It looks like MINI are planning a Cooper S Diesel if spy photos we’ve received are accurate. The photo at the top appears to be a MINI Cooper S diesel. Which is not a car we had on our radar, but with MINI any sub niche of a sub niche is fair game, so it […]
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Lotus to double production – Return to Motorsport
Lotus has big plans to increase production to 8,00 cars a year in the next decade, and return to Le Mans, Indy Car and GT Racing. Through all the gloom and doom car makers have reported over the last year and more there has been one shining light which has seemed impervious to the downturn […]
Citroen DS2 2012 – the new 2CV
Citroen are to produce the next in the range of DS cars – The Citroen DS2 – based on the Citroen Revolte Concept and launched in 2012. We had the Citroen C3 Nouveau teased in the run up to this year’s Frankfurt Motor Show in September. By the time we got in to a reveal […]
Lexus LF-A – Interior detail +video
We have video of a complete walkthrough of the interior of the new Lexus LF-A and an explanation of how many of the systems function. The Lexus LF-A – the new Lexus Supercar – has had a fair bit of coverage of late here on Cars UK. Prior to the reveal of the LF-A we […]
Renault Twingo Gordini Renaultsport revealed
Renault has revealed the Twingo Gordini Renaultsport, the first in a range of sport Gordini models. It will launch in January 2010 and go on sale in March. It’s only a couple of weeks since we reported that Renault are going to revive the Renault Gordini badge for a new range of sporty cars, a […]
Bentley Crossover and Sport Hatch/Estate planned
Bentley are planning to produce a pair of new Bentley Compact cars – an Allroad type Bentley and a two-door sport hatch. These rumours crop up from time to time – new entry-level models from prestige car makers – but perhaps we need to take some of them a bit more seriously now the world […]
Koenigsegg pulls out of Saab deal
In a surprising move, GM and Koenigsegg have both issued statements revealing that the sale of Saab by GM to Koenigsegg has been called off. Well, knock me down with a feather. We were sure this was one deal that was going to be done – Koenigessg buying Saab, that is – but in a […]
Jaguar XKR – the best drifting car
Jeremy Clarkson and the Stig take on a ‘Splat the Apple’ competition whilst drifting a VXR and an XKR whilst wearing daft footwear. In a bit of Christmas DVD daftness (a Jeremy Clarkson speciality) Clarkson and the Stig are out playing at ‘Splat the Apple’ on the track at Monteblanco. But there’s a catch. Daft […]
Peugeot 508 to replace 407 and 607
Peugeot are to stop production of the 407 and 607 and replace it with the Peugeot 508. Due at Frankfurt 2010 as a concept and launching at Geneva 2011. Apart from in France, it’s always been a racing certainty that the bigger the French car the poorer its sales. And it looks as if the […]
Bloodhound SSC – 1000mph World Record plan
The team behind the Bloodhound SSC – a 135,000bhp rocket on wheels – plans to hit 1000mph in a land speed record attempt at Hakskeen Pan in 2011. The UK has a big history of world speed record attempts, both on the water and on land. But a new effort by the team behind the […]