Reports from Germany say that Opel/Vauxhall are planning to revive the Opel Monza / Vauxhall Royale as a range-topping electric car. There was a time when mainstream car makers built big coupes and found a ready market, like Ford with the Granada Ghia Coupe and Vauxhall with the Royale Coupe (a Vauxhall-badged version of the […]
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BMW iNext / iX / iX5 SPIED testing ahead of next week’s reveal
The BMW iNext – or BMW iX or BMW iX5 – caught testing on video ahead of the debut next week of BMW’s next electric vehicle. BMW, just like other car makers, is finally taking electrification seriously – despite seemingly squandering an early lead with the i3 and i8 – and is busy delivering new […]
Ford EcoSport Active ARRIVES to add a touch of butch to the EcoSport range
The Ford EcoSport Active arrives to grow the EcoSport range, delivering Ford’s ‘Active’ butch makeover to its more budget SUV offering. The Ford EcoSport arrived in the UK in 2013 in the hope it would give Ford some much-needed traction in the small SUV market, but it took a couple of updates (here and here) to get […]
Bentley going ALL electric, with the first Bentley BEV in 2025
Bentley announces it plans to be fully electric, and ‘carbon neutral’ by 2030, with plug-in hybrid Bentleys and a BEV by 2025. Bentley is feeling bullish despite the Covid-related problems all car makers are facing, and are convinced they can transition from makers of 12-cylinder luxury cars to makers of electric luxury cars, and do […]
Electric Volkswagen ID.4 COUPE spied as VW already look to expand the ID.4 range
The newly revealed Volkswagen ID.4 electric SUV looks set to get a coupe sibling as spy video of an ID.4 with coupe roofline arrives. It’s only been a bit over a month since the VW ID.4 was revealed as Volkswagen build on the ID.3 to deliver an SUV take on the electric ID range, an […]
Newly facelifted Vauxhall Crossland costs from £19,060
The recently facelifted Vauxhall Crossland Crossover goes on sale in the UK with prices starting at £19,060 and order books now open. The Vauxhall Crossland X arrived almost four years ago to replace the Meriva, but its come in for a recent facelift, dropped the ‘X’ moniker and is now on sale in its revamped […]
Why a luxury driving holiday is the ultimate COVID-safe holiday
As we adapt to our new world in the COVID era, we find ourselves thinking less about long overseas trips, and more about new and exciting ways to explore our beautiful home nation. And what could be more exciting than a long weekend exploring the stunning roads, scenery and luxury accommodation of the Yorkshire Dales […]
Swindon Classic can turn your classic Mini in to an EV for £10k – but it’s really more than £35k
Swindon Classic announce a Classic Mini EV kit which will turn your original Mini in to an electric Mini for £8,850. But it’s really over £35k. Want to turn your classic Mini in to an electric car for a stylish and fun way to blat around town? If so, Swindon Classic look to have the […]
The original Land Rover Defender is BACK as a Bonkers Bowler with a 568bhp V8
Land Rover has given Bowler, which it now owns, permission to use the iconic original Defender shape for its new performance model costing £200k. Bowler has been doing outrageous things to Land Rovers for quite some time, and doing it so well that last year Land Rover jumped in and gobbled up Bowler for its […]
New Volkswagen Golf R ARRIVES officially – and it’ll ‘drift’
The new 2021 Volkswagen Golf R is revealed as the range-topping Golf Mk 8, with 316bhp from its 2.0 litre turbo petrol and four-wheel drive. We’ve had a couple of teases for the new VW Golf R (here and here), and earlier this year we had a sneaky look at the new Golf R and […]