Car News

VW CEO Martin Winterkorn quits

Sean McKellar
Volkswagen has announced the resignation of its chief executive, Martin Winterkorn, and said the fallout from the diesel emissions test scandal would result in further executive scalps and a likely criminal investigation in Germany. Winterkorn said on Wednesday he took...

Apple car could launch in 2019

Sean McKellar
Rumours of Apple’s entry into the automotive world have been going around for a while now, but there’s a new titbit of information relating to a potential electric car project. According to The Wall Street Journal, Apple has accelerated their...

The best new cars from Frankfurt

Sean McKellar
There’s been plenty of hot new cars displayed at this year’s Frankfurt Motor Show, and here are some of the highlights.   Bentley Bentayga “The fastest, most powerful, most luxurious and most exclusive SUV (sports utility vehicle) in the world,”...

Brabus ‘refines’ the Mercedes G500

Sean McKellar
Aftermarket tuning company Brabus has decided that the Mercedes-Benz G500 simply isn’t powerful enough and have now given it a ‘once over’, Brabus style. Despite the G500 being good for 309kW (415hp) of power and 610Nm (450lb-ft) of torque, Brabus...

Could this be the Bugatti Chiron?

Sean McKellar
Bugatti are close to unveiling their new successor to the Veyron hypercar, and it’ll be called the Chiron. Word has it that they’ve been busy showing the car to prospective clients behind closed doors at their Molsheim HQ, before it’ll...

2016 Hyundai Elantra revealed

Sean McKellar
After thoroughly teasing the next-generation Elantra over the past few months, Hyundai has finally revealed the latest model in South Korean this week, where it’s called the “Avante”. Now in its sixth generation, Hyundai says the model will build on...

Toyota’s hideous new Prius

Sean McKellar
I’ve always found it difficult to feel any emotions at all about the Toyota Prius. From the moment Toyota Japan unleashed the XW20 Prius upon millions of hapless individuals around the world back in 2003, it has always been a...

Range Rover’s rolling fortress

Sean McKellar
It turns out that Land Rover’s Special Vehicle Operations (SVO) division does not only build high-performance or one-off models, they can also do post-apocalyptic style vehicles that can keep you and your loved ones safe, even when the world around...

Audi’s new SQ5 TDI Plus

Sean McKellar
Audi’s mission to expand its range of ‘S’ model vehicles has just kicked up a gear, with the new SQ5 TDI Plus set to be introduced in October. As you can probably guess, the SQ5 TDI Plus will offer more...

Bugatti Vision Gran Turismo concept

Sean McKellar
Bugatti has released renders of an all-new concept supercar that they suggest is a signpost to the future direction of its vehicles. It’s called the Vision Gran Turismo concept, and as the name suggests it is a car that Bugatti...