Ford announced earlier this year that the Mondeo brand in the EU and UK would be going away in 2022, but in various findings today on the Chinese Ministry for Industry and Information Technology website, the Ford Mondeo is back with a fifth generation. Ford will begin delivering the new car to Chinese customers in the second quarter of 2022. The new car is the result of a new collaboration […]
Mercedes today has issues a recall for the EQC, the company’s first all electric car. Mercedes is saying that around 19,000 cars are affected by this issue and it is pretty serious, as the power steering could system could suddenly fail. Mercedes hasnt said yet how many UK cars are affected by the issue, but according to car-recalls.eu, it is affecting all EQC models that were made between 11th December […]
Due to the ongoing chip shortages, BMW has temporarily stopped including touchscreens on some models and gone back to the iDrive controls. This change is affecting the 3 Series, X5, X6, X7 and Z4. Any new models produced going forward will feature the the older iDrive controller for navigation. BMW is giving customers $500 in credit for those who receive such models, labelled “Deletion of Touchscreen.”
This week, Volkswagen has introduced its newest member in the ID family, yes its another SUV but this is more of a ‘coupe-like’ SUV, more so than the ID.4, which is already on sale. This is now the third car VW has launched under the ID brand, following on from the ID.3 and ID.4. The ID.5 shares a lot of components with the ID.4, which is a much more chunky […]
Alfa Romeo has announced that it is planning on launching a fully electric Giulia in 2024. The current combustion model was introduced in 2016 and has a wide lineup of models, including the Quadrifoglio model with a Ferrari derived V6 and 502bhp. However, now that Alfa Romeo is under the Stellantis group, the company is now focusing itself on becoming an electric only car brand. To kick start this change, […]
Toyota has today announced the new Aygo X, the replacement of the outgoing standard model and now in its third generation. The Aygo X has been raised, with an SUV like look, complete with canvas roof that is retractable and extra cladding on the bodywork. The Aygo X is now 55mm taller and also sits on an all new platform, with a 325mm longer wheelbase meaning more bootspace is offered, […]
The Toyota Camry is a staple in the US, but it has only recently made its way back to the UK after a 14 year absence in 2019. However, after two months of introducing a new refreshed model, Toyota has now discontinued the Camry in the UK – citing poor sales performance. The Camry is still listed on the Toyota UK website, but it is unavailable to be configured. The […]
Starting today in the UK, the new MG ZS EV has now go on sale, with prices starting at £28,495, including the government’s £2,500 plug-in car grant. MG announced the new redesigned ZS EV last month, with its new larger battery pack, at 72kWh it’ll do 273 miles on one charge. There is a smaller pack available still, at 51kWh and that’ll do 198 miles – however that version is […]
Audi has just released a new software update for the e-tron 55 SUV, the company’s first electric car. The new update isn’t just the usual bug fixes, Audi has managed to squeeze some extra range out of it, adding an extra 12 miles for the 95kWh versions. However, unlike Tesla’s and the VW I.D family of cars, the e-tron can’t be updated over the air, it needs taking back to […]
After ten years, Lamborghini has now officially discontinued the Aventador, its flagship V12 supercar. Earlier this year in July the company released the Ultimae, the final version of the car with only 600 made. 350 of them were coupés and the other 250 were roadsters. The Ultimae is the final version of the Aventador to use a purely combustion engine, a 6.5-litre V12 engine, with no add ons for electrical […]
