We reported around two years ago that the new Dacia Spring electric car could make its way to the UK, since then it has become the best selling car in the company’s home country of Romania and within eight months of going on sale, Dacia has achieved 40,000 orders. Back in December 2021, we also reported that Dacia had said that a UK launch for the Spring was looking ‘very […]
Smart has recently planned on relaunching its brand, once a maker of less expensive cars and then up until lately, a couple of electric only versions of its existing cars were offered. Earlier in April, Smart unveiled its all new electric SUV called the #1. The company is now part owned by Chinese group Geely, which also runs Volvo and Lotus as well as being owned still by Mercedes-Benz, its […]
Fiat is planning on removing all the models it sells currently in the UK from sale that don’t have some sort of electrification. By July 2022, the company says the last engine to go is the 1.2-litre petrol engine, which will be removed from the current Fiat 500 and Fiat Panda. Instead, they’ll haver the option of a 1.0-litre hybrid with a 11Ah battery. Fiat started to work towards an […]
At the beginning of the year 1994, Rover Group was sold to BMW for £800m (£1.3b in 2022). Behind the scenes, the Germany company was really only after Land Rover, but was told the two weren’t going to be sold separately. Over the six years Rover was answering to BMW, millions of pounds of investment was poured into the British company, without a significant profit to be made. BMW also […]
This week, Citroën has revealed the official pricing for the all new, all electric Ami for the UK market. The small two seater EV quadricycle is due to go on sale soon for £7,695 – making it one of the cheapest road going vehicles on sale in Britain today. The base price includes the standard Ami, digital speedometer, LED headlights and rear lights, panoramic sunroof and USB charging socket. For […]
Chinese car company Maxus has announced a brand new all electric pickup truck, which will be coming to the UK when it goes on sale. This is actually the very first electric pick-up truck to be launched for the this country. The T90EV is based on the pre-existing T90 double cab truck, which is already on sale in China. Maxus has removed all of the components from the standard combustion […]
The brand new Ford Ranger Raptor is on sale now in the UK, starting at £57,340. With the last generation Ranger Raptor, Ford used a 2.0-litre bi-turbo diesel engine but the new one swaps it for a much more powerful 3.0-litre petrol V6, with 284bhp. The last truck had 204bhp. The new Ranger Raptor is on sale now for £57,340 in the UK and rest of Europe, deliveries are due […]
Last week, the new Ineos Grenadier has been put on sale here in the UK, with prices starting at £49,000. Ineos has a few models on sale to rival the iconic Land Rover Defender, in both passenger and commercial guises. The base price Grenadier is a commercial version, with two seats up front. For £49,000, the base level Grenadier is the commercial version, called the Utility Wagon. It has two passenger […]
At the end of this month, Land Rover is planning on unveiling the new larger, eight seater Defender 130. Once launched, it’ll be the largest Defender on sale at 5.1m long. We also know that Land Rover is planning on opening the order books at the same time. Land Rover has said surprisingly little about the upcoming model, but we do know that they’ll be two seats in the front, […]
Today, Vauxhall has stopped selling its medium sized saloon car, the Insignia. For the time being, Vauxhall has no plans to replace it soon, but with a long term future of being replaced with a fully electric version in 2026. The latest Insignia was only just facelifted two years ago and the company has said that it’ll be fulfilling any new orders, but for now the Insignia won’t be replaced. Over […]
