Conner believes the vehicle – which could potentially be called XC30 – would be suitable for buyers downsizing from the firm’s XC60 and aging XC90 vehicles.
Daily Archives: March 14, 2012
Volvo wants an Evoque competitor
Conner believes the vehicle – which could potentially be called XC30 – would be suitable for buyers downsizing from the firm’s XC60 and aging XC90 vehicles.
Kia: Sports car will come, but not just yet
Kia Europe’s chief operating officer Paul Philpott has confirmed his desire to see a two-seater sports car in the maker’s line-up – and says it’s a case of not if we’ll see one, but when.However, he has refused to give a timescale on when the car will arrive in showrooms.
Chris Evans steps out in astonishing Maserati MC12
Having revealed some of his astonishing car collection to the world on last Sunday’s Top Gear (even letting James May drive his Ferrari 250 GT California), Chris Evans must have decided that he needed to surpass himself……so he went to the shops in the conspicuous Italian hypercar you see above. He’s difficult to make out behind the dark windscreen, but that’s definitely Chris Evans driving his (presumably recently purchased) Maserati MC12 up there.
Video at Geneva: Bentley EXP 9 F
One of the most eagerly anticipated vehicles to be revealed at Geneva was the Bentley EXP 9 F. What the Crewe-based manufacturer showed us was an SUV concept that shocked many and made others feel queasy.
A bold (and far from beautiful) concept, the EXP 9 F is powered by a 6.0-litre W12. On the outside, it looks like no other Bentley on sale. The gargantuan grill and huge headlights go some way in showing just how big this SUV is. Though on first glance it is perhaps vulgar and garish, there is a lot to like. Bentley’s head of interior design, Robin Page, tells us that the details are some of the finest to date offering the customer anything they want to personalise their car.
