With a week to go until Chris Evans’ new Top Gear airs, we get a new trailer which is all about Evans and LeBlanc at the Top Gear Office. There’s only so much supercars screaming and novelty items playing out you can cobble together for a Top Gear trailer without them all starting to meld […]
Jaguar F-PACE gets SPECTACULAR launch in Dubai (+video)
The new Jaguar F-Pace has had a spectacular debut in Dubai, with Burj Khalifa used as a branding space as the F-Pace launches in the Middle East. The new Jaguar F-Pace may have been revealed last September, but the Middle East launch for Jaguar’s new Crossover (don’t call it an SUV) has only just happened. But […]
2017 Land Rover Discovery caught (briefly) on video
The new Land Rover Discovery – expected to debut later in 2016 – has been caught on video out testing. We don’t expect it to be called the Discovery 5. The latest take on the Land Rover Discovery – which isn’t expected to carry the logical Discovery 5 badge – seems like it’s been on […]
New BMW Z5 & Toyota Supra – built in Austria and arriving 2018 (+video)
The replacement for the BMW Z4 – presumably the BMW Z5 – will go in to production in 2018 at Magna Steyr in 2018, and be joined by the new Toyota Supra. It’s more than three years since BMW and Toyota confirmed a joint venture to build a new sports car with common underpinnings which […]
Fiat 124 Spider – BETTER than Viagra (+video)
The Fiat 124 Spider – Fiat’s take on the Mazda MX-5 – arrives with UK buyers later this year and, according to Fiat, means the end of Viagra. The new Fiat 124 Spider – revealed late last year – sees the return of the much-loved Fiat Convertible sports car, and this time it’s based on the […]
Porsche Panamera Shooting Brake CONFIRMED – & it’s heading for the USA too (+video)
[nggallery id=1265 template=customlinks] The Porsche Panamera Shooting Brake – a production versions of Porsche’s Sport Turismo Concept – is going in to production and will arrive by 2017. There have been prototypes of the new Porsche Panamera running around for some time, and we know the new Panamera will debut at the Paris Motor Show […]
Volvo S90 Excellence gets the Lounge Console treatment, just like the XC90 (+video)
The new Volvo S90 Excellence has been given Volvo’s Lounge Console treatment for the Beijing Motor Show, to turn it in to the ultimate luxury S90. Last year Volvo revealed their take on what it takes to turn the very impressive XC90 in to the ultimate luxury transport, and now they’ve turned their attentions to […]
2016 Goodwood Festival of Speed: James Hunt Celebration, Star Drivers and MUCH more
The 2016 Goodwood Festival of Speed will celebrate James Hunt, have umpteen star drivers, star cars and more than 600 cars on show. Now we’re half way through April, the 2016 Goodwood Festival of SPeed is starting to loom,m and if you’ve never been you really should make the effort. It’s the world’s greatest petrolhead […]
Volvo XC90 T8 Twin Engine grabs ‘Free’ electric charge from other cars (+video)
[nggallery id=2004 template=customlinks] Volvo demonstrates how an XC90 T8 Twin Engine plug-in hybrid can harvest free electricity from other road users using water power. The Volvo XC90 is, in many ways, Volvo’s most impressive car to date, and with a choice of D5 diesel, T6 petrol and T8 plug-in hybrid options, there’s a drivetrain to […]
Nissan GT-R NISMO sets 189mph Guinness World DRIFT record (+video)
A Nissan GT-R Nismo has set a new Guinness World record for drifting, with Masato Kawabata in a 1360hp GT-R drifting at 189mph. Drifting car at speed with the tail hanging out is the staple fodder of car shows like Top Gear, but in Japan it’s the stuff of competition. And Nissan has taken that to a […]