Every year, Halloween brings out the most ghoulish, bone-chilling and downright terrifying creeps and creatures. But if you want a real fright, there’s nothing quite like a scary car. A witch’s broomstick is mere child’s play when it comes to terrifying transport with the humble motorcar capable of taking the fright factor up several notches… Continue reading The scariest cars we’ve ever driven
Category: US Motoring Press
New 2022 Range Rover arrives with plug-in hybrid power and seven seats
In more than 50 years there have only been four generations of Range Rover, so this all-new, fifth-generation car for 2022 is a significant step for Land Rover. Not least because the British brand’s iconic luxury SUV will be available as a plug-in hybrid and with seven seats for the first time. The new Range… Continue reading New 2022 Range Rover arrives with plug-in hybrid power and seven seats
Kingsley Cars launches ULEZ-exempt Range Rover Classic
Kingsley Cars, the UK-based Range Rover specialist, has launched a modernised version of the Range Rover Classic that is exempt from the newly expanded ULEZ charge. Called the ULEZ Reborn Range Rover Classic series, prices for the refreshed off-road icon start from £125,000. The company offers its restomod Range Rovers with a choice of two… Continue reading Kingsley Cars launches ULEZ-exempt Range Rover Classic
New 2022 Toyota Aygo X: crossover city car priced from £14,795
Toyota has announced pricing and spec details for the new Aygo X – a replacement for the Aygo city car that sees it morph into a crossover. The Kia Picanto rival will be available to order on December 1st, starting from £14,795 in base manual ‘Pure’ trim. That’s £875 more than today’s existing Aygo, but… Continue reading New 2022 Toyota Aygo X: crossover city car priced from £14,795
MG Motor India begins export journey with Nepal, eyes UK and South Africa
The Hector is the first car to be exported by MG Motor India, to Nepal. Two-and-a-half years after beginning manufacturing operations at its Halol plant in Gujarat, MG Motor India has commenced exports. The Hector SUV is the first made-in-India product from the carmaker to be shipped overseas, to Nepal, which will be retailed by… Continue reading MG Motor India begins export journey with Nepal, eyes UK and South Africa
Opinion: How prescient was the Rolls-Royce 102EX?
When Rolls-Royce built the Phantom-based 102EX in 2011, it seemed a very curious project. No buyer had asked for such a car and no production model was planned. Though we wouldn’t know it for another decade, the dual-motor layout would go on to become widely adopted by rivals, and its 71kWh battery would be surprisingly… Continue reading Opinion: How prescient was the Rolls-Royce 102EX?
Under the skin: why cooling fluids are key to improving EVs
Electric vehicles have turned the world upside down in more ways than one: technology has changed, as have production methods, driving styles, refuelling, tyre design and pretty well anything else you can think of. Deeper beneath the surface, more changes are on the way, and one of those is the design of the fluids that… Continue reading Under the skin: why cooling fluids are key to improving EVs
Spectre coupe signals Rolls-Royce shift to EVs
Rolls-Royce will soon begin on-road testing of its first all-electric production car, the Spectre, ahead of a market launch in the fourth quarter of 2023. By then, prototypes will have covered 150 million miles in a range of conditions, which Rolls-Royce equates to a simulated 400 years of use. The Goodwood firm’s CEO, Torsten Müller-Ötvös,… Continue reading Spectre coupe signals Rolls-Royce shift to EVs
Get an early look at NBC sitcom set inside corporate ranks of struggling Detroit automaker
The Detroit-set Payne Motors company is preparing to introduce its self-driving car, the Ponderosa, to the press when the new CEO expresses some doubts. “The name Ponderosa, do we like it? … To me it sounds, like, ponderous. Like dull, you know? Like a dull ponderous car,” says the corporate leader played by “Saturday Night Live” alum Ana Gasteyer.… Continue reading Get an early look at NBC sitcom set inside corporate ranks of struggling Detroit automaker
Ford RS200 reimagined as an electric car for new ‘secret projects’ book
One of the most iconic Ford models of the past 40 years, the RS200, has been reimagined by the company’s European design team to tie in with a new book revealing some of the company’s most secret projects. Mid-engined, four-wheel drive and turbocharged, the RS200 was conceived as Ford’s rally challenger for the all-conquering Audi… Continue reading Ford RS200 reimagined as an electric car for new ‘secret projects’ book