The biggest issue with electric vehicles is there range. Anyone who wants to buy an EV always worries about this range anxiety and it actually scares potential customers away. However the 2012 Ford Focus Electric has taken a giant step toward alleviating the issue. It not only delivers 76 miles of easily achievable range, it […]
When Subaru and Toyota joined forces they came up with two engineering masterpieces, the Subaru BRZ and Toyota GT86. The only differences between the two cars are to the front bumper and badges, while they are mechanically identical, bar the Subaru’s slightly stiffer suspension. The engine is a 2.0-litre horizontally opposed flat-four, much like the […]
‘Performance Hybrids’ are leading the way in the new cars as nearly all the car makers are trying to catch in to this segment of the market. Porsche and Lexus are the prominent players. BMW doesn’t want to be left behind hence the 535 active hybrid has been introduced. The BMW active hybrid feels like […]
The Mitsubishi Lancer has its merits. The boxier, more upright look and the distinctive front end still manage to look refreshingly different, even though they’ve been around now for many years. There’s back-seat space for adults, and both Sport back (hatchback) models and saloons offer lots of cargo space, and versatility. Evolution and Ralliart models are […]
The Toyota GT86 is exactly the sort of car Toyota should be building in the 21st century; good looking, fun and affordable. It fills a niche Toyota have long been absent from. The new GT86 has a 200 horsepower, non-turbocharged petrol engine with a six-speed manual or optional six-speed auto; will do 0-62 in 7.6 seconds and […]
The fifth-generation BMW M3 is continuing to shed its disguise ahead of its debut in lightly veiled concept car guise at the 2013 Geneva motor show. The four-door performance saloon, also know internally as F80, will be the first M3 to receive a turbocharged six-cylinder petrol engine. The new M3 is set to receive a heavily reworked […]