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Roewe 950 at 2012 Beijing motor show

Rated 2.5 out of 52.5

Tim Pollard, 23 April 2012 09:13

Here's a car that our colleagues on CAR China have been getting excited about: the new Roewe 950. It's a 5-series rival spawned by Roewe and parent company SAIC's links with GM. So what is the Roewe 950 exactly? Have a good look at these first pictures and you wont' be surprised to hear it's based on a Buick Lacrosse. ...

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Roewe 950 at 2012 Beijing motor show

Roewe 950 at 2012 Beijing motor show

Rated 2.5 out of 52.5

Tim Pollard, 23 April 2012 09:13

Here's a car that our colleagues on CAR China have been getting excited about: the new Roewe 950. It's a 5-series rival spawned by Roewe and parent company SAIC's links with GM. So what is the Roewe 950 exactly? Have a good look at these first pictures and you wont' be surprised to hear it's based on a Buick Lacrosse. ...

Fisker Atlantic - Project Nina at 2012 New York show

Fisker Atlantic - Project Nina at 2012 New York show

Rated 3.5 out of 53.5

Tim Pollard, 02 April 2012 09:17

Fisker Automotive will show its new Atlantic model at the 2012 New York auto show this week - the long-awaited smaller hybrid hitherto codenamed Nina. The Fisker Atlantic is a more compact sports saloon to slot under the Karma in its fledgling range of range-extender hybrids sports cars. Fisker Atlantic: the lowdown While Nina has long been the codename for the new ...

BMW 6-series Gran Coupe (2012) first official pictures

BMW 6-series Gran Coupe (2012) first official pictures

Rated 4 out of 54

Tim Pollard, 10 December 2011 23:00

If you want proof that the Mercedes-Benz CLS was an influential car, look no further than the new BMW 6-series Gran Coupe, unveiled at the weekend. It's a four-door 6-series, based very closely on the Gran Coupe concept car shown in 2010. The executive car market has changed a lot in recent years, and BMW is now chasing the same ...

Jaguar hybrid cars due in 2013-14

Jaguar hybrid cars due in 2013-14

Rated 3.5 out of 53.5

Tim Pollard, 13 May 2010 07:11

Jaguar will launch its own hybrid vehicles soon after Land Rover, CAR can confirm. Parent company Jaguar Land Rover is developing battery-assisted hybrid versions for both brands but its strategy puts part-electric Land Rovers first on the launchpad in 2013.Hybrid Jaguars – set to include the XJ and XF, but eventually every model – are therefore likely to be on ...

Jaguar XF – the 2010 police version for Plod

Jaguar XF – the 2010 police version for Plod

Rated 2.5 out of 52.5

Tim Pollard, 28 April 2010 17:40

This is the first police-spec Jaguar XF – bound to an orderly life of patrolling the motorways around the Midlands area encircling Jaguar's HQ. The local constabulary has bought seven 271bhp 3.0-litre Diesel S models in police trim.What's changed to make the XF a police car?Not much out of the ordinary. It's much easier to spot than a demarked police ...

Saab prices new 9-5 (2010) from £26.5k

Saab prices new 9-5 (2010) from £26.5k

Rated 3 out of 53

Tim Pollard, 24 March 2010 07:00

Saab has set the pricing for its new 9-5, which goes on sale today. Although the order bank opens on 24 March, the first deliveries of the new 9-5 aren't due until 'summer 2010'. A new 9-5 estate, the SportWagon, has been confirmed for launch in 2011. The new 9-5 is pitched firmly into Audi A6 territory, with prices from ...

BMW Concept 5-series ActiveHybrid (2010)

BMW Concept 5-series ActiveHybrid (2010)

Rated 3.5 out of 53.5

Tim Pollard, 28 February 2010 06:30

BMW's new 5-series will quickly spawn a petrol-electric hybrid – as this Geneva motor show 2010 concept car proves. It'll be the third BMW hybrid car in production, after the ActiveHybrid X6 and ActiveHybrid 7. Like the part-electrified 7-series, the Concept 5-series ActiveHybrid uses a straight six petrol engine with twin turbos and an eight-speed auto with a hybrid module ...

Volvo S60 (2010): more details, photos, video

Volvo S60 (2010): more details, photos, video

Rated 2.5 out of 52.5

Tim Pollard, 09 February 2010 09:25

  Volvo is pitching the new S60 saloon as a far sportier drive than the old model, which ceased production a full year ago. The 2010-spec Volvo S60 remains a four-door saloon, although the Swedes are at pains to point out its coupéness, with a sweptback C-pillar and plunging roofline. It looks slippery and the drag coefficient stands at 0.28.If ...

CAR interviews Volvo design vice president Peter Horbury (2010)

CAR interviews Volvo design vice president Peter Horbury (2010)

Rated 4 out of 54

Tim Pollard, 04 February 2010 07:00

CAR recently spent some time one-to-one with Peter Horbury, Volvo's new vice president of design. Horbury, who pioneered Volvo's modern look in his previous stint as design boss from 1991 to 2002 spent five and a half years in charge of Ford's North American design studio. But in May 2009, Volvo CEO Stephen Odell asked Horbury to return to the ...

Saab under Spyker ownership: the next 10 years

Saab under Spyker ownership: the next 10 years

Rated 4 out of 54

Tim Pollard, 27 January 2010 09:59

Saab has woken up this morning under new ownership after the deal to sell to Spyker was thrashed out last night in Detroit. Further details have emerged about the deal, which are now confirmed by Spyker. Highlights include:• GM and Spyker have reached a binding agreement• Deal to close on or before 15 February 2010• Swedish government guarantees €400 million ...

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