Mercedes has announced that the Smart ForTwo Electric Drive will begin rolling of the production line in Hambach, France in November. But the Smart won’t be going on sale as such, instead being rolled out on a lease scheme throughout Europe and the US, before going on sale properly in 2010. This is a bit […]
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McLaren P11 at Nurburgring – launch imminent
As we’ve reported before, Ron Dennis has given up his F1 commitments to concentrate on McLaren Automotive. And the first real evidence of the work McLaren Automotive are doing will come with the launch of the McLaren P11, which our McLaren source says will be on 9th September. So, only a few weeks away. Ahead […]
New Renault Megane Sport Tourer arrives
Renault previewed the Megane Sport Tourer at Geneva this year, and issued details back in June. But the Sport Tourer (or Renault Megane Estate, to be more prosaic) actually launches today in the UK, with orders being taken for delivery in November. To our eyes the Megane Sport tourer is a pretty good looking car. […]
Tesla Model S – new Photos
Hot on the heels of the release of new pictures of the Tesla Roadster Sport comes more goodies from Tesla – new images – actually moving, no less – of the controversial Tesla Model S Saloon car, which is due to make an appearance in 2010, or 2011, or 2012… Dogged by controversy over the […]
New BMW 320d EfficientDynamics
BMW is falling over itself to introduce ‘Green’ cars. It’s running TV adverts telling us that a BMW is a ‘Joy’, and only managing to throw the Bob Lutz penned ‘Ultimate Driving Machine’ in as an afterthought. They’ve released details of the ActiveHybrid X6 and the ActiveHybrid 7. All very commendable, but if they carry […]
Radical SR8LM Nurburgring Record
Here we go again. Yesterday we reported on the Nurburgring record claimed by Gumpert for the Apollo S, an extremely impressive 7:11.5. But we did mention – or rather said we’d better not mention – Radical’s time of 6:55 set a few years ago. Well, Radical have rather rubbed Gumpert’s face in it by turning […]
Porsche BlueSport back on
The changing fortunes at Porsche are bringing fresh thoughts on the future of Stuttgart. It’s not very long since Porsche stated that they would not build a BlueSport Porsche, but it looks like the new Porsche boss Martin Winterkorn has very different ideas. But as the boss of VW, that’s hardly surprising. In an interview […]
Porsche gets raided by the Rozzers!
Not having a good time of things lately, the boys in Stuttgart. First Porsche effectively go bust trying to take over Volkswagen, and now the Rozzers have been in to turn the place over. Oh, dear. Porsche has announced that this morning, officials from the public prosecutor’s office in Stuttgart with judicial search warrants arrived […]
Tesla Roadster Sport – fresh photos
Tesla has had its fair share of negative headlines in the last year, from the Tesla spat with Top Gear through to the incredulity when Tesla announced the Tesla Model S was going to cost $50k. But there has been good news for Tesla as well. Mercedes bought a 10% stake in Tesla earlier this […]
VW Tiguan Review – the People’s Final lineup
We’ve reported a few times over the last few months on VW’s campaign to find an amateur reviewer (and to raise the profile of the VW Tiguan in the process) and they now seem to have got together a final lineup before a verdict gets announced this coming weekend. In the final heat, Harriet Gore […]