New Audi Q5 aims for new heights
There’s no doubt that anyone wanting an agile off-roader could spend less and get something that does more than the Audi Q5. Though, like most off-roa...
April 27, 2012 2 Min Read
EV Sales Not Electrifying
Carmakers globally are all showing their all-new, all-snazzy electric vehicles. But recent figures are showing they’re not selling very well. What a s...
April 27, 2012 3 Min Read
Hertfordshire Council to Refund 34,000 Drivers
I can proudly proclaim that I have never been fined for speeding, illegal parking or even for using a bus lane in my car. It has been a close call a f...
April 27, 2012 2 Min Read
Not Selling Like Buicks
GM presented its vision of the future car in China this week, in the shape of the Chevrolet EN-V 2.0. That must be the most unsexy name an automobile...
April 26, 2012 3 Min Read
Review Ford Kuga: Global influence all-new Kuga
Ford would like to think that it’s new Kuga is achingly hip – but sadly it’s not. It is quite clever though. Like the class nerd who dons Next Directo...
April 26, 2012 2 Min Read
Victoria Beckham in Glamorous, Overpriced Car Surprise
I have always felt a bit of antipathy towards the artist formerly known as Posh Spice, and I need to confess that her celebrity connection puts me off...
April 26, 2012 3 Min Read
Livin’ Lavida Local
Yours truly is currently located in China. I’m staying in a Western Hotel and not exactly a local guesthouse, but with the hugely different ways of th...
April 25, 2012 3 Min Read
Audi S: New models unveiled
It’s a marque no longer seen as the ‘poor man’s BMW’ and now Audi are to cement their leading position with some new ‘S’ models. There will be four ad...
April 25, 2012 2 Min Read
The Red Light for Red Light Changes
Have you ever stopped to wonder about why traffic lights don’t seem to evolve over the years? Opal Fruits have inexplicably become Starburst, sauces h...
April 25, 2012 2 Min Read
Don’t Wash Your Car
I have finally found a piece of news to help me win a fight with my wife: No, scientists haven’t discovered that beer makes you smarter or that pizza...
April 20, 2012 3 Min Read
Game of Polo, Sir?
Volkswagen have (in my opinion, anyway) secured themselves in a corner of the car market where price isn’t the key facilitator for your new car purcha...
April 20, 2012 1 Min Read
The Italian Job in Surrey
If you are a fan of Italian car design then you don’t want to go to Milan, Rome or even Naples. No, you really want to get yourself down to Surrey. Th...
April 19, 2012 2 Min Read
Don’t Eat and Drink
You learn something new every day, don’t you? I have always been proud of never having drunk and then driven my car, and yet it turns out I am even a...
April 18, 2012 3 Min Read
Made in the UK China
MG. As a Dutchman I’m not sure how you Brits think about the matter, but to me it must be the most English car brand ever. Except, well, it doesn’t ex...
April 18, 2012 3 Min Read
UP UP and AWAY
That’s right folks, we’ve reduced the price of the VW up! to just £86.95 + vat per month… at this price these won’t last long so don’t hang around – o...
April 18, 2012 1 Min Read
