A British engineering company, Lunaz, is on a mission to electrify classic cars, including the Jaguar XK120 and Rolls Royce Phantom V. Some classic car lovers aren’t impressed with the growing trend of electrifying classic cars to make them relevant and usable in a new age where volts run cars instead of oil. But with […]
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ELECTRIC Lexus Concept teased – looks like a compact City EV?
Lexus has started a tease for an electric concept heading for the Tokyo Motor Show, which could be a compact Lexus City Car. Lexus may have a range of hybrid cars on offer, one of its main USPs in the Premium sector, but it doesn’t have a plug-in hybrid or a BEV. But that looks […]
First OFFICIAL look at the new Volkswagen Golf Mk 8
The latest iteration of the VW Golf – the Volkswagen Golf Mk 8 – will debut this month, ahead of which we get official tease images from VW. It’s taken Volkswagen a while to get round to promoting the arrival of the new Golf Mk 8, so involved where they with proclaiming the new electric […]
Electric Volvo XC40 – the first Volvo with infotainment by Android
The new electric Volvo XC40 will be the first Volvo to get a new infotainment system powered by Google’s Android operating system. We’ve been waiting for Volvo’s tease for the new electric XC40 to deliver something of interest, but so far all we’ve had is a bit of information about how safe the new electric […]
Buy a Volvo and save the UK £9 BILLION a year
According to Volvo, poor seats in cars cost the UK £8.8 billion a year in lost productivity and £200 million in NHS costs. So buy a Volvo is the clear message. Ford has been at pains (pun intended) to point out that the seats in their newly-titivated S-Max and Galaxy are designed to keep your […]
BMW M8 Gran Coupe REVEALED – and it’s a fine-looking thing
The new BMW M8 Gran Coupe is revealed as BMW add a bit of extra length and a couple of extra doors to the M8 Coupe. On sale now from £120,935. We may be in a minority in thinking the BMW 6-Series Gran Coupe was the best looking BMW you could buy, and we’re probably […]
Ford Galaxy and S-Max get another mild titivate
Ford has updated the Galaxy and S-Max people carriers for 2019 with some mild cosmetic tweaks, new seats and some new technology. The writing has been on the wall for Ford models that aren’t an SUV for some time, and the Ford C-Max and B-Max have already bitten the dust. The next models to go […]
Peugeot opens UK reservations for their new plug-in hybrid 3008 and 508 models
Peugeot opens reservation for 3008 SUV Hybrid, 3008 SUV GT Hybrid4, 508 Hybrid and 508 SW Hybrid plug-in hybrids in the UK. Many decry the plug-in hybrid as neither fish nor fowl, an over-complicated vehicle with two expensive powertrains when a BEV is a much better idea. But plug-in hybrids certainly have their place. They […]
The Polestar 2 EV Performance Pack will cost you an extra £5,000
The Polestar 2 – the first proper electric car from Volvo’s Polestar brand – can be optioned with a Performance Pack focused on dynamics rather than extra power. The Polestar 2, the follow-up model to the Polestar 1 and Polestar’s first BEV, was revealed at the start of the year as Volvo’s former tuning bit, […]
Jaguar F-Type RALLY bids farewell as a new F-Type gets closer
The Jaguar F-Type Rally – built as a promo by JLR and never intended to rally – bids farewell at the 2019 Wales Rally GB as a new Jaguar F-Type looms. Is a convertible Jaguar F-Type the perfect rally car? No, it isn’t, but that didn’t stop Jaguar building a rally version of the F-Type […]