This week, Mazda has made the updated MX-5 available to order, with prices starting at £24,755 in the UK. Not much has changed here, but what has changed is notable. The largest change is the new Kinetic Posture Control (KPC) chassis control system, which is a different kind of stability system, however KPC will apply braking to which wheel needs it in order to keep the car stable. Mazda say […]
Earlier this week, the UK Government revealed that the plug-in car grant would be reduced down from £2,500 to £1,500. The grant currently offers a subsidy on new car sales of any car that can be plugged in, hybrid or fully electric. There are also some changes to what band of prices the grant can now be applied to too. Customers looking to buy a brand new electric car can […]
Some of the latest electric cars from Vauxhall have been updated this week to be more efficient in electricity usage, which is resulting in some improvements in range, with a 6% improving for the Corsa-e and a 4% improvement for the Mokka-e. The Corsa-e now has a quoted range of 222 miles, a jump from 209 and the Mokka-e has jumped from 201 to 209 miles of range. To achieve […]
Ford has announced last week that like the Fiesta, the Kuga will now no longer be available with the option of a diesel engine. Ford stopped offering any diesel powered Fiesta models in October 2020 due to low sales. Now, the Kuga SUV is petrol only, as the 1.5-litre and 2.0-litre diesel engines have been axed from the range. Industry wide, diesel powered models are not selling that well, with […]
Tesla has announced this week that it has now stopped taking any new orders for the Model S and Model X for countries outside of North America. For those areas, the company is saying that deliveries for existing orders should be fulfilled in the second half of next year. Tesla has been sending out communications to this customers who have ordered the Model S and Model X in the UK […]
The new Dacia Spring might be coming to the UK sometime soon, but it is already on sale in mainland Europe. The small all electric city car is one of the cheapest full sized electric cars on sale in Europe, at €89 a month in France with a purchase price of around £10,500 when converted. Range is 143 miles from the 26.8kWh battery pack and 44bhp and a top speed of […]
Škoda has recently introduced a new updated version of its smaller SUV, the Karoq. Škoda has made some changes to the technology that the car comes with as well as some exterior design changes. On the outside the LED headlights are slimmer with a new body coloured rear spoiler at the back. The fuel tank also has a new more aerodynamically efficient design. The Karoq is more sustainable than before […]
Ford has now stopped taking any new reservations for its new, all electric F-150 pickup truck. Ford has had 200,000 orders for the new truck and has now officially stopped taking new orders. Jim Farley, Ford CEO broke the news on CNBC when speaking to Jim Cramer on the show. “We are completely oversubscribed with our battery electric vehicles, Lightning especially. We had to stop reservations we got so many, […]
Mazda has announced the new Mazda 2 Hybrid, which will go on sale here in the UK next year. If this car looks familiar, it should be as it is essentially a Toyota Yaris. This comes from a new partnership between the two companies and it’ll be sold alongside the traditional petrol powered Mazda 2. It looks like Mazda didn’t have a full hybrid power system in place yet, as […]
Mazda is set to reveal a new updated version of the MX-5 sports car after a new potential update was hinted at on the Japanese version of the company’s website. Also to further add fuel to the fire, the current model has now been removed from sale. Mazda Japan has said the following: “With the exception of some specifications, sales of the current model have been discontinued. The announcement of […]
