The fruits of a unique partnership between London’s Royal College of Art (RCA) and the famous British company Bentley have revealed, showcasing perhaps a hint of what future Bentley’s might look like.
Eighteen Vehicle Design Course Masters students have spent the last few months studying the work of Bentley’s leading designers, including Head of Exterior Design [...]
The Tokyo Motor Show opened its doors to the press yesterday and while there is barely a hint of a western carmaker over there – notable exception being Caterham – the Japanese manufacturers are taking the opportunity to really push their green credentials – with hybrids and electric car concepts taking centre stage.
Here are some [...]
Toyota’s luxury division Lexus has garnered plenty of attention in recent years for its series of hybrid luxury cars. However, the emphasis of its latest concept is clearly on performance.
Seemingly with an eye on the sales and image success of rival Audi and its mid-engine R8 sports car, Lexus is expected to debut a 500hp-plus [...]
Next week’s Tokyo Motor Show is already shaping up to be an important launch pad for Japanese manufacturers (see article), and now you can add Suzuki to the list.
The company will show three concept cars at the event: an all-new Alto Concept for the mini-vehicle segment; a new Swift Plug-in Hybrid Concept; and the SX4-FCV [...]
One of the world’s foremost Motor Shows got underway today in Frankfurt, Germany and ContractHireAndLeasing.com was at the show to bring you some of the highlights.
With every major manufacturer showing up the venue takes on epic proportions, with vast hall after vast hall devoted to some of the most striking cars currently available, cars that will [...]
Remember when people expected the 21st Century to be akin to an episode of The Jetsons, with robots doing the bulk of the work for us and people flying around between planets in space buggies?
Well, while those visions of the future may not have transpired, something that wouldn’t look too out of place in the [...]
Land Rover is to show the new Range Rover ‘Westminster’ Limited Edition together with the 2010 model year Freelander 2 at the Geneva Motor Show, starting today.
300 Range Rover TDV8 ‘Westminster’ editions will go on sale at Land Rover dealerships in the UK from the end of March. The unique ‘Westminster’ features include 20″ Diamond [...]
It was only a matter of time before the engineers at Alfa Romeo let their imaginations run wild on the excellent new MiTo, and the result will be given its first airing at the Geneva Motor Show when the MiTo GTA concept is unleashed on the unsuspecting public.
The GTA stands for Gran Turismo Alleggerito where [...]
On the 90th anniversary of Citroën, the French car manufacturer is reinventing itself with a new corporate identity, philosophy and strategy with the hope of changing customer’s perceptions of the carmaker.
The most notable difference is the new Citroën logo which has lost its constraining box and turned three dimensional. Also new is a new global [...]
The Jaguar XFR prototype on display at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) this month, has been tested at a secret speed trial at the legendary Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, and recorded a stunning top speed of 225.675mph (363.188km/h), making it the fastest Jaguar ever.
Jaguar announced yesterday that the car – powered by [...]