3
Ollie Kew,
01 May 2013 11:00
CAR first drove the Vauxhall Adam earlier this year, but that was a European-spec car on Portugese roads. The Adam copped a lot of stick for its ride and handling – which Vauxhall promised would be retuned for discerning British tastes (and shoddy British roads) on UK models. We’ve driven the sporty 1.4 ‘Slam’ model to see if the changes ...
3
Steve Moody,
08 April 2013 07:00
This is the Dacia Sandero Stepway. In basic form, the Dacia supermini is the cheapest new car on sale in the UK, at £5995. The toughed-up Stepway version you see here is £7995, and even the flagship 'Laureate' models, complete with touchscreen sat-nav, cost less than £10k. Should you consider this bargain buying option? Read on for the CAR verdict. ...
2
Ollie Kew,
15 March 2013 13:00
VW is dipping its toes into the electric car pool with its first battery vehicle: an electric Up city car. Christened the 'e-Up', it's not a special edition for Yorkshire only, but rather a silent, zero-emission EV that VW reckons is the perfect commuter's tool. Read on for the full spec. Tell me about the VW e-Up's powertrain Instead of ...
3.5
Georg Kacher (artist's impressions by Christian Schulte),
31 December 2012 09:00
Daimler is developing the new Smart Fortwo alone after Renault ejected from so-called Project Edison early in the car's gestation. Having spent a small fortune on new electric car projects like Twizy and Zoe (not to mention Fluence ZE and Kangoo ZE), the French pulled out of the Fortwo programme to save money and manpower - concentrating instead on the joint project to co-develop a ...
4
Georg Kacher and Tim Pollard,
11 October 2012 15:36
Volkswagen is planning to launch a new budget brand to challenge the likes of Dacia – and the bargain basement minis will be sold in Europe too. Prices for the yet-nameless new cheap VWs will start from just €6000, or £4800, according to paperwork seen by CAR. How can VW build city cars so cheaply? Volkswagen plans to build the ...
2.5
Ollie Kew,
13 September 2012 09:00
At worst, the Renault Twizy, you might think, isn't a relevant new car choice at all - too draughty, too slow, too hemmed in by its 60-mile range. On the other hand, it's a cheap-to run, zero-emission bundle of fun that shows there's still life in the beleaguered and battle-scarred French car industry. Question is, how would you react if ...
3.5
Gavin Green,
09 August 2012 10:24
After more than 100 years of electric car dross, at last there’s a good one. The BMW i3, likely to go on sale late next year, is the first intelligently conceived electric car I have experienced. Rather than just a ‘normal’ car that is converted to run on electric power (step forward most EVs now on sale) or a ‘bespoke’ ...
Although there’s no motorsport in the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, Mini will be making an appearance during the track and field events in the Olympic stadium. A fleet of three remote-controlled, quarter-scale Mini Cooper JCWs are charged with retrieving javelins, discus, shot and hammer, and will cover around 6000 metres per day while on duty. Each ‘mini Mini’ ...
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Tim Pollard,
13 June 2012 13:24
BMW today revealed a new i3 concept car edition at the formal launch of the first bespoke BMW i dealership in London's Park Lane. The facility was also fitted with the BMW i Pedelec electric scooter, a new complementary bike with a 33-mile range. The i3 is identical to the concept car unveiled at the 2011 Frankfurt motor show apart from some ...
2.5
Ollie Kew,
31 May 2012 10:01
We're told the best things come in small packages, three is a magic number, and off the back of the Yeti and Superb, Skoda is on a roll at the moment. So the new Skoda Citigo, the Volkswagen group's third and final iteration of its new Up city car platform, should be rather good. We drove the lowest powered version, resplendent in top-of-the-range Citigo 1.0 ...
