Last week, Ford announced that it is planning on adding over the air software updates to its cars that support it, on the Mustang Mach E and new Bronco and as part of that, Alexa support will be added too. Obviously, people know Alexa from Amazon’s line of smart speakers and the Fire TV but in a car, it’ll be used to help the driver get information on traffic levels, […]
Last week, Volkswagen added a new entry level trim of the ID.4, called ‘City Pure’ and the big thing is that this model is in the right price bracket to qualify for the latest reduced version of the government grant for EVs. Coming at just under the £35,000 limit, the ID.4 City Pure is £34,650. This new less expensive model has a 148bhp motor, a 52kWh battery and 213 miles […]
Ford has announced today that it will start offering over the air updates to some of its latest car models. Using a new service its calling “Power Up”, Ford will be able to administer software updates for the cars base firmware, infotainment and more all remotely. In the past, cars have had to be taken to a dealership for an update. Now, we all know remote software updates for cars […]
This week, Ford finally announced plans for its upcoming electric pickup truck, as well as the name. Ford is reusing the F-150 Lightning badge, which was used on SVT trucks from the 90s. Lightning is a good name for an electric truck from Ford and the new truck will be unveiled later this month on the 19th May. Making the F-150 electric is a major step for Ford, the other big […]
Volkswagen announced the all new Polo a couple weeks ago with it go on sale later this year in the UK, but one model that was missing was the Polo GTI. But this week, VW has shared a preview image of the sketch with a launch date to be in June this year. VW was supposed to announce the Polo GTI at Lake Wörthersee, an annual GTI event the company […]
Genesis is the luxury arm of Hyundai and its something very similar to what Toyota and Lexus have and Ford and Lincoln. Genesis hasn’t even been around that long either, Hyundai launched it only six years ago and since then it has only been available in the US and Korea. However, Hyundai is looking to expand, so this summer Hyundai will be launching two models in the UK, Germany and […]
The past 12 months for new car sales in the UK have been hard, with low sales non essential shops needing to close. April 2020 saw 4,321 cars in the UK but thankfully now a year later, things have increased. Last month, 141,483 new cars were registers, marking an increase of 3,177%. In a report from SMMT, it details what fuel type of cars were sold too, interestingly new diesel […]
Citroën has revealed a new commercial version of its latest Ami all electric, well kind of car. Technically the Ami is a quadricycle with two seats. Launched at the tails end of last year, the Ami is designed for young teenagers in France, where the law is a bit different to the UK as 14 year olds can drive this, up to a certain speed limit – without a full […]
The new Chevrolet Corvette C8 stingray will be going on sale this year as planned. We reported last year that the latest mid-engined Corvette would come to the UK in 2021 and now Chevrolet has revealed prices too. The famous American supercar will come to the UK later this year in October, for the first time in right hand drive too. Priced from £81,700, it’ll come in coupé and convertible […]
This week, Škoda launched the all new Fabia supermini which is now based on the Audi A1 Sportback, Seat Ibiza and Volkswagen Polo platform. The fourth generation car will be launching in the UK next year and cost from around £13,500, which undercuts the Polo by around £2,000. Despite being part of the VW Group for over twenty years, the Skoda has never made the Fabia use the same platform […]
