Ford has unveiled its small SUV, the B-Max – which is built on the Fiesta platform so that must be very small! The firm says it has a ‘break-through’ concept when it comes to the doors because they have done […]
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08, 2012
Tag Archives: nissan
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08, 2012
Black Cabs Move with the Times
When is a black cab not a black cab? These vehicles are things I took for granted in the past. When I was going to the local big city (Glasgow, in my case) I was always told to avoid them […]
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08, 2012
Nissan’s Taking Over the Taxi Market
I spent a great deal of time in London over the course of the past year. I also spent a great deal of time in taxis there, both Addison Lee’s and black cabs. Let’s be honest about it, lovely, nostalgic […]
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07, 2012
And Britain’s most reliable car is…..
Here at the Firstvehicleleasing.co.uk blog we’ve been discussing the reliability of cars and the warranties offered by manufacturers. Buyers don’t want poor workmanship – no matter what the marque is – and they want value for money. People are keeping […]
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07, 2012
New Car Sales Keep on Falling
The sales of new cars in Europe keep on falling it seems. The good news (of sorts) is that the fall in June was less than the fall in previous months. Celebrating a smaller fall seems a bit like throwing […]
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07, 2012
The Clean Police
Right, I may be critical about electric cars, but even I have to admit that there are uses and people for which they are perfectly fit. Like office workers that aren’t working too far from home. There are also uses […]
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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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05, 2012
Jaguar tops vehicle ownership study
I don’t know who is more surprised by this announcement – me or Jaguar. But the best car to own is the Jaguar which claims the top spot in the J.D. Power/What Car? 2012 UK Vehicle Ownership Satisfaction Study. The […]
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05, 2012
Let’s Name it After a Jet Fighter!
I just picked up some news about a totally uninteresting car today. Uninteresting, primarily because I wouldn’t look at it twice when I were to see it on the roads. But the fact that some carmakers still come up with […]
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05, 2012
German-built French Suspension
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 […]
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05, 2012
Long Live Lada
Lada may have a questionable reputation with us in the West, its parent company, AutoVAZ (actually spelled as AvtoVAZ), are doing quite well in Mother Russia. So well, in fact, that the Renault-Nissan alliance has announced it will be drastically […]
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05, 2012
Nissan’s Redefining Bonkers
The Nissan Juke is high up on its wheels, sporty and it looks a bit like the love child of a frog and a wild boar. That’s what makes it so cool! Yep, it’s a bit of an absolute oddball […]
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04, 2012
Fuel economy: Real-world miles per gallon information now available
We’ve all done – got to the end of a long journey and wondered where the fuel has gone. And no you probably haven’t made a miscalculation because the published fuel economy figures which you use for the trip are […]
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04, 2012
EV Sales Not Electrifying
Carmakers globally are all showing their all-new, all-snazzy electric vehicles. But recent figures are showing they’re not selling very well. What a surprise! Electric cars aren’t particularly suffering from a lack of attention in the global car press and their […]