The Latest News, Announcements And Rumours From The World Of Cars
This is the new Volkswagen Polo BlueGT which has just appeared from beneath a silk cover at the 2012 Geneva Motor Show. It’s also the second most powerful Polo you can buy. With 138bhp from the turbocharged 1.4-litre petrol engine the warm hatch slots into the range between the 104bhp 1.2 TSI Polo and the [...]
This is the new Ford Fiesta ST, unveiled at the 2012 Geneva Motor Show. And it’s real. First we saw the three-door Fiesta ST concept at the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show. Then the five-door ST concept appeared at the 2011 LA Auto Show. But this time it’s a real production version which will reach UK [...]
BMW will use the upcoming 2012 Geneva Motor Show to present this…the new M135i. So if you’re excited about the forthcoming arrival of the three-door version of the new BMW 1 Series hatch, this design concept should make you overheat. Not only does it preview how the three-door hatch will look, the 300bhp+ hyper hatch [...]
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 Renaultsport Megane 265 freshly updated for 2012. Renault’s popular hot hatch starts from £24,825 for the 265 Cup and £26,025 for the more luxurious 265. Available to order now ahead of the UK launch in April, it promises minor styling changes and more power. The Style Apart from the new Arctic White [...]
This is the new 252bhp Audi A1 Quattro. It’s left-hand-drive only and costs £41,020. Only 333 examples have been made worldwide, just 19 are coming to Britain…and most of them have been spoken for already. The orderbook officially opens in March for delivery during the second half of 2012, but if you wait till then [...]
This is the new Peugeot 208 GTI Concept. It packs nearly 200bhp and it’s coming to the 2012 Geneva Motor Show in March. And although a production version has still to be confirmed, Peugeot suits are expected to give the green light within a matter of weeks. But it raises the old question, yet again [...]
This is the new Kia Trackster Concept which has just been revealed at the 2012 Chicago Auto Show. And the stunning high-performance SUV-Coupe-thing is further evidence that Kia has gone a bit Nissan. The three-door SUV-Coupe is loosely based on the Kia Soul, just like the Juke R is based on the standard Nissan. It [...]
Vauxhall will unveil their eagerly awaited Astra VXR at the 2012 Geneva Motor Show in March. The global premiere of Vauxhall’s hottest Astra will wow the crowds in Switzerland before it arrives in the UK during the summer. Astra VXR – Vauxhall’s Hottest Astra The Astra VXR is based on the Astra GTC’s platform, which [...]
The new Volkswagen Golf GTI will be lighter, more powerful and faster than the current model. The seventh-generation hot hatch will also be rather clever when it appears towards the end of 2012. So let’s take a look at these elements in turn. Lighter Golf GTI Thanks to a high-strength body shell, advanced suspension and [...]
