The Audi Sport Quattro concept has production potential as a performance GT to sit between the Audi TT and Audi R8 in the firm’s line-up, technical chief Ulrich Hackenberg has revealed at the Detroit motor show. The Sport Qauttro was seen as a high-performance 690bhp hybrid at the Frankfurt motor…
Toyota hybrid sales passed six million units worldwide at the end of December, nine months after passing the five million unit landmark. Toyota plans to launch 15 new hybrids over the next two years as it continues to develop the product range and the number of markets hybrid models are…
What is it like? Good, all told. Loud, certainly. The claimed weight (empty, rather than an official European Directive EC figure) is only 895kg. Road-ready, the 4C will be more than that when we put it on our scales, but clearly few of those kilos are sound insulation. The noise…
Here’s what we know about this year’s World Rally Championship: Volkswagen’s Sebastien Ogier is probably going to defend his title by a comfortable margin. Here’s what we don’t know: just about everything else. The WRC, which kicks off in Monte Carlo early on Thursday January 16, has undergone the biggest…
What is it like? The V8 fires to a lazy, offbeat idle which sends a gentle shimmy through the cabin at rest. Chevrolet uses terms like “fighter jet” when it describes the cockpit. Controls are arranged around the driver, but otherwise I’m not sure it’s a term I’d use. Perceived…
The Mercedes-Benz C-class line-up will grow to include models without a direct predecessor, according to Daimler chief Dieter Zetsche. Among this tipped to join the line-up are a cabriolet version and a sport coupé to rival the BMW 3-series GT. “We grew the A-class family from two models before to…
The new Acura TLX luxury sports saloon has been unveiled in prototype form at the Detroit motor show. The car – described by Mike Accavitti, senior vice president of American Honda, as “the next step in our plan to progress the brand” – is a flagship model in its saloon…
Detroit may be a long way from London, but the motor show presented the first opportunity to quiz Nissan’s product chief Andy Palmer on the new Taxi for London. It’s fair to say reaction to the look of the NV200-based model, which was unveiled last week, has been mixed. Palmer,…
Cadillac has revealed a new badge, which will first appear on the CTS and ATS coupe models. The new crest, unveiled at the Detroit motor show, will start appearing on Cadillac vehicles in the second half of this year. Cadillac says the new badge is an evolution of its previous…
Work on Tesla’s third model line — a range of cars to rival the BMW 3-series — remains on track for a launch in 2016, according to company vice president Jerome Guillen. Speaking at the Detroit motor show, Guillen said that the car would be on sale within three years,…