As BMW is completing its line up for the new M3 and M4 Competition, with an estate version of the M3 coming soon as well as the new cars having the option of four wheel drive for the first time. BMW has now launched a new convertible version of the M4 Competition. The new car now opts for a fabric roof, ditching the metal folding roof and therefore saving a […]
For the last 20 plus years, the VW Group has owned Automobili Lamborghini, through Lamborghini when it purchased it from Megatech in 1998. Audi paid a now seemingly small sum of $110 million. However this week, the VW Group has been offered €7.5 billion (£6.4 billion) for Lamborghini by a newly formed consortium called Quantum Group AG. The Quantum Group AG said it sees a future in e-fuels and hydrogen […]
Despite going up for pre-order around 48 hours ago, Ford has already had more than 44,500 pre-orders for the new all electric F-150 Lightning pickup truck, with each customer needing to put down $100. The truck comes in at $39,974 (£28,200), has 563bhp, will do between 230 and 300 miles on a charge and can even power your house during an outage. More than 44,500 reservations in less than 48 […]
This week, Ford revealed the anticipated all electric version of the F-150 pickup truck with the new F-150 Lightning. When it goes ons ale next year, it will take on the yet to be released Cybertruck from Tesla. Ford revealed the name for its all electric F-150 last week, taking the name Lightning from an old performance F-150 from the 90s. However, in this incarnation its in reference to the […]
We reported last week that Genesis, the luxury car division of Hyundai was coming to the UK. Now this week, Genesis has revealed the pricing of the two models it’ll be launching this summer. The G80 saloon will cost from £37,460 and the GV80 large SUV from £56,715. Both will go on sale later this summer, with the G70 saloon and GV70 SUV to come later. Genesis will also have […]
Alpine has revealed a new high end version of the A110 sports car, with the Légende GT. This new trim level has a fe unique design features as well as being in a limited run. Alpine will only make 300 units to be shared in Europe and the UK, with prices at £61,655 which is quite a jump from the standard car, at £46,900. The new car will have the […]
Vauxhall has launched a new hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle version of the Vivaro panel van, which will have 249 miles of range with affect on the load capacity of the van, which is the same as the all electric Vivaro-e and combustion based cars. Parent company Stellantis announced its hydrogen plans in April this year. Hydrogen availability in the UK isn’t at a very high availability at the moment, […]
Citroën has put the new all electric e-Berlingo on sale this week, starting at £29,575 in the UK. Being under £35,000, this price does include the government £2,500 grant. The e-Berlingo is sharing the same electric drivetrain as the e-Dispatch, the all electric commercial vehicle Citroën offers, but this is primarily designed as a passenger vehicle with a rear bench seat. Citroën is offering two trim levels, Feel and Flair […]
Mini has confirmed that it will be launching an all new electric convertible version of the Mini this decade, specifically in 2025. Currently the company only offers the Mini in electric form on one model, the three door hatchback so it is good that the drivetrain will make it to more models. It is likely that the Mini E Convertible will share the same drivetrain and battery set up from […]
Hyundai announced the brand new Ioniq 5 EV recently, it sits under the Ioniq sub brand within Hyundai which sounds confusing as the Ioniq named is already used for other models. The Ioniq 5 is an all new crossover / saloon car with a 58kWh battery, rear wheel drive and 240 miles of range and prices will be from £36,995 in the UK, with it going on sale later this […]
