Cars

Alpine announces new A110 Légende GT

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 announces new Hydrogen Vivaro-e van

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, […]

New all electric Citroën e-Berlingo MPV now on sale

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 confirms that the iconic convertible will be electric in 2025

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 reveals UK prices for the Ioniq 5

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 […]

Ford is adding support for Alexa to its new cars

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, […]

New entry level Volkswagen ID.4 now qualifies for government grant

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 will start offering OTA updates for its cars

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 […]

Ford announces name of its all electric F-150 pickup

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 will announce the new Polo GTI in June

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 […]