24 05, 2012

Adam Opel’s Adam

By Sean Bell24 May, 2012Adam Opel, car, citroen, citroen ds3, Europe, fiat, fiat 500, General Motors, GM, LS, mini, MoT, vauxhall No Comments

Did I just win the 2012 competition for blog title of the year because I made it into a palindrome? Or was it anagram? Some of you may know that Opel – which is basically mainland-European for Vauxhall – is […]

23 05, 2012

Truckin’ Wild

By Sean Bell23 May, 2012bmw, car, China, FAW, GM, HSSE, JAC, LS, MoT, toyota, Volkswagen No Comments

I’m back in China this week, with more automotive observations from the country with the biggest number of the smallest people. (Did I tell you about the airport security officer that made me stand on a block in order to […]

15 05, 2012

Do Cyclists Jump Red Lights?

By Sean Bell15 May, 2012car, CCTV, GM, London, LS, MoT, traffic lights, UK No Comments

I can proudly say that I have never knowingly jumped a red light in my life. I may have skipped through a few when I didn’t even notice the traffic lights but I don’t believe that makes me a bad […]

13 05, 2012

Good News for Dads

By Sean Bell13 May, 2012bmw, car, EU, Ferrari, GM, LS, MoT, motorists, S line, Sport No Comments

No, an F30 is not a baby brother of the Ferrari F40 and F50. It’s a BMW. It’s like this. BMW has been giving the cars in its model portfolio standardised names so customers and drivers can easily recognise their […]

12 05, 2012

German-built French Suspension

By Sean Bell12 May, 2012audi, Bentley, car, chevrolet, China, citroen, citroen c5, Corsa, dacia, Europe, General Motors, General Motors Buick, GM, GMC, Infiniti, LS, MoT, new Citroen C5, nissan, Opel Vauxhall, peugeot, porsche, PSA, renault, Renault Samsung, seat, skoda, technology, US, vauxhall, Volkswagen, VW No Comments

Perhaps you caught this in automotive news recently: General Motors and PSA, the company that supplies the world with Peugeots and Citroens, have announced a serious collaboration. You’re not paying close attention if you haven’t noticed yet: carmakers globally, except […]

10 05, 2012

Saab Reincarnated

By Sean Bell10 May, 2012BAIC, car, CEO, China, General Custer, GM, IP, LV, mercedes, MoT, Netherlands, new s60, saab, Saab Chinese, Sport, sports car, Sweden Saab, technology, volvo No Comments

It’s a while ago and it may have been bigger news in the Netherlands, due to the fact that it was a Dutch company that played cavalry to the company’s rescue – unfortunately they ran into a General Custer-inspired bloodbath […]

4 05, 2012

By Steve Lumley4 May, 2012bmw, bmw x1, caption, diesel engine, diesel engines, GM, mini, price, seat, speed, technology No Comments

Aimed squarely at the compact crossover market, BMW’s new X1 is going to sell well and you’ll be seeing a lot of them close-up – in your rear view mirror. The BMW X1 has new styling and the cabin has […]

3 05, 2012

Smart Phones Cause Car Crashes and Sudoku Might Too

By Sean Bell3 May, 2012Augmented Reality, car, GM, GPS, LS, smart No Comments

There are times when I am glad to be free of the shackles of technological dependence, and today is one of them. I have a mobile phone but it is not exactly of the cutting edge variety. Never mind stuff […]

26 04, 2012

Not Selling Like Buicks

By Sean Bell26 April, 2012car, chevrolet, China, GM, LS, Opel Vauxhall, technology, vauxhall No Comments

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 has ever been awarded with. But never mind that. The car […]

18 04, 2012

Made in the UK China

By Sean Bell18 April, 2012AC, Beijing International Automotive Exhibition, British motorists, car, China, December British, English car brand, GM, LS, MG, MoT, motorists, SAIC, UK No Comments

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 exist anymore. I guess I should have said it’s now […]

4 04, 2012

A Big Bad Battleship Never to Cross the Pond

By Sean Bell4 April, 2012American cars, car, chevrolet, Chevrolet Impala, Chevy Impala, Cruise Control, Europe, GM, horses, LS, MoT, New York, Sport, toyota, Toyota Camry, US, vauxhall, Vauxhall Opel Insignia No Comments

Starting today: the New York International Auto Show. Not a car show that unveils too many relevant models for us here in Europe. This one’s no exception, it’s the all-new 2014 Chevrolet Impala. But I still gasped when I saw […]

A Good Dose of L’extravagance de la France

Gallery

March 21, 2012 by Sean Bell

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Whether or not it’s the type of car higher echelon corporate lease public is waiting for is debatable – they are likely to stick to products of the existing German premium league – but for the scene of the future […]

8 03, 2012

Nissan’s Invitation to Ford and VW to Come up with Something Prettier

By Sean Bell8 March, 2012car, diesel engine, diesel engines, EV, ford, Geneva Motor Show, GM, gt-r, LS, LV, mini, MoT, nissan, nissan note, Polo, Sport, sports car, UK, UK Government Regional Growth Fund, VW No Comments

The Romans already said it, or at least it’s Latin: “de gustibus non disputandum est”. Means as much as “there’s no arguing about taste”. But if you ask me this is not so likely to apply to the replacement of […]