hand it to the Koreans. They have certainly picked up the whole car making game in a way we haven’t seen since the Japanese got their act […]
Audi R8 range to grow – and improve
Audi are planning a V8 version of the R8 spyder which will come with Audi’s new seven-speed S-Tronic dual clutch. Also in the mix is an R8 V10 RS. Only last week we reported on the likelihood that there will soon be a V8 version of the Audi R8 Spyder. Which makes a whole lot of sense […]
Lamborghini sales drop by £180 Million
Lamborghini has revealed a loss of €35 million for 2009 on turnover down a massive €200 million on 2008. Just 1,515 cars were sold in 2009. This time last year supercar maker Lamborghini was reporting some very healthy figures for 2008, with a turnover of almost half a billion Euros from the sale of 2,480 […]