Copying is Cheaper
It isn’t that long ago when Volkswagen AG attempted to set its Spanish daughter-brand Seat in the market as a youthful, fresh and emotion-rich marque....
June 16, 2012 4 Min Read
I Want a Dream Car
I have never driven a dream car. No one has ever paid for me to go on an experience day at Silverstone (or wherever they hold them), I have never test...
June 15, 2012 3 Min Read
I Think It’s Gonna Be a Long, Long Time
When Mr. John wrote that song in 1972 he must have known it would take a helluvalong time for the Rocketman to arrive. It wasn’t until 39 years later,...
June 15, 2012 3 Min Read
Welcome back to the Chevrolet Camaro. Sort of.
To the PR men the return of the Camaro is ‘a legend reborn’ but to most people it’s the car off the Transformers movie. That’s because it was never so...
June 15, 2012 2 Min Read
Petrol Filling: DIY or Assisted?
Until recently I had never gone to a petrol station with forecourt attendants. I had seen this kind of thing on American films and always thought that...
June 14, 2012 3 Min Read
Five door option for the up!
It’s the world car of the year and now buyers can pick up a five door version of the popular up! The car costs just £365 more than the equivalent thre...
June 14, 2012 2 Min Read
How Many Wheels Does a F1 Car Have?
It sounds like a bit of a trick question, doesn’t it? How many wheels belong on a Formula 1 car? Do we count the steering wheel? Actually, it’s not a...
June 13, 2012 2 Min Read
Diesel
Amazing! The World Health Organisation – that’s long for WHO – published a research with astonishing results the other day: diesel exhaust fumes give...
June 13, 2012 3 Min Read
There are 100,000 Fiat 500s in the UK
OK so it has cute styling and pretty decent handling but it’s expensive for what it is (especially at the entry level models) but the Fiat 500 has rac...
June 13, 2012 2 Min Read
Who Turned My Light Out?
I remember the days when a broken headlight or a slightly deflated tyre would send me into a tizzy. I just remembered this the other day when I finall...
June 12, 2012 2 Min Read
Wet and Wild
“Where is the drain system?” my colleague asked. “It’s underwater!” That’s what happens to the roads when it rains more than a few drops in the rural-...
June 12, 2012 4 Min Read
Vauxhall Mokka Pricing Announced
Mokka. It sounds like a coffee and looks like a Toyota RAV 4 but Vauxhall has high hopes for their new SUV. I drove the Frontera before it was officia...
June 12, 2012 2 Min Read
100 Years of Bluebirds
The first time I ever saw footage of the fatal Bluebird crash in the Lake District it made a huge impact on me. To see this weird looking vehicle hit...
June 11, 2012 2 Min Read
Kia hits new sales record
There’s an increasing army of satisfied Kia buyers out there who have helped the firm to its best sales month yet. There were 5,176 new Kias sold in M...
June 11, 2012 2 Min Read
GM’s Going Further
The electric car seems to be the world’s hope for a continued existence of such beautiful species as the glow worm, the garlic toad and several types...
June 09, 2012 4 Min Read
