Infiniti launches £100...
Filed under: Latest News Infiniti will become the latest manufacturer to break the £100,000 mark for a production SUV when the FX50 S Vettel special edition goes on sale. It’s not the first £100,000-plus SUV ( Range Rover has done one , and the Mercedes G 55 AMG costs...
BMW Announces 2013 X1 G...
BMW has announced mileage figures for the 2013 X1 crossover, and the high-riding wagon is as fuel-thrifty as the new-for-2012 3-series sedan . The X1 has been on sale in Europe for a few years, but for 2013 BMW gave the crossover a midcycle refresh and sent it our way for the first time....
Volkswagen Golf/Jetta C...
Remember that theoretical Golf/Jetta CC four-door-coupe-type substance we reported on last month? Yeah, don’t get your hopes up. We’ve learned from European sources that while approval for the car still looks good—a final decision has yet to be made—it is highly unlikely...
Cadillac Confirms Futur...
In the future, Cadillac will still offer at least one coupe and one wagon—but unlike now, they may not both be CTS models. The alternative for either or both body styles would be to offer them for the new ATS . Cadillac execs know it’s critical to offer a number of body styles in...
VW Up! is World Car of ...
There are now almost as many ceremonies for car awards as ones for films. World Car of the Year (WCOTY) would like to become the Oscars, but it has a way to go over here where European Car of the Year is the big one. Anyway, WCOTY has decided the VW Up (sorry, VW, we can’t be...
Decision soon on Vauxha...
Filed under: Latest News Press reports on both sides of the Atlantic suggest that General Motors (GM) is close to a decision about factory closures in Europe. Two plants are in the firing line: Bochum in Germany and Ellesmere Port in Cheshire. The latest rumours are that Bochum will...
Fiat workers: Want to s...
Filed under: Latest News Strikes in UK car factories are pretty rare these days, but in Italy Fiat unions are fighting each other for the right to strike first. In what could be a story from an old comedy show (Not the Nine o’Clock News, perhaps?), militant Fiat Trade Union FIOM is...
Vauxhall and Peugeot to...
Filed under: Latest News The CEO of General Motors has told the Wall Street Journal that GM and PSA (Peugeot Citroen) will start development of two new cars by this autumn. The first car will be the size of a Corsa or 208 and will be for the South American market. The second one will be...
Volvo dismisses talk of...
Filed under: Latest News We are used to car companies talking up their plans for electric cars, but in a man-bites-dog speech, the boss of Volvo says it isn’t going to happen. Stefan Jacoby, the CEO of Volvo said in a speech in Brussels, that without significant help at a European...