The Latest News, Announcements And Rumours From The World Of Cars
We love a good hot hatch at Motoring Spy. Especially when it’s accompanied by big shouty numbers and even bigger flared arches. So the new Citroen DS4 Racing should be right up our Champs Elysees – 256bhp from a 1.6-litre engine. Wow. For now, the DS4 Racing is a concept. But they said that about [...]
This is the new Citroen DS5 and it’s for people who like to be different. And as such it provides contrarian executive types with a much needed alternative to German engineering. Priced from £22,400 when UK sales commence on April 2nd 2012, the third addition to the stylish DS range began life as the C-SportLounge [...]
The finalists for the prestigious World Car Of The Year awards have been announced. Two awards are up for grabs; the World Car Of The Year 2012 and the World Performance Car Of The Year 2012. The ten finalists in each category were selected by a jury of 66 international car journalists from Europe, Asia [...]
Excited by the ongoing sales success of the sporty yet chic DS3, Citroen has seen fit to gild the lily. Take one standard DS3, pile on more luxury et voila, the Citroen DS3 Ultra Prestige Edition. Citroen promises sophisticated style and premium specification within the distinctive personality of the DS line. We’ll see… The Sophisticated [...]
In 2005 three car manufacturers got their heads together and launched a small car. A few styling tweaks later and we said hello to the Peugeot 107, Citroen C1 and Toyota Aygo. And despite a mild update in 2008, by 2011 the trio was starting to feel their age…and that was before three car manufacturers [...]
Concept cars are designed by manufacturers to show ideas they have for future production cars. They use the concepts to get feedback on design ideas, market fit and new technology. The problem is that many concept cars looks great, but then the production cars that follows later looks absolutely nothing like their concepts did! We [...]
Citroen has added two new special editions to the Citroen C3 range for the New Year. Introducing the C3 Black and C3 White. The new models will replace the 72bhp 1.4i VT version upon which they are based. And as the name suggests, both versions will be marked out by their colour scheme. While the [...]
After weeks of arguing and pointy finger style rows the judges at TopGear Magazine have named the Range Rover Evoque Car of the Year 2011. The judging panel headed by TopGear Magazine editor Charlie Turner included members of the editorial and road testing team along with the three TV presenters Jeremy Clarkson, James May and [...]
The cost of running a car is a serious concern for many people these days. VAT has increased recently, the MOT Test has been extended and MP’s have debated scrapping the planned 3p hike in fuel duty. As a result, many motorists want to select the most fuel efficient car, but manufacturers don’t make it [...]
The prospect of electric cars becoming part of mainstream motoring in the UK has received a major boost thanks to three important pieces of news. 1. Universal Charging Standards Seven large car manufacturers have reached an agreement to use common standards for charging electric vehicles in North America and Europe. Audi, BMW, Daimler, Ford, General [...]
