Citroen has told Cars UK that only 36 Citroen C1s in the UK are affected by the sticky throttle issue. Yesterday we ran a story on the Toyota Recall spreading to affect Citroen and Peugeot, and commenting that we thought the number of cars in the UK that would be affected would be relatively small, […]
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Mazda MX-5 20th Anniversary Edition at Geneva
Mazda has announced that it is bringing the MX-5 20th Anniversary Edition to the Geneva Motor Show in March. The Mazda MX-5 20th Anniversary Edition is launching at the Geneva Motor Show in March. But if you come to Cars UK regularly you will now be asking yourself “Didn’t that get launched last year?” And […]
Ken Block Sn*Drift Fiesta Rally video
We have video of Ken Block in the Monster Ford Fiesta Rally car driving practice runs for the Rally America Sn*Drift event in Michigan. We’re big fans of Ken Block’s abilities here at Cars UK Towers. We’ve run a couple of Ken Block Videos before, including the Ken Block Gymkhana 2.1 video and the Ken Block on […]
Citroen C1 and Peugeot 107 hit by Toyota recall
Peugeot Citroen has become embroiled in the Toyota sticking throttle mess and are recalling Citroen C1s and Peugeot 107s. Update: We have heard from Citroen who tell us just 36 C1s in the UK are affected by the sticking accelerator problem. Update 2: We’ve now heard from Peugeot who say 6,000 Peugeot 107s in the […]
BMW Vision EfficientDynamics WILL be the new BMW M1 – probably
A BMW Executive has revealed that the VISION EfficientDynamics Concept from the Frankfurt Motor Show will ‘Probably’ go in to production – as the BMW M1. After BMW revealed the Vision EfficeintDynamics Concept at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September, the motoring press (Cars UK included) speculated on whether the Vison ED could become BMW’s […]
Honda Jazz / Honda Fit recall – faulty electric window switch
Honda is recalling almost 650,000 Honda Jazz / Honda fit models for faulty electric window switches which can cause a fire. 171,000 UK Honda Jazz affected. It’s not exactly on the scale of the Toyota recall for a sticking throttle, but nevertheless the announcement by Honda that they are recalling almost 650,000 (MY 2002-2008) Honda […]
Lamborghini LP650-4 Roadster – the paint job +video
One of the first owners of a Lamborghini LP650-4 Roadster has decided that the standard Grey and Orange paint job is not to his liking. So far we’ve only seen one Lamborghini LP650-4 Roadster in the wild. And that was one of Lamborghini’s own cars in the States. But that’s hardly surprising – they’re only […]
Toyota accelerator recall – explanation, advice +video
Following on from the recall announced by Toyota yesterday for sticking accelerator problems we have some advice and a video. Not surprisingly, we’ve had emails and comments left on Cars UK from owners of Toyotas worried about the ‘Sticky Throttle’ recall announced yesterday for Toyota cars in the UK and Europe, not to mention the […]
Alfa Romeo Pininfarina Concept at Geneva Motor Show
Pininfarina are to showcase a Concept at the Geneva Motor Show based on an Alfa Romeo to celebrate the anniversary of the two companies. The promise of upcoming goodies at the Geneva Motor Show are starting to come thick and fast as we get closer to the show (starts 2nd March). The latest news is […]
Toyota accelerator UK recall announced
Toyota has now announced the recall of UK versions of their cars with the sticky accelerator issue. They are contacting owners to arrange the modification. Yesterday we reported on the huge problem Toyota has had with faulty accelerator mechanisms on cars in the US, and the news that in addition to the 2.3 million cars […]