Small car technology is about to receive a long-overdue shake-up with the launch of the Nissan Note. Nissan’s new Note This impressive little car comes with Nissan’s Safety Shield and Around View Monitor to make high-end technology available to all. […]
Tag Archives: Ford Fiesta
Ford’s new Fiesta ST – it’s coming!
Ford has started production on its new Fiesta ST – its fastest ever production Fiesta. There must be something about the British market because half of the car’s production is heading to the UK. Ford is expecting to sell 5,000 […]
Toyota Aygo has safety setback
I’ve flagged up before on this blog that the new safety criteria for cars is going to cause manufacturers some serious headaches – and so it has come to pass. In what will, no doubt, be a regular update on […]
Ford unveils ‘Active City Stop’ for the Fiesta
Ford has revealed details of its impressive new system to help drivers avoid low speed collisions – the Active City Stop. In the time it takes to blink, a sophisticated sensor captures 15 images, calculates whether traffic is slowing or […]
Ford Fiesta is ‘Used Car of the Year’
Car mag ‘What Car?’ has named the Ford Fiesta 1.25 Zetec 5dr as its Used Car of the Year 2012 and used supermini of the year. Best Used Car – the Ford Fiesta It’s a good decision for the great […]
Gymkhana 5
The guy’s been on Top Gear (the proper UK version) and that’s not because he’s without talent. Ken Block’s Gymkhana series are a massive internet hit and there’s a reason. In essence Gymkhana is an automotive sport, requiring extreme car […]
Recession? What recession?
The UK’s new car market continues to grow – with sales up 3.5% in June. That’s four months in a row that sales have increased with June’s total of new car sales reaching 189,514 units. The surge in sales is […]
Ford cars: New models boost sales
It’s not all doom and gloom out there – Ford cars sales are rocketing! The Blue Oval says its sales figures for April have increased on a year ago – and increased its market share. Ford is the UK’s market […]
Fuel economy: Real-world miles per gallon information now available
We’ve all done – got to the end of a long journey and wondered where the fuel has gone. And no you probably haven’t made a miscalculation because the published fuel economy figures which you use for the trip are […]