I saw a Fisker Karma on the motorway today. I admired its smooth lines and noticed something funny. The Karma is a plug-in hybrid sports car, meaning as much as that it’s electric and fast at least for a short […]
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08, 2012
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08, 2012
Seat boosts sales with Ecomotive technology
With car buyers looking for more efficient and well-made cars, it’s timely that Seat announces that half year sales show record Ecomotive Technology take-up across all models. They say that over four in ten SEATs sold in 2012 will feature […]
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08, 2012
‘Crowd-sourced’ Citroen C1 unveiled
Oh dear! It could have been so much worse – Citroen’s new special edition C1 was designed after Facebook fans had an input. The result is this C1 Connexion which costs £9,495 after Facebook users were asked to post their […]
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08, 2012
Is Driving More Fun as You Get Older?
I was never a boy racer. Sad as it is to admit, I learned to drive long after I had started to shave and I have never been one for racing around at any age. However, I still got to […]
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08, 2012
Mercedes C-Class gets an upgrade
There are changes aplenty for the Mercedez Benz C-Class including new engines and trim levels. Perhaps the biggest change is that the Exective SE replaces the SE as an entry point to the range and the Elegance models have been […]
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08, 2012
Nod to Your Car But Don’t Become a Beastie Boy in Belfast
A nod’s as good as a wink to a blind horse they say, but you don’t want to go confusing your car with too many facial gestures. Actually, your current vehicle won’t know the difference between a nod and a […]
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08, 2012
Vauxhall bolsters Astra range
It’s not that long since Vauxhall gave its Astra a facelift and now they are launching a BiTurbo 2litre diesel model. Available in the five door hatch and the Sports Tourer, the new performance diesel has 195PS and 400Nm of […]
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08, 2012
Safety Factors
One of my former roommates studied Civil Engineering. I studied Aerospace Engineering. We had frequent discussions about safety factors. Whereas aerospace engineers are forced by an aircraft’s restrictions on weight to take great care in their design’s dimensioning and typically […]
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08, 2012
Car Insurance Premiums Keep on Rising and Janice Needs a Break
Car insurance premiums keep rising, according to a report. In fact, according to the official figures the average policy costs over £1,000 a year. Can this be true? I don’t doubt the good people at AA Insurance who carried out […]
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07, 2012
Take Your Bond Car to the Show
James Bond, he’s kind of alright, isn’t he? However, the obsession which many people have with 007 is one of the (many) things in life which I can never understand. Personally, I think he drives a more than decent car […]
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07, 2012
It Looks Clean
So you drive – or rather are driven in – this humongous limousine, say a BMW 7 Series, Audi A8 or Merc S-Class, and you feel bad about the environmental damage you do? Yeah, right! Still, that’s what owners of […]
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07, 2012
Lexus reveals its new LS
It’s a week of posh cars being revamped so far (see yesterday’s take on the new Audi R8) and now we have the Lexus LS. This flagship motor has had a complete overhaul with sharper styling, and a new F […]
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07, 2012
The Bank Job
The French automotive industry is on its ass. The economic crisis, as we all know caused by banks, has hit particularly hard in France with those manufacturers that haven’t got seriously big operations in emerging markets: PSA Peugeot-Citroen and Renault, […]
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07, 2012
The Carpenter, the Red Light and British Politeness on the Road
I drove through a red light today but I have a good excuse; the carpenter made me do it. It’s a long story to be fair but let’s start off with the guy who works with wood. I live in […]