As was expected Nissan – the Renault Nissan Alliance – has confirmed its plans to build battery plants in the UK to produce lithium ion batteries for electric cars. It has also announced it will be building facilities for battery production in Portugal. And the UK plants will be known as ‘Nissan European Mother Site […]
Peugeot 207 Economique Press Release
PEUGEOT LAUNCHES THE 207 ECONOMIQUE WITH EMISSIONS OF JUST 99g/km * New Peugeot 207 Economique available in October * Benefits from the new exterior and interior styling changes of the New 207 range * Powered by a Euro 5 1.6 litre HDi 90 bhp diesel engine * Two trim levels – Economique and Economique + […]
Peugeot 207 Economique – the 99g car
As we reported recently, Peugeot has facelifted the 207 range – including the Peugeot 207CC – so now it’s time to play Eco games with the 207 by revealing the Peugeot 207 Economique. Ta Daa!! As you may well have guessed, this is another car maker rolling out the usual low rolling resistance, lowered suspension, […]
Toyota Auris Hybrid – UK build confirmed
Back in June we reported that Toyota were planning to build a Hybrid version of the Toyota Auris here in the UK. Well, it’s nice to get things right from time to time, and this week Toyota has confirmed that our report was right. Toyota confirmed that the Toyota Auris Hybrid will be built here […]
MINI First introduced
MINI is a model we moan constantly about – but only because of the endless Limited Edition models the company generates. In the last few months we’ve had the MINI JCW F1 50, the MINI Mayfair and MINI Camden and the MINI Graphite. But, if it works for them, then I suppose they’re going to […]
Mercedes SLS AMG Gullwing Electric – Official
There’s been a few bits and pieces to report on the Mercedes SLS AMG this last week. We had a release of teaser images of the Mercedes SLS and the first ‘Official’ looking image of the Mercedes SLS from a magazine cover. But one piece we reported on was the Mercedes SLS AMG Electric which, […]
Ford KA sells 500,000 in the UK
Not, we hasten to add, the new KA in the short it’s been on sale in UK. But in total the Ford KA, which really launched the whole sub-compact City Car niche when it launched in 1996, has racked up more than 500,000 sales in the UK. And despite a few reservations when we did […]
Fiat Qubo gets eco:Drive
The Fiat Qubo is an odd looking creation. Based on the Fiorino panel-van its a mini MPV in the style of the Renault Kango. But they’re not a huge seller in the UK, even though they do sell quite well in Europe (where there is more choice of these mini-mpv panel-van creations). But it’s relatively […]
Honda CR-Z Hybrid by 2010
Honda has been trying to play catch-up with big rivals Toyota in the Hybrid car game. Despite their publicly aired views that they believe the future to be in Hydrogen Fuel Cell cars, they know that there is a big momentum with petrol hybrids, and they don’t want to lose out. Honda’s first production Hybrid […]
Audi A4 2.0 TDIe Revealed
Here’s another model to add to the several thousand A4s there already are. In another in the series of ‘Here’s an even lower emission model than the last one’ series, Audi has announced details of the Audi A4 2.0 TDIe, a 2.0 litre A4 which manages to cut emissions and lower fuel consumption. The A4 […]