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Two success stories in the last eight months with XC90 and S90, Volvo is turning up the heat once more as revealed in these very early images of the 2018 model XC40. The Volvo XC40 is on target to make its debut at the Geneva Motor Show in March...

A replacement for the current Land Rover Defender, which ended production earlier this year, is still under consideration for 2019. This was given added impetus with more trademark filings for the Defender name. In May, Jaguar Land Rover applied to renew the European trademark and earlier this month did...

Explosive performance from upcoming Audi RS1 will expand Audi Sport brand You may recall that the Audi A1 was launched a few years ago, and you probably didn’t care about it. This is partly because there wasn’t an insane, fire-breathing RS model to grace the covers of magazines and newspapers....

Legendary Lamborghini test drive Valentino Balboni believes he can improve the sound A new tuning company recently established by Valentino Balboni will specialise in high quality performance parts for Lamborghinis. Valentino knows his Raging Bulls having being a test driver for the Italian marque for nearly four decades and now...

Watch as car hackers steal this Jeep Cherokee in less than ten minutes using a laptop and software. Arrests have been made. Car hacking is becoming a regular feature and poor old FCA group seem to be the victim more often than not. Two hackers have been arrested in Texas after stealing more...

Volvo will make a lasting impression through its new Virtual Retail Experience. New store opens up in Bedfordview. A little slice of Sweden in Bedfordview. That’s how the PR at Volvo eloquently described the first Volvo Retail Experience which opened its doors today in front of a small media...

Is there space in the supercar world for a successor to the achingly beautiful Maserati MC12? These past few weeks have been quite interesting in the hypercar department with at least four new contenders coming forward to hold the hypercar torch; and no, we’re not talking about the current...

KIA’s performance development boss Albert Biermann divulges the company’s intentions and hints that more aggressive cars are on the way We’ve seen Hyundai’s N-Division progress nicely with the i30 doing the quintessential hot hatch testing around the Nurburgring but sister Korean brand KIA has its own performance agenda without the fancy...

We thought we might see Porsche’s Mission E make another appearance at this year’s Paris Motor Show (September) but the firm is busy cracking on with real world testing in a big effort to meet its 2020 launch date. New pictures of the Mission E have emerged although many...