For all lovers of BMW, hold on to your hats because they have just released details of their latest offering, due to go on sale in October 2009, that will knock the spots off everything else. The BMW X5 M and X6 M are capable of reaching 62 mph in as little as 4.7 seconds, still keeping to over twenty miles per gallon for fuel consumption.
Powerful and dynamic in performance, the BMW X5 M and X6 M are four wheel drive vehicles that are setting a high standard for anyone else to try and match. With a twin turbo-charged 555bhp V8 engine, BMW are as proud as they deserve to be with their most powerful M car ever produced.
Ready for a new set of wheels this summer? You could do worse than the new Lexus IS 250C. This gorgeous little car is just perfect for cruising the towns and countries of the UK with style and grace, with a choice of coupe or convertible options.
With all the sharpness you’d expect from a Lexus, the new offering boasts aerodynamics to die for as well as torsional rigidity and an enviable safety performance. Going from top up to top down on the convertible takes a mere 20 seconds – this is the fastest time of any convertible currently on the market.
The new Mini convertible is here – both in Cooper and Cooper S models. To celebrate the 50th anniversary of one of the world’s most iconic cars, MINI are to release four new convertibles – the Cooper Convertible, Cooper s Convertible and later on in the year the MINI One Convertible and a JCW special edition boasting 208BHP.
The latter model will get enthusiasts most excited as with that much power underneath the hood, the MINI will be taken to another level.
Although the design of the new MINI convertibles remains the same there have been a few tweaks.
Not many people are in the position to think about buying the new Lexus LS460, especially during the current economic climate, but for those that are, they really are in for a (luxurious) treat!
Competition for the LS460 will of course be the BMW 7 series, Mercedes Benz S class and Audi A8 – cars aimed at the distinguished, well-to-do gentleman so the long list of luxurious features makes for interesting reading.
Honda is set to take on one of the most aggressive advertising campaigns the motoring industry has ever seen. The Japanese giants have bought an ENTIRE commercial break on Channel 4 this weekend and ALL the advertising space for the first 11 pages of Saturday’s Guardian.
The advertising campaign is aimed at the general public to do their bit for global warming and buy themselves an eco friendly car.
An animated ad called ‘Do’er’ will be shown during the first commercial break for the premiere of Al Gore’s environmental documentary, An Inconvenient Truth, to be shown on Saturday 4th April at 9.20pm.
The BMW Z4 is back. With a bang! Rivals beware – Mercedes-Benz SLK, Audi TT, I’m talking to you! Purists may argue that it the new Dynamic Drive Control throttle is not meaty enough for a sports car, but this new throttle aims at pleasing all types of driver with its normal sport and sport+ settings.
The sleek, clean lines give the new Z4 a stealth like appearance that will have BMW fans drooling. The interior offers the height of comfort and ergonomics that will leave a wet patch in the pants of design enthusiasts.
When it comes to Honda production over the years, there is an undisputed opinion that the best thing they ever did was the Honda Vamos – a microvan in production between 1970 and 1973. This was an odd looking two door van with a 354cc engine – odd but loved, like so many of us!
Honda have re-introduced the Vamos for its fans and have brought it bang up to date. It now comes with a 660cc engine so more power and four doors, the rear ones sliding. So you have easy access and bags of room, considering the overall size of the van.
Car manufacturers are grinding to a halt all around yet Lexus continue to drive out one top of the range car after another. Not content with our recently reported on 250h due for release in 2010, Lexus are also preparing their public for the RX 450h, making its European debut at Geneva this week.
Significantly lower carbon dioxide emissions are the key attraction to the hybrid, setting a new benchmark for other car manufacturers to live up to. Fuel efficiency and never before seen hybrid power are also what Lexus hope will grab attention and widen their already burgeoning fan base.
There are just a few things in life that hold their monetary value. Keep your jeans long enough and they’ll become ‘vintage’ which makes them worth more and hang on to your house long enough (not easy in the current climate!) and that will make you money too. However, buy a car and the general consensus is that you will lose a great deal of money just by driving it off the forecourt.
Not so with that great British classic – the Mini. MSN Autos have labelled the Mini the best new car to hold its value. After three years of ownership, you can still expect to get 67% of its original value in a resale.
BMW are famous throughout the world for more than just a nice road vehicle. From cars and motorbikes, through to sailing, golfing and the world of motorsports, BMW have made their name known as a manufacturer that instils confidence in their expertise in every genre. For most of us, they signify the ultimate in car design from their environmental concerns to their ability to produce a car of unrivalled power and jaw dropping beauty.
Fancy getting over 64 miles per gallon from your next car? Fancy getting your next car on the road for the minimal £15 annual tax rate? Fancy getting it for less than £15, 500?
Of course you do! So go get a Honda Insight SE. Yes, you’ll get the dual front airbags, the side airbags and curtain airbags as standard. Yes, you’ll get the active headrests, electric windows, climate control, tilt and telescopic steering and electric heated mirrors as standard. And of course, you will get power folding door mirrors, door mirror indicators, front armrest, CD stereo tuner and audio steering wheel controls. But what else I hear you say?
Just when the press is full of doom and gloom for the automotive industry, BMW come along and prove all the critics wrong! As a measure of the public’s trust in BMW and BMW’s strength in the current car market, the group have just reported sales of the 7 Series in the Middle East as 121% higher in January 2009 than the same time last year.
A certain softness in its lines accompanies the new Lexus HS 250h due for release in 2010. According to Lexus, this is the world’s first dedicated luxury hybrid vehicle.
It claims to be the most fuel efficient vehicle in the entire Lexus range with a four cylinder engine and an exhaust heat recovery system that decreases engine warm up time, thus allowing the Lexus to reach maximum efficiency as quickly as possible.
To use long labels the Lexus has a Variable Valve Timing with intelligence in the Atkinson-cycle engine – this means that the expansion/power stroke is longer than the compression stroke so engine power is produced more rapidly from the combustion energy. Did you get all that?
Honda make some of the world’s most impressive cars which led them to thinking – why stop there? Their move into motorcycles has meant they now have a double barrelled effect on the motoring world with as much eye boggling oomph on two wheels as they muster on four. If you have any doubts about that, take a look at the 2010 Honda Fury, introduced at the New York International Motorcycle Show last month.
My wheels and my music. Here we have two issues, both of equal importance to me but as a busy working parent both are neglected. When I’m in my car I guess I’m pretty much like any other busy parent in that I want to listen to good tunes but my schedule means that I have limited time to sort it out and I end up driving along constantly flicking between radio stations and bemoaning the fact that there’s ‘nothing on’.
