Skip to content

 
 

Motor Industry

You looked for...

and found 35 items

Matches found in News

Featured item image

Vauxhall Ampera is 2012 European Car of the Year

Rated 3.5 out of 53.5

Ben Pulman, 05 March 2012 14:30

The Opel/Vauxhall Ampera has been crowned European Car of the Year for 2012. The winner was announced today at a ceremony at the 2012 Geneva motor show. The votes of the 59 jurors from 23 European countries ranked the Ampera first, from a shortlist comprising Citroen DS5, Fiat Panda, Ford Focus, Opel/Vauxhall Ampera/Chevrolet Volt, Range Rover Evoque, Toyota Yaris and Volkswagen Up. The ...

Results 1 - 10 of 35

Vauxhall Ampera is 2012 European Car of the Year

Vauxhall Ampera is 2012 European Car of the Year

Rated 3.5 out of 53.5

Ben Pulman, 05 March 2012 14:30

The Opel/Vauxhall Ampera has been crowned European Car of the Year for 2012. The winner was announced today at a ceremony at the 2012 Geneva motor show. The votes of the 59 jurors from 23 European countries ranked the Ampera first, from a shortlist comprising Citroen DS5, Fiat Panda, Ford Focus, Opel/Vauxhall Ampera/Chevrolet Volt, Range Rover Evoque, Toyota Yaris and Volkswagen Up. The ...

Peugeot 3008 HYbrid4 first of string of new Peugeot hybrids

Peugeot 3008 HYbrid4 first of string of new Peugeot hybrids

Rated 3 out of 53

Tim Pollard, 28 June 2011 08:56

Peugeot will launch the new 3008 HYbrid4 crossover in autumn 2011 as the world's first diesel-electric hybrid car - and it's the first in a string of hybrid cars coming from Peugeot and Citroen. The 3008 HYbrid4 will be followed by a brace of 508 hybrids in spring 2011, and engineers have told CAR that any car on the mid-sized ...

Jaguar to build C-X75 hybrid supercar in 2013

Jaguar to build C-X75 hybrid supercar in 2013

Rated 4 out of 54

Tim Pollard, 06 May 2011 10:30

Jaguar today confirmed it would build the super-fast, clinically-clean C-X75 hybrid supercar – in association with Williams F1. The Jaguar C-X75 hybrid will go on sale in 2013 for around £840,000. Jaguar C-X75 supercar: production confirmed The news means the gorgeous Paris 2010 concept car has made the leap from show to showroom – and Jag vows much of the clever tech will ...

Jaguar: big 2011 product announcement news this morning

Jaguar: big 2011 product announcement news this morning

Rated 4 out of 54

Tim Pollard, 06 May 2011 09:00

>> UPDATED: Jaguar will build the C-X75 supercar. Full story here on the £840k, 200mph and sub-99g/km British stunner.Jaguar is poised to make a major product announcement this morning at 10.30am BST. CAR is reporting live from the Marriott Hotel Grosvenor Square in London and will report the news the moment it's announced. We understand it's a big product announcement, ...

Bugatti Galibier 'will be a hybrid' - Wolfgang Durheimer

Bugatti Galibier 'will be a hybrid' - Wolfgang Durheimer

Rated 3.5 out of 53.5

Tim Pollard (photography by Mark Bramley), 18 April 2011 16:40

Bugatti 'will continue to produce the worlds fastest car' Bugatti will launch the 16C Galibier limousine shown in 2009 as a concept car, the new president and CEO Wolfgang Durheimer has confirmed to CAR. The Galibier will eventually be part of a two-strong Bugatti range, meaning there's life in the hypercar brand post-Veyron. In a wide-ranging interview in the new ...

Infiniti Etherea concept (2011): Shiro Nakamura's guide

Infiniti Etherea concept (2011): Shiro Nakamura's guide

Rated 3 out of 53

Ben Whitworth, 08 April 2011 15:52

The global unveiling of the Etherea concept car and a tie-in with reigning F1 champions Red Bull Racing made for a busy start to the year for Infiniti. In between endless meetings and flights, we collared Nissan and Infiniti design chief Shiro Nakamura to get the low-down on the Etherea… When did you start work on the Etherea? 'It was about 18 ...

Porsche opens order books for 918 Spyder (2011)

Porsche opens order books for 918 Spyder (2011)

Rated 3 out of 53

Ben Pulman, 21 March 2011 09:00

We already know that Porsche is going to build its stunning 918 Spyder, but today the German sports car company has opened the order book, confirmed some technical highlights, and announced when and where the hybrid supercar will be built. Where do we begin? Okay, let’s have the Porsche 918 Spyder’s technical spec first please… The hard stats first: the ...

CAR interviews Porsche's R&D boss Wolfgang Durheimer (2011)

CAR interviews Porsche's R&D boss Wolfgang Durheimer (2011)

Rated 3.5 out of 53.5

Ben Pulman, 01 February 2011 11:00

Dr Wolfgang Durheimer starts his new job today; previously Porsche’s R&D chief, Dr Durheimer takes up his post as boss of Bentley and Bugatti on 1 February 2011. Just before he left Porsche, CAR caught up with Dr Durheimer to discover the future he’s leaving behind at the German sports car manufacturer. Dr Durheimer begain his career in the auto ...

Volvo V60 Plug-in Hybrid (2012): first details

Volvo V60 Plug-in Hybrid (2012): first details

Rated 3 out of 53

Sarah-Jayne Harrison, 28 January 2011 12:00

Volvo will unveil its new V60 Plug-in Hybrid at the 2011 Geneva motor show in March. The new Volvo V60 Plug-in Hybrid is described as 'virtually production-ready' and will be built and sold by the Swedish car company from 2012. What are the components of the Volvo V60 Plug-in Hybrd? Driving the front wheels through a six-speed automatic is an upgraded ...

Volkswagen 'will build the XL1' - Piech

Volkswagen 'will build the XL1' - Piech

Rated 3.5 out of 53.5

Tim Pollard, 27 January 2011 10:30

Volkswagen will build the radical 313mpg XL1 eco cigar in 2013, Ferdinand Piech revealed at the Qatar motor show. In an interview with Automotive News, the VW chairman said: 'We want to go into series production with this car starting in 2013.' He insisted it would go on sale to real people, not just as media demonstrators. And VW chief ...

1234Next>>
June 2012 issue of CAR magazine
download bmw app

Quick poll

Who made the greatest ever supercar?