Figures from Auto Trader, the UK's largest online automotive marketplace, show that used car prices in the UK dropped by £93.00 in May but prices remain near record levels. The average price of a used car in May was £12,676. Diesels were hit the hardest with a decline of £107.00. The average price of [...]
The 70 year celebrations are in full swing at Porsche.... and the very talented engineers are also in the party mood. The Porsche designers and engineers have given themselves a birthday present. The birthday present is the 911 Speedster Concept. It is a road ready open top concept car that reflects Porsche's emphasis on [...]
At the "Porsche 70 years of sports cars" ceremony, Porsche announced the name of its fully electric vehicle. The Mission E pictured here by We Blog Any Car, will be known as the Taycan. The name Taycan can be loosely translated as "lively young horse" This is refers to the Porsche crest which features [...]
On the 8th of June 1948 Porsche created its first car. 70 years on and Porsche are celebrating this historic moment with a Supercar Together Day. Porsche dealers around the U.K, and the world, are celebrating this milestone. I had an invite from Porsche Solihull and was happy to oblige and attend the birthday [...]
This is the new Peugeot 508 SW. The important stats: 4.78 meters long 1.42 meters high 1780 litres total load capacity 530 litres with the boot luggage cover closed The Peugeot 508 SW will be in UK showrooms from January 2019. Below is my previous blog on the new Peugeot 508 https://webloganycar.co.uk/the-new-peugeot-508-at-the-geneva-international-motorshow-new-car-news-blog/ [...]
This is the new Toyota Yaris GRMN, and We Blog Any Car had a chance to have a quick drive. This is the first GRMN Performance Toyota to be built and sold in Europe. The return of Toyota to the FIA World Rally Championship, along with the Yaris Toyota Gazoo Racing WRC, inspired this [...]
Here are the first pictures of the new Audi Q8. Think of it as a luxury SUV coupé. It will be launched this summer with a 6 cylinder 50 TDI diesel engine that produces 286PS. 0 to 62 mph will take 6.3 seconds and its top speed is 144 mph.
The UK new car market grew by 3.4% in May with 192,649 new units registered. Mike Hawes, SMMT Chief Executive, said, “May’s growth, albeit on the back of large declines last year, is encouraging and suggests the market is now starting to return to a more natural running rate. To ensure long-term stability, we need to [...]
McLaren Special Operations have produced, on request of their customer specifications, a McLaren 675LT in the Gulf Racing livery. This car pays tribute to the 1997 Gulf-Davidoff GTC team McLaren F1 GTR “Longtail”. The project took over 1000 plus hours to complete. The paintwork airbrushing accounted for 800 hours. It’s 20 spoke wheels are [...]
The Nissan LEAF has now reached over 100,000 registrations in Europe. In less than 8 months there has been more than 37,000 new LEAF's ordered. This equates to one new Nissan LEAF sold every 10 minutes across Europe. Around the world there has been over 320,000 Nissan LEAF's sold making it the most popular [...]
