While most people who use online auction site eBay to buy a car will be looking for a family run-around or a first vehicle for when they pass their test, there are those who prowl the listings for rare, expensive […]
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09, 2012
Tag Archives: car
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09, 2012
Be Careful in France
As the UK settles in for another autumn you might be tempted to take a trip to somewhere a bit further south in Europe – say France – to enjoy a bit of warmer weather and some lovely food. Driving […]
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09, 2012
All new Range Rover unveiled
The new Range Rover will cost a wallet-busting £71,000 and the car firm says they’ve already got six months of orders! To be fair, it’s an impressive piece of car which has been redesigned from the ground up. Among the […]
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09, 2012
Superhero Action and Fake Moustaches in Perth
When I heard that a machinery wielding superhero called Wheel Clamp Man was helping out motorists in Perth I thought that the world had gone mad. All I can remember from my visit to the sleepy Scottish city is the […]
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08, 2012
How Much Would Cutting Up the Prime Minister Cost You?
I was interested to see talk of fines for drivers being increased in the UK. It was actually a bit of a coincidence, as I just saw something on the local telly about plans to do it here in South […]
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08, 2012
Viva Las Vegas! You Don’t Need Hands There
I like to drive using my hands and my feet in a kind of traditional way. That is, the hands control the steering wheel and occasionally help grind through the gears before trying to find a radio station which doesn’t […]
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08, 2012
Alfa adds Sportiva trims to its models
Alfa Romeo fans are in for a treat after the car maker announced it was adding Sportiva trims to its Mito and Giuletta ranges. These stylish cars have now been boosted, in my opinion, with a trim that really suits […]
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08, 2012
Badge “Engineering”
The only proof of booming Indian and Chinese automotive industries in the UK is the fact that Tata owns JLR. Other than that, there’s the occasional Chinese cookie jar on wheels trying to set foot on British soil, generally being […]
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08, 2012
Petrol on My Mind Again
We are back to talking about petrol again, aren’t we? That can only mean bad news. If you have been asleep or in a trance for the last few months then you won’t know that fuel prices reached a record […]
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08, 2012
A French Idea Worth Trying?
After a record low in the year preceding it, 2011 saw an increase in accident fatalities involving a driver with too much alcohol in his / her blood. The Institute of Advanced Motorists says we should be worried. According to […]
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08, 2012
City Bus Innovations: Bigger or Faster?
My experience with public transportation is particularly bad and so I never take the bus. But if I would, I’d pick this new very long one by a German Fraunhofer Institute for traffic and infrastructure systems. In places like London […]
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08, 2012
Shooting Brake prices announced
Mercedes Benz have announced that their CLS Shooting Brake will cost from £49,360. It’s a stylish addition to the firm’s line-up with two diesel and one petrol engine options. Though the entry level model is the CLS 250 CDi BlueEfficiency […]
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08, 2012
Are We More Oblivious to Vulnerable Road Users Now?
I have talked quite a lot in recent weeks about new car technology and I don’t think that it is any secret that I want a robot which controls the vehicle while I go for a nap or eat some […]
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08, 2012
Hybrids Can Be Cool!
Here’s something cool: one reigning stereotype about hybrid cars was mangled by Volkswagen this week. Namely, that they’re slow, I mean, that is exactly what everybody thinks about them, right? Ever since the early twentieth century people and companies with […]