It’s no surprise as car companies fight to shift metal that the offers to buyers will get better and better until we all start buying again. So Citroen has pitched in with some extra new year offers to tempt wary buyers. Citroen are now extending their ‘VAT Free’ offer across the range on Berlingo Multispace, […]
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Porsche Panamera to debut at Shanghai
The Porsche Panamera has been coming for so long now that it almost seems like Porsche are announcing the debut of a new version. But no, this is the first ever Panamera and Porsche has today announced that it will debut at the Shangahi Motor Show in April. It’s a sign of the growing importance […]
Boris lets motorbikes in bus lanes
It wasn’t too difficult to make the choice between Ken and Boris in the last London Mayor elections. Ken had done much that got under the skin of the average Londoner, and it was time for a change. But, however affable Boris is, it always seemed likely he could easily cock everything up. But he […]
BMW M1 Hommage to show at Melbourne
BMW has announced that it is going to use its M1 Hommage (or Homage, if you’re not German) as the centre piece of it’s stand at the Melbourne Motor Show in February. The BMW M1 Hommage was created last year to celebrate 30 years from the M1 road car creation in 1978, and was developed […]
Hyundai will take your car back if you lose your job – but only in the U.S
As car makers get more desperate to make sales, they are coming up with more and more to tempt the wary. Free financing, extended warranties and servicing and, in a couple of extreme examples, 2 for 1 offers. But Hyundai has come up with another offer to tempt the reluctant. As well as the big […]
2009 Nissan GT-R Review
Cars UK [rating:5.0] Car makers who produce mass-market cars dream of having a ‘halo’ car, a car which showcases the extreme abilities of the maker and gets accepted as a supercar in its own right. It’s a hard thing to pull off, and usually ends up as a great car, but with little or no […]
Now the Germans say no to Volvo
As we’ve reported in the last few weeks, Ford has been trying its best to offload Volvo, the last of its ‘Prestige’ Euro marques. The Chinese looked to be the best bet, but it seems that that is going nowhere at the moment (the Chinese are probably waiting for Ford to get in to an […]
Lotus planning Electric Car
I suppose it was inevitable that Lotus would not settle for simply supplying Tesla with the chassis for their electric car, and would look to jump on the bandwagon of electric cars (EV). Lotus CEO, Michael Kimberly, has told the Financial Times that Lotus is planning an electric car “sooner rather than later”, and went […]
2009 Hyundai i20 Review
Cars UK [rating:3.0] Hyundai has really made an impact in the UK Car market in recent years, despite its offerings until recently not really being up to European standards (with the exception of the Hyundai Coupe). But things are changing, and Hyundai has taken the bold step of having its Getz replacement, the i20, designed […]
Audi R8 V10 gets full time LED lights
And there was us thinking those pretty LEDs at the front end of recent Audis (and others) where just a bit of bling. It transpires that the new V10 version of the Audi R8 is to be the first car in the world to be fitted with LED headlights. So what, you may say? An […]