What do you have in your front garden? Flowers or a Ford? Rhododendrons or a Rover? It seems that more and more Brits are ripping up their lawns and paving over their garden to give themselves somewhere to park their […]
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07, 2012
Tag Archives: ford
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07, 2012
Another Evoque to Evade
Not a day ago I wrote about one ‘Evoque’ to evade. The tarted up Indian Tata Safari was made to look like a Range Rover Evoque. But it actually looks like a poorly put together collection of Halfords supplies. Well, […]
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07, 2012
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 […]
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07, 2012
No Spitting, No Rapping, No Smoking on the Bus
As someone who has travelled on bus trips all across the UK I can confirm that the vast majority of them pass off with little or no excitement. Sure, there’ll be a stop at a tired looking motorway service station, […]
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07, 2012
Retro Concepts: The New Renault 4
I’m not 100% sure if they were the first, but at the back end of the nineties, VW came up with a new incarnation of a (very) old model: the New Beetle. Since then, many carmakers have followed suit. Mini […]
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07, 2012
Honda celebrates 20 years of UK production
As part of the carmaker’s plans to celebrate the 20 year milestone since opening production of cars in the UK, Honda has unveiled some interesting offers on its British-built motors. The new Civic, recently named best value car on the […]
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07, 2012
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 […]
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07, 2012
Time to Sleep Through Traffic Jams
There isn’t really a lot you can do in a truly bad traffic jam is there? Personally, I like to bang my hands off the steering wheel in a really annoying way which always causes my wife to lose her […]
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06, 2012
Saving Ribs and Reaping Awe
In the news in the week past was Ford’s plan to install inflatable seatbelts for the backseats of the upcoming Mondeo. I thought: “what, they’re cooking up a new Mondeo?!” And now I feel a bit ashamed. Ashamed that I […]
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06, 2012
Look After the Kids
As the father of a growing girl I am interested in the world of child safety seats for the first time ever. I actually already own one but I can’t work out how to make the blooming thing work. No […]
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06, 2012
Seat’s new Toledo takes a bow
Right, pay attention now because potential buyers and people looking at leasing the new Seat Toledo should be aware of a number of things. OK so it looks like a smart saloon but it’s actually a hatchback and it’s built […]
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06, 2012
Are Friends Electric and Are Electric Cars Your Friends?
Would you like to drive an electric car? For some reason I have always wanted to get in one and put Gary Numan’s Are Friends Electric up really loud. I don’t even like Gary Numan but I wouldn’t want this […]
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06, 2012
The new Bentley Continental GT Speed takes a bow
There’s a good reason why Bentley have called their new Continental model the Speed – it will reach 205mph. It’s the firm’s fastest production model ever and will make its international debut at the Goodwood Festival of Speed. Potential buyers […]
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06, 2012
Another new Skoda is unveiled
Just weeks after launching its Citigo, Skoda are at it again with news of the new Rapid. Not a great name for a motor which sits between the Fabia and Octavia models and let’s hope it does better than the […]