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
Tag Archives: GM
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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 […]
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06, 2012
S(peedy) 60
If you wanted a car capable of achieving bullet speeds in the compact executive segment, you used to have a very limited choice. That hasn’t actually changed. Most people in the market for a fast executive car would probably think […]
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06, 2012
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 three-door model, with wide-opening rear doors and a starting price […]
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06, 2012
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 racked up 100,000 sales. So obviously price isn’t a factor for most […]
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06, 2012
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 officially launched and people on the streets were underwhelmed with it. […]
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06, 2012
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 May which is an impressive 33 per cent increase compared to May […]
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06, 2012
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 of ferns. Indeed, combustion engine powered vehicles are Satan’s work and CO2 is […]
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06, 2012
Skoda’s new Citigo hits the streets
With sales booming, Skoda has high hopes for its new Citigo – even saying it’s the most important new model in the history of the firm. The all-new Citigo marks the start of a new era in the company’s 117-year […]
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05, 2012
The Saab and the Beautiful
The other day I made some comments “on the side” about how much of a pity I think it is that Sweden’s Saab went ‘game over’. You may remember that the whole process of the Swedes snuffing it was much […]
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05, 2012
Ford sales ‘eco-boosted’ by new car
It’s a sign of the times but Ford’s new Focus EcoBoost accounts for one in five of its new car sales. As we’ve said previously the 1.0 litre motor sold nearly 1,000 units in April and when you take the […]
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05, 2012
Izuogu: Nigeria’s Car That Never Was
The automotive industry is one of the most consolidated in the world, where the top four manufacturers (Toyota, GM, VW and Hyundai, in that order) account for about a third of total global production. But it wasn’t always so. In […]
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05, 2012
Redefining Counting
Edit: It seems I was ninja’d by Steve… 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 208, 208, 208. Look like a stuttering kid playing hide and seek? It’s not, it’s Peugeot’s past and future line up in the supermini […]
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05, 2012
Peugeot unveils new 301 – not for us though
As a big fan of Peugeots – I’ve owned two Pugs and drove a 405 with all the whistles and bells into the ground – I’m looking forward to trying out the new 301. Or I was until I realised […]