Top Gear’s mystery test driver extraordinaire, “The Stig”, took Toyota’s TF105 Formula 1 car for a test drive. But not at Top Gear’s normal test track, this time the test was inside the ExCeL exhibition centre in Britain, which will be used for the British Motor Show later this month. A 384 meter straight line […]

DaimlerChrysler has selected the U.K to run a market trial for the introduction of a fully electric version of the SMART ForTwo, which will make its debut at the British Motor show next week, and will be made available on a lease arrangement to selected UK corporate customers with deliveries starting in November.
The SMART ev […]

Honda today announced the Civic Type-S, which is the new three-door version of the new Civic. The Civic Type-S will debut at the British International Motor Show on the July 18th.
The Civic Type-S will be available starting in early 2007 with two engines a 1.8 i-VTEC gas engine and 2.2 i-CTDi diesel mated to a […]

The wraps have come off of Jaguar’s new XKR a little earlier than expected, when these official — if not officially released — photos of the XKR Convertible leaked online. The XKR is expected to be powered by a supercharged 4.2L V8 developing 416-hp.
The XKR will be available as a Coupe and Cabriolet versions. And […]

BMW U.K. officially unveiled its restyled BMW X3 today. The X3 receives restyled front and rear lower fascias. Up front, the X3 sports a larger kidney grille, a revised bumper and spoiler, with the foglights being moved to the bumper making room for larger openings below the bumper. Out back, the rear bumper is restyled, […]

The Chrysler Group has released the first image of its all-new Chrysler Sebring sedan and revealed that it will premiere at the British Motor Show in July. Chrysler Group didn’t provide any specifications, but that it will be available in right-hand drive with diesel and gas engines in the U.K. starting in mid-2007.
Press release and […]

Just a few weeks after images of the 2007 Land Rover LR2 brochure leaked out, a few official press photos have surfaced of Land Rover’s new compact SUV. The Land Rover LR2, which will be known as the Freelander 2, is scheduled to debut at the British International Motor Show in July.
Available only as a […]

Mazda today announced that it will debut the much-rumored folding hardtop version of the MX-5 at the British Motor Show and released the first teaser images roadster variant. The new version of the MX-5 features a hard top, which unlike the manually operated canvas-top version, is power operated.
The new MX-5 will be known as the […]

As part of Acura’s plans to move upmarket, Acura is dropping its RSX, which we reported on last month. With the departure of the RSX, Honda is left with a hole in its lineup, a budget-performance hatch. Despite Honda’s Civic Si, AutoWeek is speculating that Honda may bring the Civic Type-R three-door to the States […]

Yesterday Jaguar announced that it will stage the world premiere of its new supercharged XKR high-performance coupe at the British International Motor Show in London in July. The automaker is still keeping the vehicles specs under wraps but expect more information at the end of June. But like the new XK and XJ, the XKR […]