A number of car makers, including Volvo, BMW, Renault and PSA, will hit EU average CO2 targets for 2020, avoiding fines. You can’t have failed to notice that new electric and plug-in hybrid cars seem to roll out almost every day, and that’s because car makers are running scared of punitive fines if they fail […]
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Mercedes 500 E turns 30 – Mercedes celebrates, ‘Superfan’ Rowan Atkinson smiles
The Mercedes 500 E – the forerunner of Mercedes’ AMG Performance range – turns 30 and Mercedes celebrate its place in history. When did Mercedes start to build ‘Performance’ saloons? Some may say it was the arrival of the 300 SEL 6.3 in the late 1960s, but the real start – pre-AMG Mercedes co-operation and […]
Hamilton WINS Eifel Grand Prix at Nurburgring and equals Shumacher’s 91 wins
Lewis Hamilton wins the Eifel Grand Prix at the Nurburgring and in the process equals Michael Shumacher’s 91 F1 wins record. Is it a surprise Lewis Hamilton won the Eifel Grand Prix at the Nurburgring? No, but he did start second to team mate Valtteri Bottas but, once Bottas had made a mistake by locking […]
Valtteri Bottas on POLE for Eifel Grand Prix – but it’s still a Mercedes front row
Valtteri Bottas takes pole position for the Eifel Grand Prix, beating team mate Lewis Hamilton in to second for a Mercedes front row. Verstappen is third. We’re at round 11 of the cobbled together 2020 F1 season, and this time it’s the Eifel Grand Prix at the Nurburgring, and it’s still a Mercedes front row […]
Renault TEASE new electric SUV concept – the Renault take on the Nissan Ariya?
Renault releases the first tease for a new electric SUV concept to be revealed later this month, probably a Renault take on the Nissan Ariya. There’s no shortage of new electric cars turning up as car makers rush headlong in to EVs as the answer to strict emission limits, especially in Europe. Renault is already […]
Jaguar F-PACE, new Jaguar XF and new Range Rover Velar get Active Road Noise Cancellation for added HUSH
The Jaguar F-PACE, new Jaguar XF and new Range Rover Velar get Active Road Noise Cancellation for added hush in the cabin. There is no doubt that as electric cars become more commonplace, more and more of us will spend time either driving, or being driven in, an EV. That experience will then negatively influence […]
ELECTRIC Audi e-tron GT tease begins – and there’ll be an Audi e-tron GT RS too
The electric Audi e-Tron GT – Audi’s take on the Porsche Taycan – will be revealed early 2021, and there’ll be an Audi e-Tron GT RS too. It’s almost two years since we saw the Audi e-Tron GT Concept as Audi’s take on the Porsche Taycan, and Audi promised it would arrive in 2020 as […]
Volvo XC20 SUV Electric Recharge – sitting below the Volvo XC40 Recharge – IS happening
A new smaller Volvo SUV – probably the Volvo XC20 – is in the planning as a new entry-level electric SUV perhaps due in 2021. It’s three years since we reported Volvo’s US boss confirming plans for an XC20, S20 and V20 range to deliver Volvo a model range below the 40 Series, and last […]
ELECTRIC MGB Roadster revealed – the RBW EV Roadster – and it’ll cost you £108,000
The wave of electric classic cars continues with British firm RBW revealing the RBW EV Roadster – an electric MGB Roadster – costing £108,ooo. There is something very appealing about a classic car made fit for the 21st century, delivering the style of a bygone age in a car that can be used every day. […]
New Skoda Octavia vRS costs from £31,495 – but you’ll have to wait for the diesel and PHEV vRS
The new Skoda Octavia vRS – Skoda’s sporty take on the Octavia – costs from £31,495 in the UK, but only the petrol Octavia vRS is available for now. The new Skoda Octavia vRS was officially revealed in July, having fallen foul of the Covid-cancelled Geneva Motor Show debut, and it’s now about to go […]