This week, Mazda US has confirmed that the new hybrid Mazda MX-30 SUV will go on sale in the US this autumn, for around $30,000 (£24,000) before any government discounts or incentives. The MX-30 is a small crossover that we have had in the UK and Europe for a couple of months and it has a decent amount of range, but not loads. Being a hybrid, it also has a […]
Back in September last year, Skoda dropped the vRS sports version of its large seven weather SUV, the Kodiaq. At the time, the reasoning was due to emissions regulations. The last version of the Kodiaq vRS used a 237bhp twin-turbo diesel engine and it exceeded the emissions targets level. Skoda has just announced a new refreshed Kodiaq, which redesigns the lights all round to be more angular and inline with […]
Stellantis, the new parent company behind Citroën, Peugeot, Vauxhall, Fiat, Jeep as well as many more companies has announced recently that coming from its Citroën, Peugeot and Vauxhall brands will be a new hydrogen powered van, next year. Sitting on the same platform as the Dispatch, Expert and Vivaro, which themselves all have fully electric versions, the new hydrogen vans will be plug in hybrid models, with the tank sitting […]
Volkswagen has recently announced the new Caddy California, mini camper van which takes most of the features and conveniences of the larger California models and shrinks them down into the space of the smallest van Volkswagen makes, the Caddy. On the outside, the Caddy California just looks like Caddy MPV people carrier, but it has a kitchen, fold out bed and it even comes in a Maxi size, for more […]
This week, Stellantis owned DS has launched its first saloon car, with the DS 9. Sales started on Thursday this week here in the UK, with prices starting at £40,615. Big French saloon cars have always had a certain appeal to them, with Citroen launching the iconic C6 back in 2006. DS is looking to take on the same segment in the market as the E-Class, 5 Series and the […]
Earlier this week, news was revealed that Caterham Cars had been purchased by Japanese importer, VT Holdings. The sports car company has been always in British hands since the initial founding around 50 years ago. Prior to the sale, the company had been owned by Team Lotus owner Tony Fernandes since 27 April 2011. VT Holdings isn’t a lesser known company to Caterham, the importer in Japan had been handling the importation […]
In the last few weeks, Renault has announced the all new Kangoo small panel van, which will be available in petrol and diesel and as well as a fully electric version, sitting under the ZE brand. Renault will put the new van on sale here in the UK this summer. The new Kangoo also features a new ‘pillarless’ sliding door, which Renault is calling ‘Open Sesame’. ‘Open Sesame’ as pictured […]
A few days ago, Ford stopped selling its at home electric charger, which was launched for the Mustang Mach E electric SUV. Ford spoke to The Verge about the decision and its due to some of them not working correctly, where the box would stop working all together. Ford has decided to stop selling the charger until it can work out what is wrong. Ford has said that there are not […]
Today, Toyota has announced the all new GR 86 coupe, which is replacing the outgoing GT86 for the company’s mid range, two door, four seater sports coupe. The GR 86 is sitting below the GR Supra in the line up. Straight away, Toyota has made some much needed improvements. The general consensus was that the old GT 86 was underpowered, with 197bhp and 151lb ft torque. So Toyota has improved […]
This week, BMW has reduced the price of the BMW i3 all electric car in the UK, due to how the government has recently changed the plug-in car grant (PiCG). At the beginning of this month, BMW actually raised the price of the i3 by £3665, bringing the price up to £39,690. However, on the 18th March the UK government changed the scheme, reducing the contribution in provides from £3,000 […]
