The first electric Volkswagen ID.3s are now on the road in the UK as VW’s electric revolution takes its first steps in to the ‘Third Age’ of VW. Is the arrival of the first VW ID.3 customer cars in the UK a big deal? Well, yes and no. No, under normal circumstances the handing-over of […]
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MINI Paddy Hopkirk Edition CELEBRATES Hopkirk’s Monte Carlo-winning Mini Cooper S
The MINI Paddy Hopkirk Edition arrive as a run of 100 cars celebrating Paddy Hopkirk’s 1964 triumph at the Monte Carlo Rally in car 37. The ground-breaking Min had already become a sales star, and perhaps the first ‘classless’ car, by 1964, but in 1964 Irishman Paddy Hopkirk drove his Mini Cooper S ‘Number 37’ […]
Mercedes launches SOLID STATE batteries in production vehicle – and it’s an electric bus
Mercedes has launched a new electric bus with the option of a solid state battery pack offering greater range but no fast charging. The idea of solid state batteries as the Holy Grail for EVs, with a higher energy density, very rapid charging and lower cost, has been a goal for car makers for a […]
McLaren Senna GTR LM pays tribute to the McLaren GTRs which DOMINATED Le Mans in 1995
McLaren reveals the McLaren Senna GTR LM, a run of five Senna GTRs to celebrate McLaren’s domination of the 1995 24 Hours of Le Mans. In 1995, McLaren dominated the 24 Hours of Le Mans with 1st, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 13th finishes and later, to celebrate the achievement, they built five McLaren F1 LMs, […]
Updated Lexus LS Flagship to go on sale in the UK by end 2020
The facelifted Lexus LS, Lexus’s flagship Mercedes S Class competitor, will go on sale in the UK before the end of 2020 with a range of updates. The Lexus LS is the car that started what Lexus has now become, delivering a Japanese take on cars like the Mercedes S Class with exemplary engineering and […]
ELECTRIC Range Rover and new electric Jaguar XJ reveal is imminent
Jaguar Land Rover confirms that the first electric Range Rover and new electric Jaguar XJ will be revealed in October and November. It’s no secret that Jaguar Land Rover are planning the first electric Range Rover and a new electric Jaguar XJ. After all, they were busy showing them new electric models to a select […]
Bugatti being SOLD to Rimac – Lamborghini, Bentley and more to follow?
According to a new report, Bugatti is being acquired by EV specialists Rimac with Porsche taking a bigger stake in the Croatian firm in exchange. Back in 1998, Volkswagen went on a spending spree as Ferdinand Piech sought to move the VW Group upmarket and bought Lamborghini, Bentley and Bugatti in the space of a […]
The BMW 128ti is a ‘Junior’ M135i and gunning for the VW Golf GTI
The BMW 128ti is a new performance 1 Series BMW, sitting below the M135i and with front-wheel drive, and looks very promising. Do BMW drivers care whether their car is rear-wheel drive? Of course they do, say the BMW anoraks. But they don’t really. Although BMW declined to deliver the 1 Series as a performance […]
Mini Moke RETURNS – but now it’s just the MOKE and has a £24k price tag
The Mini Moke – a 1960s Mini ‘beach buggy’ – returns as the MOKE, with an initial run of 56 cars celebrating its arrival in 1964. Costs from £24k. It’s 56 years since Sir Alec Issigonis, creator of the Mini, turned his hand to a ‘leisure’ vehicle, taking the underpinnings of the Mini and turning […]
BMW iX3 ELECTRIC SUV starts at £61,900 in the UK – first UK iX3 deliveries summer 2021
The new electric X3 – the BMW iX3 – costs from £61,900 in the UK, rising to £64,900 for the iX3 Premier Edition Pro. UK deliveries starts summer 2021. The electric BMW iX3 finally arrived in July as BMW’s electrification of the X3 heralded BMW’s proper foray in to electric cars, years after they had […]