Final entries are flowing in for the second FIA Motorsport Games. Based in Marseille, France, the second running of the event at Circuit Paul Ricard (above) will feature racers from around the world representing their nation and local FIA National Sporting Authorities and more than 70 different nations and 500 competitors are scheduled to compete at the event featuring a broad cross-section of … [Read more...]
Newcomer: Maserati Grecale revealed
The new Maserati Grecale has broken cover. Developed at the Maserati Innovation Lab in Modena, the new SUV is produced at the Cassino plant and is a range within the range, the Trident brand’s fullest ever. An extremely wide range of engines is available: conventional internal combustion, hybrid and, in a year’s time, Grecale will also be the first full-electric SUV in … [Read more...]
New Year roadtest: McLaren GT
The Covid test is familiar to everyone, but it’s also been a test for supercar makers such as McLaren. While individuals coped with invasive personal tests, the high performance car brand has, like the auto-industry as a whole, been counting on suppliers and customers to keep it out of trouble and solvent for the post-pandemic period. It’s not been a smooth journey over the last two years and … [Read more...]
Newslines 15 June
Peugeot has opened the order books for its all-new e-Rifter. First deliveries will be in November and in Allure Premium or GT trim levels from £30,375 using a 100kw (136hp) electric powertrain capable of up to 260Nm of torque and a 50kWh battery, good for up to 172 miles from a single charge. Two Americans who helped former Renault-Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn escape from Japan in December 2019 … [Read more...]
Weekend roadtest: Renault Captur GT TCe90
It’s always interesting to study numbers and in the case of the Renault Captur it adds up very well. Over the last few years it has become the best selling urban crossover model or compact suv with 1.5 million sold in 90 countries around the world. That’s impressive. In the UK it’s not been seen as the leader in its field but those who have bought them will know it’s a very good … [Read more...]
Weekend roadtest: Kia ProCeed 1.6 GDI GT
On the back of its best-ever half-year sales performance, Kia has launched a series of updates across its UK range for 2020. As it rolls out new models and expands its electric model choices, the Korean car-maker cannot let a wheel slip in the showrooms and takes every opportunity to build on its success. Part of that is completely new product while some careful marketing also means special … [Read more...]
Weekend roadtest: Honda Civic Type R GT
Honda is best known for its sensible family cars, and then there is the rebel Civic Type R, writes Robin Roberts. In my experience, every family has a rebel in its ranks, the wacky wayward one who may be a boisterous brother, an unconforming uncle, a shout-out-loud sister or audacious aunty. The Honda Civic Type R comprises just two versions separated by £2,000 trim additions which raise it … [Read more...]
Kankkunen & Grist honoured with Rally Legends accolade
It is now 25 years since ‘Flying Finn’ Juha Kankkunen and his Welsh co-driver Nicky Grist won what is still remembered as one of the toughest and most challenging Rally GBs in the famous event’s long-running history. To mark the silver anniversary of that snowy and icy victory, a quarter of a century on Kankkunen and Grist will be honoured as the official ‘Rally Legends’ of this autumn’s Wales … [Read more...]
Sunday drive: Kia Stinger 3.3 T-GDi V6 GT
In a radical move, Kia has launched into the high performance executive hatchback sector after years of building family models and business cars. The South Korean brand of Kia launched in Europe in 1991 has moved steadily from budget to award winning mainstream models with long seven-year 100,000-mile warranties and successive years of record UK sales. The brand has recently entered the premium … [Read more...]
Visually stunning new Lexus LC500
The UK debut of the Lexus’s new sporting flagship, the LC500 2+2 Grand Tourer two-door Coupe at the Goodwood Festival of Speed a few months ago wetted the appetites of well-healed petrol-heads and the subsequent television advertising oiled the wheels of demand even further. However the arrival of the LC500 in the UK has only just started to happen and demand to sample the … [Read more...]