The new Ford Mustang Mach-E has gone on sale in the US and UK recently but it has had its first issue already, a small percentage of cars have had some loose bolts on the subframe, it noticed this issue during the extensive QA process. Ford has said that no cars are affected in the EU and UK, but 1,258 cars have an issue in the US and 90 in […]
Since the Ford Mustang was first offered here in the UK, two engine models were offered. The traditional 5.0-litre V8 with 444bhp and a smaller Ecoboost four cylinder model which was the same engine included in the now discontinued Ford Focus RS. That model had 313bhp when it was initially launched in 2015, but over time Ford had to reduce the amount of power it produced due to European emissions […]
Hyundai is having to recall 75,680 Kona EVs worldwide due to issues with the batteries. The main issue came from when Hyundai issued a software upgrade to a batch of Kona vehicles which would limit the cars charging to 90%. However one car that had been upgraded happened to catch fire in South Korea in January this year. After this issue occurred, the Korean Transport Ministry investigated but determined the […]
Mitsubishi announced back in August last year that it will be leaving the UK and Europe and therefore no new models would be launched at all, due to profitability issues. However the company could be planning on staying thanks to the existing Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance. A new report from the Financial Times suggests that in order to cut down costs, some of the cars could be moved to France for example, […]
Aston Martin struggled for sales during 2020, like every car business the result of the pandemic meant less people were and are going out and with some people losing jobs, the desire to spend money has reduced too. The company sold a total of 4,150 cars in 2020, which is 32% less than it achieved in 2019. The company also lost money too, with annual revenue dropping from £980.5m year […]
This week, Volkswagen has introduced a new 45 year anniversary edition of the Golf 8 GTI. The company has been releasing a special anniversary GTI every five years since 1996, when Volkswagen launched the 20 year edition. This time with the GTI Clubsport 45, Volkswagen has added a large black rear spoiler, black roof as well as specific black and red alloy wheels. The GTI Clubsport 45 will go on […]
Volkswagen’s new Tiguan R is now on sale starting this week, with prices starting at £45,915. The Tiguan R was announced at the tail end of 2020 and was left with a date of release for 2021 and now it is on sale in the UK. The Tiguan R now joins the Golf R, Touareg R and Arteon R in the company’s ever increasing performance arm line of products. The Tiguan […]
Today, JLR has introduced a new V8 version of the Land Rover Defender, with the same engine as the Jaguar F-Type, Range Rover Sport with 518bhp and 461lb ft torque. The V8 Defender is on sale from today with pricing at £98,505 for the 90 and £101,150 for the five-door 110. Thanks to the much more powerful engine, it can now do 0-60mph in 5.2 seconds with a top speed […]
Peugeot has launched a new electric version of the Rifter MPV with the e-Rifter which is actually based on the Partner commercial vehicle, which also gained an all electric version in early February. This is similar to the Life version of the Vauxhall Combo-e which was announced earlier this month too. As Peugeot is in the same PSA group as Vauxhall and Citroën all of the electric versions all share the […]
In the last few days, Tesla has stopped orders for the entry level Model Y small SUV. The Standard Range version only launched a few weeks ago and has been dropped all of a sudden. This decision could be for any reason, supply issues, backorders retooling etc. The base price of the Model Y was $39,990 which was a reduced price anyway, now the Standard Range version has gone the […]
