New car sales in the UK improved significantly in June as car showrooms opened, but with 145,377 new car registrations they’re still down by 34.9 per cent on 2019. The months of lockdown in the UK has decimated new car sales, and March, April and May have seen precipitous drops as car showrooms were closed […]
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First Aston Martin DB5 Goldfinger Continuation REVEALED – Bond gadgets and all (video)
The first of the Aston Martin DB5 Continuation models recreating James Bond’s DB5 from Goldfinger is now complete and heading for its owner. It’s getting on for two years since the Aston Martin DB5 Goldfinger Continuation was announced as AML decided to build a run of 25 DB5s complete with Bond gadgets for wealthy collectors […]
Bottas WINS Austrian Grand Prix for Mercedes in rather chaotic race
Valtteri Bottas wins the Austrian Grand Prix in a chaotic race which saw nine of the 20 cars fail to finish. Lewis Hamilton second. On the face of it, the result of the 2020 Austrian Grand Prix as the race finished was much as you’d expect, with Bottas taking the win from pole and Hamilton […]
Austrian Grand Prix Qualifying: Bottas takes POLE in Mercedes front row
Bottas takes POLE for Mercedes at 2020 Austrian Grand PrixValtteri Bottas takes pole at the 2020 Austrian Grand Prix, pipping Lewis Hamilton who starts second, as the 2020 F1 Circus gets underway. The signs in practice for the 2020 Austrian Grand Prix were clear; it’d be Lewis Hamilton on pole and Ferrari struggling. The signs […]
MG ZS SUV gets an update and cosmetic tweaks for 2020
MG’s compact affordable SUV – the MG SZ – gets a bit of an update for 2020 with the usual cosmetic tweaks and equipment updates. The MG ZS may not be the most dynamic or appealing compact SUV on the market, but it does offer enough for budget-minded buyers to take is seriously. And the […]
Volvo extends FREE electricity offer for plug-in hybrids in the UK
Volvo has extended their free electricity offer for plug-in hybrid versions of the XC40, XC60, XC90, S60, V60, S90 and V90 models. In many ways, plug-in hybrid cars are an over-complicated, and quite expensive, way to add a bit of electric help to cars, and EV anoraks will decry them as a pointless step. But […]
Aston Martin Works is SELLING the first Aston Martin DB4 GT Continuation
Aston Martin Works has put the very first Aston Martin DB4 GT Continuation, built in 2017, up for sale with just delivery mileage. Back at the end of 2016, Aston Martin announced the production of the Aston Martin DB4 GT Continuation, a limited run of just 25 units, each costing £1.5 million, as AML decided […]
New Tesla Gigafactory in Berlin WON’T build batteries – is Tesla heading to the UK for battery production?
Tesla won’t be making electric car batteries at its new Gigafactory in Berlin, perhaps meaning the plan is to have a battery Gigafactory in the UK. Despite a chunk of local objections, and the Covid-19 lockdown, Tesla is making progress with the construction of its first Gigafactory in Berlin. But despite making progress at the […]
AC Cobra goes ELECTRIC – but no V8 bellow or V8 performance
AC Cars are building an electric AC Cobra as a limited run of 58 cars, and a limited run petrol AC Cobra with a 2.3 litre Ford engine. Folklore has it that the 70mph speed limit we have on motorways is entirely the fault of AC cars after they ran an AC Cobra up the […]
Jaguar Land Rover LAUNCH Pivotal Car Subscription – from £750 to £1,600 per month
Jaguar Land Rover launch Pivotal Car Subscription Service offering the choice of a range or JLR vehicles from £750 to £1,600 per month. The way we ‘buy’ cars has changed massively in recent years, and it seems everyone and his dog is now driving round in a car they really can’t afford because the finance […]