The new Mercedes C-Class Saloon and Estate go on sale in the UK with a choice of four trim levels and four engines. Prices start at £38,785. It was back in February that Mercedes revealed the new C-Class – in saloon and estate guises – to try and tempt those who still want a saloon […]
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Classic Citroen DS goes ELECTRIC with new EV conversion
British EV specialists Electrogenic has taken the classic Citroen DS and turned it into an EV, with a new 120bhp electric motor and 48.5kWh battery. The move to electrify classic cars seems unstoppable as we move into a world of EVs, but we do have a problem with cars where the engine is the star […]
Bowler Defender Challenge is a new Land Rover Defender ready to RALLY
The now JLR-owned Bowler builds the Bowler Defender Challenge using a new Land Rover Defender 90 built to rally. It’s more than eighteen months since Land Rover gobbled up Bowler to finally bring Bowler’s off-road performance expertise in-house, although we’re yet to see a Bowler-badged Land Rover arrive. But this new Bowler, built on the […]
New McLaren 765LT Spider – another incrementally better Super Series McLaren
The new McLaren 765LT Spider arrives to top McLaren’s Super Series range as a 755bhp open-top supercar. Costs from £310,500. It’s hard not to admire McLaren’s road cars, but it does also feel like a Russian Doll array of the same car in different sizes and different specs. And here’s another one; same basic looks, […]
How much is a 1987 Toyota Corolla GT worth? The thick end of £50k, it seems.
A 1987 AE86 Toyota Corolla GT is sold by Car & Classics for a whopping £46,250, showing it’s not just fast Fords from the 1980s fetching serious money. We’ve seen the rise and rise of 1980s cars as modern classics, with cars like the Ford Sierra Cosworth fetching the sort of money you could buy […]
Renault Megane E-Tech Plug-in Hybrid Hatch goes on sale in the UK in August
The new Renault Megane E-Tech Plug-in Hybrid Hatchback goes on sale in the UK in August in Iconic and R.S. Line trim and prices starting at £29,495. Last year, Renault gave the Megane a bit of a tweak and announced a new plug-in hybrid Megane too. But when the titivated Megane went on sale in […]
Land Rover Defender SVR with 600bhp and BMW V8 on the way, says report
According to reports, a Land Rover Defender SVR with 600bhp from a BMW V8 engine is on the way as a properly ‘sporty’ Defender. Just last week we reported that the Land Rover Defender is now outselling every other car in JLR’s lineup, except the Range Rover Evoque, as buyers flock to the ‘new’ Defender, […]
Ferrari F40 BREAKS online auction record with £1 MILLION sale
A Ferrari F40, in a unique shade of blue and owned by an interweb influencer, sells for over £1 million on the online auction site The Market. As the car world moves online – massively at first because of Covid, but now unstoppable – it’s not just new cars up for grabs at the click […]
New Mercedes S 580 e L Plug-in Hybrid costs from £104,490
Mercedes-Benz adds a plug-in hybrid variant of the new S-Class – the Mercedes S 580 e L – promising 63 miles of EV range and costing from £104,490. The new Mercedes S-Class went on sale in the UK last autumn, but only with ‘regular’ ICE engines. But now Mercedes has added a plug-in hybrid variant […]
Vauxhall Corsa-e Griffin – more kit for the electric Corsa from £26,390 (or LESS)
Vauxhall adds a ‘Griffin’ model to the electric Corsa-e range with the new Corsa-e Griffin getting added kit and costing from £26,390 (after PiCG). It’s actually more than two years since Vauxhall launched the electric Corsa on the UK market with prices from £26,490 (after the, then, £3.5k PiCG) followed, less than eighteen months later, […]