A 1956 Aston Martin DBR1 – one of just five built – sells at R. M Sotheby’s Monterey sale for £17.5 million, a record-breaking auction price for a British car. If you thought the price for the McLaren F1 of £12.5 million we reported on yesterday was a lot, it’s just been eclipsed by the […]
Toyota Safe & Sound App EMBARRASSES your teenage driver in to being safe (Video)
Toyota has revealed a new App for Smartphones – Safe & Sound – which embarrasses young drivers in to being safe by playing uncool music when they misbehave behind the wheel. It almost sounds like an April Fool, but Toyota are entirely serious about playing un-cool music to recalcitrant teenage drivers to get them to […]
Volkswagen T-ROC SUV teased on video as VW’s reveal of the compact T-ROC nears
The new Volkswagen T-ROC Compact SUV is teased on video as VW’s new entry in to the SUV market nears its debut on 23 August. We had a tease for the new VW T-ROC – VW’s new SUV which will sit beneath the Tiguan – at the start of the month. But as the reveal […]
Land Rover Series I turns in to a TRAIN at Severn Valley Railway Steam on the Road
A 1957 Series I Land Rover has been strutting its stuff on the train line of the Severn Valley Railway this weekend, proving a Land Rover can go anywhere. Production of the Land Rover Defender may have come to an end after almost 70 years, and although a new Defender is on the way it […]
Mercedes Maybach Concept teased for Pebble Beach. A convertible Maybach 6? (video)
A Mercedes-Maybach Concept is being teased ahead of a reveal st Pebble Beach later this month. Could it be a convertible take on the Maybach 6 Concept? Maybach as a standalone brand may be dead and buried, but that isn’t stopping Mercedes using the name on luxury variants of its models. Not only that, but […]
WATCH Tesla Model S acting as an electric ‘WINGMAN’ for a Lockheed U-2 Spy Plane at RAF Fairford
Video of a pair of Lockheed U-2 Spy Planes taking off at RAF Fairford, helped by a Tesla Model S acting as its eyes and ears – an electric wingman. There was a time when a man with a red flag used to walk in front of cars to act as their eyes and ears […]
Rolls Royce Phantoms from I to VIII at the ‘Great Eight Phantoms’ Exhibition (video)
The Rolls Royce Phantom VIII has been revealed in London alongside the greatest Phantoms from Rolls Royce’s history. These are the top Phantoms – from I to VIII. Rolls Royce has been teasing the arrival of the new Phantom VII for a while with the promise of an exhibition on London of the ‘Great Eight […]
New Jaguar E-Pace Barrel Roll – HOW did they do it? (video)
The new Jaguar E-Pace was launched with a spectacular, record-breaking Barrel Roll at London’s ExCeL. This documentary tells you how it was done. The new Jaguar E-Pace is a car which will probably change the fortunes of Jaguar, taking it from a maker of sports saloons with ‘Grace and Pace’ to a maker of Premium […]
New Nissan LEAF comes with e-Pedal for one foot driving (video)
The new Nissan LEAF EV – due to debut on 6 September – will come with e-Pedal for one foot driving in addition to other advanced technology. The new Nissan LEAF is stacking up to be a bit of a tour de force from Nissan as they build on the LEAF’s success as the most […]
Hyundai i30 Fastback takes the ‘BORING’ out of the C-Segment says Hyundai boss
The new Hyundai i30 Fastback – Hyundai’s i30 Coupe – will shake up the C-Segment in Europe and give buyers an alternative to endless SUVs says Hyundai boss. The new Hyundai i30 Fastback arrived last week, just as the Hyundai i30 N broke cover to give Hyundai a proper hot hatch for the first time. […]