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 […]
Rivian has announced recently that it is recalling some examples of the R1T truck, due to an issue with the airbag sensors. This issue could cause the airbag not to disable if a child is sitting in the front passenger seat – which is obviously a safety issue. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) in the US has said that this is the first recall Rivian has actually had, […]
This week, Renault has started offering the all new Megane E-Tech Electric in the UK, with the order books officially being opened on 12th May. The new all electric car will be offered here in three trim levels, with Equilibre, Techno and Launch Edition. At the moment, potential customers can put a deposit down, with a a refundable £500. In the UK, Renault will be offering one battery option, whereas […]
Back in June last year, Volkswagen Ralf Brandstatter, the Volkswagen CEO shared a post on LinkedIn of some images of what he called at the time, the Volkswagen ID.X. A four wheel drive version of the ID.3 with more power. He also made it very clear that the car is just a demo of what Volkswagen could do and that it doesn’t show that a new car was coming. However, it […]
This week, Ford has announced its second all electric van – the new Ford E-Transit Custom. Ford already has the larger Ford E-Transit on sale over in the US and here in the UK and Europe, but generally for the roads here the Custom is a much more manageable size. Actually, when taking all vehicles into account, the Transit Custom is the best selling vehicle in the UK. Ford has […]
BMW is temporarily sending out brand new cars to customers, without any support for Apple CarPlay and Android Auto. The company has stated that this is due to a chip shortage, but it will be fixable later this year via an over the air update. BMW has been using new chips, but they require some updated software in order to support Apple CarPlay and Android Auto. To this end, BMW […]
