Better Place – pioneers of battery swap technology for electric cars – have opened a visitor centre in Israel to demonstrate their system and its progress. Last October we wrote about a start-up company in Israel – Better Place – that had a new way forward for electric cars by taking the purchase of battery […]
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Toyota Prius Recall – 8,500 UK cars affected
Toyota has issued a recall for the Toyota Prius to rectify software problems causing braking problems on the 3rd generation Prius. Last week we asked if the Toyota Prius would be the next Toyota to be recalled, after reports that the software on the Prius was causing problems with the brake systems on slippery surfaces. The next […]
Nissan Juke – revealed on Wednesday
Nissan has announced that it will be revealing details and photos of the sub-Qashqai Nissan Juke Crossover on Wednesday, ahead of the public reveal at the Geneva Motor Show in March. Nissan revealed at the beginning of January that the Qazana Concept from Geneva ’09 was finally going to see the light of day as a sub-Qashqai Crossover […]
New Jaguar XJ – Class-leading residuals
EurotaxGlass’s – publishers of Glass’s Guide – have revealed the residual values set for the new Jaguar XJ are better than those of the equivalent Mercedes or Audi. The new Jaguar XJ is getting very close to hitting customers’ driveways and the road. The first customer cars – and press cars, for that matter – are much […]
Honda CR-Z – Euro debut at Geneva
Honda are bringing the Euro production-ready version of the CR-Z – a ‘Sporty’ Hybrid – to the Geneva Motor Show next month. Honda are attempting to make the hybrid car ‘Sporty’ with the Honda CR-Z. First seen at the Tokyo Motor Show last year and in US production form at Detroit last month, Europe gets […]
Porsche 911 Turbo S (2010) revealed +video
Porsche has revealed the 2010/2011 Porsche 911 Turbo S, with an extra 30bhp and a host of extras as standard. Price start at £123,623 and goes on sale May 2010. Porsche has a habit of sticking the ‘S’ badge on the back of its Turbo cars as a Special Edition or run-out model. It did […]
Lamborghini Reventon Roadster – the £13k replica +video
Super Replicas is offering five Lamborghini Reventon Roadster Replicas at a starting price of $20k. With the worst sales pitch in history. The Lamborghini Reventon Roadster is an astonishingly rare car. Just 15 are likely to be made and each will cost you the wrong side of £1,000,000. But there is an alternative. The even […]
Subaru Impreza XV crossover at Geneva
Subaru are to launch the Impreza XV at the Geneva Motor Show. An Impreza Crossover with a choice of petrol or diesel 2.0 litre Boxer engines. This is a bit of an odd one. Really. We’re starting to wonder if Subaru really know what they’re aiming at. Maybe they’re doing what Mitsubishi are and trying to redirect […]
BMW X5 (2010 / 2011) – UK prices, details +video
We have details and specifications for the 2010/2011 BMW X5 including UK prices, photo gallery and video. Launches at Geneva Motor Show – on sale June 2010 Yesterday we reported on the first details of the 2010 / 2011 BMW X5. We knew the official information was due to come out today, but the first set of images had turned up […]
Pagani C9 mule spied
Ahead of the launch of the new Pagani C9 in the Autumn, the C9 has been spotted hot weather testing in South Africa. A couple of weeks ago we reported that Horacio Pagani had been talking about the new Pagani C9 to the Argentinian press. The C9, in case you didn’t know, is Pagani’s replacement […]