Hybrid cars have been on sale in Europe for a while now. Toyota, Honda, VW and even Porsche all sell hybrid versions of their cars that improve on fuel economy by supplementing their petrol engines with electric motors. Until now, such cars have...
Motoring
Wednesday 1st February 2012, 12:02am
BMW GIVES THE X6 A FACELIFT
BMW has released the first pictures of its facelifted X6. The Sports Activity Coupé has a new revived face with a more pronounced kidney grille, higher fog lights and adaptive LED headlamps. Available with five...
Wednesday 25th January 2012, 12:02am
Right now Land Rover’s design team is halfway through a programme to redesign the world’s most famous 4x4, the Land Rover Defender. The goal is to take the key elements of the iconic car and create a cool, new and modern version of a design that...
Wednesday 25th January 2012, 12:02am
NEW SLK 55 AMG TO SET YOU BACK UNDER £55,000
Mercedes–Benz has announced prices for its powerful SLK 55 AMG. The top of the line AMG model has a new 5.5-litre V8 engine good for 421bhp which can propel the car from 0-62mph in 4.6 seconds....
Wednesday 18th January 2012, 12:06am
Whenever I see a Toyota Prius, it is travelling in the outside lane on the M6 Toll road at a blistering pace. I have always assumed that the owners are keen to recharge their batteries, or that even worthy eco warriors sometimes like to let loose...
Wednesday 18th January 2012, 12:06am
F1 DRIVERS TAKE TURN OFF PISTE
In a display of spectacular silliness Scuderia Ferrari drivers Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa have raced two FF four-seater, four-wheel drive Ferraris down a ski slope in the Italian Dolomite mountains....
Wednesday 11th January 2012, 12:00am
There are a number of criteria that make up the ideal family car. First of all, it needs to be big enough to carry gifts from the opposing sides of the family you’re obliged to visit, plus any bulky items you manage to raid from what’s left of...
Wednesday 11th January 2012, 12:00am
ECONOMICAL C1 GETS A REFRESH
Citroen’s smallest car gets a fresh look for 2012. The latest C1 is cleaner and greener and boast more than 65.7mpg, emitting just 99g/km of CO2 and making it Congestion Charge exempt. It goes on sale in April...
Tuesday 3rd January 2012, 11:56pm
It’s taken me years to come around to the 4x4. I wouldn’t say I was anti-SUV – it’s just that I’ve never understood the attraction. For a life in the countryside, fine, go right ahead, it makes a lot of sense. Off-road, in a Landie, I’m having as...
Tuesday 3rd January 2012, 11:56pm
GIRLS ARE DEFINITELY ALLOWED IN CUSTOM RENAULT TWINGO
As part of a marketing initiative to promote Renault's new Twingo, Nicola Roberts from Girls Aloud has created this Twingo with her own bespoke interior. A recording studio, coffee...
Editor's Letter
Allister Heath
UK can’t count on others messing up
THERE are two ways a country can do well. The first is to introduce domestic policies that boost work,...
