The Lexus Es 300h Premium arrives to offer extra kit at a bargain price as Lexus gives the rest of the ES range a bit of a tweak. It’s two years since the Lexus Es 300h arrived as an effective replacement for the more complicated, and more expensive, Lexus GS, with a choice of entry-level […]
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Porsche 718 Cayman 4.0 and Boxster 4.0 models now with seven-speed PDK option
The 4.0 litre six-cylinder Porsche Cayman and Boxster models can now be had with a seven-speed PDK gearbox, improving performance and economy. If you want one of Porsche’s 718 models, the Bosxter and Cayman, at the top of the range with the 4.0 litre engine you have, until now, had to ‘settle’ for a manual […]
Toyota Aygo JBL Edition adds BIG Sound to the Aygo
The Toyota Aygo JBL Edition arrives as a high-spec Aygo complete with high-end sound from JBL and a funky paint job. Costs from £14,150. If you want a decent little city car – before emission regulations kill them off completely – you can do much worse than a Toyota Aygo. The current Aygo arrived in […]
New Dacia Sandero and Sandero Stepway PREVIEWED ahead of debut this month
Dacia, Renault’s budget brand, preview the arrival of a new Dacia Sandero and Sandero Stepway – due to debut at the end of the month – with first photos. If you don’t mind a bit of slightly old tech and quite basic spec in your new car, then Dacia has been the answer to your […]
Pierre Gasly WINS the Italian Grand Prix for Alpha Tauri – Mercedes 5th and 7th
Pierre Gasly has won the 2020 Italian Grand Prix in an exciting, mixed up race which saw McLaren second and Mercedes fifth and seventh. Impressive though Mercedes’, and especially Hamilton’s, dominance of the 2020 F1 season has been, it’s all got a little boring. But boring was thrown out of the window in Italy as […]
Hamilton on POLE for Italian Grand Prix – Ferrari fare miserably at their home Grand Prix
Lewis Hamilton takes pole position for the 2020 Italian Grand Prix, with Bottas starting second, but Ferrari fail to make the top ten. Lewis Hamilton continues the stunning form – helped by an equally stunning car, by taking pole position for the 2020 Italian Grand Prix at Spa, in the process setting the fastest ever […]
Take an Aston Martin One-77, inject LOTS of cash and AML’s Q, and you have the Aston Martin Victor
Aston Martin’s Q Division has take the basics of an Aston Martin One-77 and created the Aston Martin Victor, an 836bhp Vantage tribute. When Aston Martin roll out a ‘Special’ or ‘Limited Edition’ car there’s a high chance it’ll have a James Bond theme, especially when there’s a new James Bond movie about to hit […]
Ineos Grenadier on SHOW with Land Rover Defender at Concours of Elegance
The Ineos Grenadier will be on show at the Concours of Elegance at Hampton Court this weekend alongside the first Land Rover Defender. You’ll have seen the Ineos Grenadier – the 21st century Ineos take on the Land Rover Defender – umpteen times on these pages over recent months, but now you’ll have the chance […]
New UK car registrations FALL again in August – but only by a bit
New car registration fell in August, reversing July’s rise, but private sales held up well and, with August a low month anyway, it wasn’t too bad. We’ve got used to precipitous drops in new car registrations in the UK since Covid hit – like the 97 per cent drop in April – and the car […]
Volkswagen ID.4 electric SUV interior REVEALED – and, surprise, it’s just like the VW ID.3
Volkswagen’s ID.4 electric SUV will be unveiled in the coming weeks, ahead of which VW reveal an interior which looks just like the ID.3. Surprisingly, Volkswagen allowed Skoda to reveal the Enya iV ahead of the very similar VW ID.4, but VW aren’t going to be far behind with a reveal for the ID.4 very […]