Smart has been trialing its Smart EV for the last couple of years in the UK, with customers paying £375 per month for the joy of being a guinea pig for the little city car in electric form. Which actually seems like a huge amount of money to me, especially considering the benefits for Mercedes […]
Citroen DS4 & Citroen DS5 – the Crossovers
Update 12/2/2010: Citroen has now revealed the DS 4 in concept form as the Citroen DS High rider Concept. The publicity for the push by Citroen for a more up-market position in car buyers minds started in earnest when details of the Citroen DS Inside Concept were first revealed back in February. That was […]
Toyota iQ3 Press Release
New Toyota iQ3 CLEVERER THAN EVER: INTRODUCING THE NEW TOYOTA iQ3 New iQ3 (iQ cubed) powered by 98bhp 1.33 Dual VVT-i engine with Toyota Optimal Drive Toyota Stop & Start system increases fuel efficiency and reduces CO2 emissions Class-leading fuel economy and emissions – 58.9mpg and 113g/km (six-speed manual) Also available with Multidrive CVT transmission […]
Jaguar XJ Diesel – The Swansong plaudit
The current Jaguar XJ is very close to the end of its life. A great car, but one that never captured the hearts and minds of today’s luxury car buyer to the degree Jaguar would like. And much of that revolves around the perception of Jaguars as ‘Old Man Cars’. And although one of the […]
Jaguar Hybrid Confirmed
We already knew back in April that Jaguar and Land Rover were working on Hybrid technologies, after they got a £300 million loan from the EIB to help push forward their ‘Green’ credentials. But Jaguar’s Chief Engineer – Kevin Stride – has revealed more about their plans, and taken a swipe at Lexus Hybrids in […]
New Ford Mondeo ECOnetic announced
We only recently reviewed the Ford Fiesta ECOnetic and, apart from its low-rent trim, we found it to be a crackingly good car which, with a little effort, was capable of matching the headline economy figures. But we suggested that Ford would do well to launch the ECOnetic as an option across its range, rather […]
Hybrid cars driving sales in Japan
We’ve reported before that Hybrid car sales in Japan are going through the roof, with first the Honda Insight being the best selling car in Japan, soon to be overtaken by the new Toyota Prius. In fact, the Toyota Prius and the Honda Insight are the two best-selling cars in Japan bar none. And what […]
Skoda Octavia GreenLine – UK Release
It wasn’t exactly the biggest announcement at the Geneva Motor Show this year, but Skoda did let us know that they were adding the Skoda Octavia GreenLine to their range of Eco-Skodas, joining the Fabia GreenLine and the Superb Green Line to make up Skoda’s Economy range. To be honest, we didn’t report it then, […]
VW Touareg BlueMotion hits the UK
VW are pushing ahead with their BlueMotion Eco range, and have announced that the VW Touareg BlueMotion is now available in the UK. Offering improved economy and lower emissions, the Touareg BlueMotion manages to drop in to a lower Co2 band by emitting 219g/km (a reduction from 244g/km on the V6 TDi) and it delivers […]
Ferrari Hybrid confirmed
Hybrid cars of every shade are now flavour of the day. And, as we’ve said before, this has more to do with the targets imposed by Governments in the West than by any real need to see small, niche car makers contributing to CO2 reductions. After all, the average Ferrari probably does less than 2,000 […]