Car News

Mountune Online Store is now open for business
Mountune, a part of the Performance Engineering division of Revolve Technologies, are pleased to announce the opening of the Mountune Online Store.

Two wins for BMW at Scottish Car of the Year Awards
BMW has won two accolades at the Scottish Car of the Year Awards 2009, voted for by the Association of Scottish Motoring Writers (ASMW).

Mazda3 named Scotland’s Best Family Car 2009
Mazda’s continued popularity in Scotland is proven for the fifth consecutive year, with Mazda3 scooping the ‘Best Family Car’ category at The Association of Scottish Motoring Writers (ASMW) Scottish Car of the Year Awards 2009, held in St Andrews on Friday 13th November.

Volvo set online challenge using Facebook
Volvo Cars is launching an innovative online contest challenging people to virtually drive a Volvo C30 DRIVe around the world in 80 days, using only their Facebook friends.

Maserati GranCabrio prices announced
Maserati is pleased to announce the approved pricing of £95,630 (OTR) for the Maserati GranCabrio. It can be ordered now via the Maserati dealer network and the first right-hand drive examples will reach the UK showrooms in April 2010.

New Polo honoured at Scottish car of the Year awards
The new Volkswagen Polo has been crowned Small Car of the Year at the Scottish Car of the Year awards.

20 years of Land Rover Discovery
Workhorse, tow car, law enforcer, status symbol, people carrier, mud plugger; few cars can claim to fulfil any of these duties with genuine conviction.

Ford Focus RS is Scots' favourite
Ford Focus RS has won the "sporting" category at the 12th annual Association of Scottish Motoring Writers (ASMW) Awards in St Andrew's, Scotland.

Citroen’s C3 Picasso Scottish MPV of the Year
Citroen’s C3 Picasso has been named ‘Scottish MPV of the Year’ at the Scottish Car of the Year Awards 2009.

Scots make award Discovery
Land Rover's Discovery 4 was last night named the 2009 Scottish Car of the Year at a glittering awards ceremony at The Fairmont, St Andrews.

Peugeot starts marketing the i0n
Peugeot has started to take pre-reservations for its electric car, the i0n in the UK. Already the marque has signed letters of intent with a number of companies and local authorities across Europe, for the vehicle to become part of their car-sharing and vehicle fleets.

Electric Renault Fluence to be produced in Bursa
Following the announcement last week of the production site for the future electric, zero-emission Kangoo Van, Renault has now announced that the electric version of Fluence will be manufactured at the OYAK-Renault Bursa plant in Turkey.

Driving in the dark becomes even safer
Bosch’s enhanced night vision system "Night Vision plus" makes driving in the dark even safer for drivers and other road users. Like its predecessor, this active safety system provides a high-contrast image of the area immediately ahead of the vehicle.

Silverstone and Renaultsport offer Rookie Drive
Silverstone has teamed up with Renaultsport to provide a new driving experience, Rookie Drive, to provide essential driver training for teenagers.

Inside McLaren and MP4-12C development plans
McLaren Automotive has launched the first in a series of broadcast-quality short videos, which present a rare insight into a performance car testing programme from the development team behind the new McLaren MP4-12C.