Lewis Hamilton takes pole position for the Portuguese Grand Prix with a last minute lap which pushed team mate Bottas in to second. The topsy-turvy 2020 F1 season rocks up in the Algarve for this round, and despite the qualifying sessions delayed by half an hour to fix a loose drain cover it was business […]
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Ford Mondeo Hybrid now REPLACES petrol-engined Mondeos
Ford has dropped petrol engines as an option on the Mondeo, with the recent hybrid petrol and a diesel engine now the only options. We keep hearing that the Ford Mondeo isn’t going to last much longer as Ford concentrates on SUVs, EVs and smallish hatches. And that’s probably right. But that ‘not much longer’ […]
Fiat Panda celebrates 40 years with a bit of a TITIVATE
The Fiat Panda gets updated to celebrate its 40th anniversary, with cosmetic tweaks, new models and extra technology. If you’re looking for a good, budget city runaround, the Fiat Panda may seem a bit old hat, but it’s still a surprisingly decent car and not expensive to buy or run. It’s also now, at least […]
CHEAPER Electric Fiat 500 arrives from £19,995 to take on MINI Electric and Honda E
The full Fiat 500 Electric range will go on on sale in the UK in December, with prices starting from £19,995 for the entry-level hatch. An electric Fiat 500 sounds like a perfect city car, and although Fiat had something of a disaster with their first electric 500, they’re back with a new electric 500. […]
New Octavia vRS iV – Skoda’s sporty plug-in Octavia – costs from £35,020
The new Octavia vRS iV, a plug-in hybrid version of Skoda’s sporty Octavia vRS range, costs from £35,020 in the UK and goes on sale on November 3 2020. It’s 2020, and car makers are running scared of big fines for exceeding the newest EU CO2 fleet averages, so if a new car comes along […]
New Hyundai i20 starts at £18,595 – a HEFTY jump in price from the outgoing i20
The new Hyundai i20 – Hyundai’s Ford Fiesta competitor – costs from £18,595 for the i20 SE Connect, a big jump in price from the outgoing i20. The new Hyundai i20 was revealed back in February ahead of an expected public debut at the Geneva Motor Show, but of course that never happened as Covid […]
Hummer is BACK with a 1000bhp MONSTER Electric Truck
GM revives the Hummer name for a new monster electric pick-up truck boasting around 1000bhp and huge off-road chops. Hummer started out as a military vehicle built by AM General – the Humvee – before spawning a civilian version with the familiar Hummer name – selling the first two to Arnold Schwarzenegger who had lobbied […]
New ELECTRIC VW ID.3 matches the new VW Golf Mk8’s Five Star Euro NCAP rating
The new Volkswagen ID.3, the first of VW’s new ID family of electric cars, scores a five star Euro NCAP rating in the latest safety tests. Rational or not, many car buyers are wary of electric cars not just because of the high purchase price and patchy charging infrastructure (growing, but still unacceptably unreliable), but […]
New Volkswagen Golf GTD – the diesel Golf ‘GT’ – on sale in the UK from £32,790
The new Volkswagen Golf GTD, the diesel sibling to the Golf GTI and GTE, goes on sale in the UK with prices starting from £32,790. Having focussed on the launch of the electric ID.3, Volkswagen finally remembered which side its bread is really buttered and got round to launching the VW Golf Mk8 this time […]
THIS is the new Hyundai i20 N – an i20 that looks a match for the Fiesta ST
The Hyundai i20 N is officially revealed as a 201bhp hot hatch with WRC DNA to take on the Ford Fiesta ST. And it looks very promising. Hyundai’s first performance Hatch, the Hyundai i30 N, has been a big hit, trading punches with the established Hot-Hatchery leaders – Ford and VW – and doing so […]