Your chance to own a unique Aston Martin DB10 – the first car created exclusively for James Bond. Aston Martin is auctioning off one of the few DB10s at Christie’s in London on February 18 with proceeds going to Médecins Sans Frontières. It is the only car to date in …
Read More »Detroit Motor Show: 10 of the best
Feast your eyes on our 10 favourite cars from the 2016 North American International Auto Show – that’s the Detroit Motor Show to us… Acura Precision concept – this is a vision of the future from Acura, Honda’s upmarket brand in the US. If it goes into production and looks …
Read More »What Car? Car of the Year 2016 – winners
The Volkswagen Group cleaned up at the prestigious What Car? Car of the Year Awards 2016, despite being engulfed by the diesel emissions scandal. Top prize went to the Audi A4 3.0 TDI 218 Sport, while the Group (which consists of VW, Audi, SEAT, ŠKODA, Bentley and Bugatti) was victorious in nine of the …
Read More »Safest new cars revealed
These are the safest new cars on the road today, according to official safety authority, Euro NCAP. Read on for Euro NCAP’s Best-in-Class award winners, based on crash tests of more than 40 new cars carried out during 2015… Euro NCAP’s Best-in-Class winners Large off-road: Volvo XC90 The best performing large …
Read More »Drivers unprepared for winter
A quarter of motorists admit they “do nothing” to prepare for winter weather and dangerous driving conditions. With snow predicted to fall across the UK, research by Asda has revealed that Brits are ‘skating on thin ice’ when it comes to safety. At one extreme, two in five motorists admit …
Read More »Concerns over driverless cars
Three in five UK motorists are worried about the safety of fully autonomous cars, according to a new study. The research for Continental Tyres also revealed that 40% of people simply mistrust the concept of a self-driving car, while a fifth say it scares them. A further half said they …
Read More »Fifty years of the Alfa Romeo Spider
Alfa Romeo is celebrating 50 years of its iconic Spider with a limited edition Alfa Romeo 4C Spider. Launched in March 1966, the original Duetto Spider is forever associated with The Graduate movie, starring the young Dustin Hoffmann. The Pininfarina-styled roadster featured enclosed headlights and a signature “boat-tail” rear end. …
Read More »Revealed: Britain’s bestselling cars of 2015
UK new car registrations hit an all-time record in 2015, according to the latest trade industry figures. The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) said 2.63 million cars were sold in 2015, up 6.3% on 2014 – beating the previous record of 2.58 million set in 2003. “Buyers took …
Read More »Jeep’s big birthday
2016 promises to be a stellar year for Jeep as it celebrates a major milestone and launches an important new model. Not only will the iconic American brand mark its 75th birthday, but an as-yet unnamed, unseen compact Jeep (slotting in between the Renegade and Cherokee?) will be unveiled. Born …
Read More »Introducing the 200mph electric supercar
Feast your eyes on these picture of the awesome Faraday Future FFZero1 concept car unveiled today at CES 2016 in Las Vegas. If ever there was a showstopper, the FFZero1 is it. Backed by Chinese billionaire Jia Yeuting, Faraday Future is planning to build a factory in Nevada to build this …
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