The new Toyota Prius has been awarded the Top Gear City Car of the Year award. I’m not too sure how much input the Top Gear boys – Messrs Clarkson, Hammond and May – have in the judging of the Top Gear Awards. But we would have to guess precious little judging by the announcement that the Toyota Prius […]
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Nissan Qashqai 2010 Press Release
NISSAN QASHQAI CROSSOVER UPDATED FOR 2010 * New front-end design for British built Qashqai and Qashqai+2 * LED rear lights and two new colours add to 2010 makeover * Added refinement across the range * New Pure Drive version with 129g/km CO2 emissions * Qashqai available from £15,395 Built in Britain and better than ever […]
Hyundai i30 2010 revealed
Hyundai has announced an update for the i30 for 2010, including new models, lower emissions and more equipment. Hyundai’s cars get more competent and more appealing with every passing launch. We’ll soon see the Hyundai ix35 launched in the UK, followed soon after by the Hyundai i40 /Sonata. But Hyundai isn’t ignoring its existing models, […]
Nissan Qashqai 2010 – First photos UPDATE: Models and Prices
Nissan has now released photos of the 2010 Qashqai facelift with a new nose, LED lights and improved interior. Updated at the bottom with full Price and model detail for 2010. Last month we revealed that the 2010 facelift for the Nissan Qashqai was actually running ahead of the original plan, and instead of a […]
VW Beetle Final Edition (2010) at LA
Volkswagen has revealed a Beetle Final Edition at the LA Auto Show – featuring Aquarius Blue paint jobs and special alloys – as a Convertible or Coupe. There is really only one place that holds a torch for the Volkswagen Beetle, and that’s the USA. So it’s entirely appropriate the VW chose the LA Motor […]
Honda P-NUT Concept at LA
Honda has revelead the Personal-Neo Urban Transport Concept (Honda P-NUT) – a 3 seat micro city car – at the LA Motor Show. This is another of those ‘Lets see what we can make’ type concepts with probably precious little chance of being made. But the Honda ‘Personal-Neo Urban Transport’ – or Honda P-NUT – does make for […]
New Jaguar XJ – the Rap Star
Rapper Jay-Z has featured the new Jaguar XJ in a video for a track from his latest album. We’ve all seen Rap videos. Some things are constant and required: the ‘Hoes’; the ‘Bling’ and the ‘Cars’. The more exotic the better. Which is why – as well as the bling and the birds – you will always […]
Mitsubishi RVR Crossover (2010 / 2011) revealed
Mitsubishi has revealed a new compact Crossover – the Mitsubishi RVR – which will compete with the ix35 and Qashqai and go on sale in 2010. When you think of Mitsubishi you either think of big SUVs like the Shogun or you think of slightly bonkers performance cars like the Evo. But in these strange, […]
VW Up! Lite Concept revealed in LA
Volkswagen has revealed the Up! Lite Concept at the LA Motor Show, offering 96mpg from its diesel electric powertrain. Volkswagen had promised a surprise at the LA Motor Show, and this is it, the VW Up! Lite Concept, another car in the quest by VW to produce the most efficient cars on the market. And […]
Nissan GT-R SpecV – UK and Europe launch
Nissan is to make 40 Nissan GT-R SpecV models available in the UK and Europe. List price is £124,900. It’s almost a year since Nissan announced the GT-R SpecV for the Japanese market – and ten months since it went on sale – but they’ve just announced a limited run of Nissan GT-R SpecV for the UK […]