Archive for 'Industry Observation'
Toyota accelerator problem hits Peugeot
Richard Aucock writes:
My mum is worried. Why? Because she drives a Peugeot 107. Which, through the interweave of the motor industry, is also a Toyota Aygo - and, thus, affected by the big accelerator recall.
What next, she asked me? Well, I don’t know. I’ve heard plenty from Toyota, but while both Peugeot (and […]
Posted: February 2nd, 2010 under Industry Observation.
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GM exploits Toyota quality surprise
Richard Aucock writes:
Toyota is going through a bit of a crisis in the US at the moment. It has just had to recall 2.3 million cars, to fix a problem with accelerator pedals that could become stuck. The Japanese giant has even stopped production of some cars while it figures a fix. […]
Posted: January 27th, 2010 under Industry Observation.
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Ken Block’s mission: turn America on to hot hatches
Dan Trent writes:How we snigger at the Americans and their simplistic tastes in cars. After all, if it hasn’t got a seven-litre V8 they’re not interested, right? And we all know they can only drive in straight lines. Um, well, Ken Block might just be on the brink of changing all that. He could well […]
Posted: January 26th, 2010 under Industry Observation.
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Winners!
Dan Trent writes:Well, we didn’t end up scaring anybody in our Range Rover but Richard and Ian both scooped some silverware at last night’s Guild Of Motoring Writers dinner and awards. And here are our proud winners with their bounty, Richard’s work on the Which? green car guide earning him a gong while Ian’s […]
Posted: December 4th, 2009 under Industry Observation.
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Spot the handbrake competition…
Dan Trent writes:As CJ has already alluded, I’ve been having something of a difference of opinion with the electronic parking brake fitted to the new Astra we’ve just had in.
Now, to be fair to Vauxhall it’s an issue I have with electronic handbrakes in general. It’s just the Astra’s bad luck it was […]
Posted: November 26th, 2009 under Industry Observation.
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A good week for German mega saloons
Dan Trent writes:Funny lot the Germans. They make a big fuss about being sensible, rational types and yet when it comes to cars the evidence very much points to the contrary. Exhibit A) a bright orange über M3 costing … £100K. And hot on its heels we have this, exhibit B) a C63 AMG […]
Posted: November 6th, 2009 under Industry Observation.
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Heard the one about the new Mini…
cj hubbard writes:
Just a quick note to say there’s just been announcement that two new models are coming to the Mini plant in Cowley, Oxford. Great news for British jobs - hurray!
However, what’s interesting is that the same announcement reveals that both new models will apparently be shown at the Frankfurt motor show in […]
Posted: September 2nd, 2009 under Industry Observation.
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Vorsprung durch … USB sticks
Dan Trent writes:You’ll be seeing a lot of things Audi related here on MSN Cars in the coming days. Why? Well, the firm celebrates its 100th birthday this Thursday. So I’ve spent the last few days immersed in all things Audi to put together some galleries and other stories. All of which was made a […]
Posted: July 14th, 2009 under Industry Observation.
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Scrappage: Peter eats hat
cj hubbard writes:
Just a quick snapshot of Peter, about to chow down on his smart Bentley baseball cap.
And why?
On 22 April he suggested, on this very blog, that there was no way Nissan would agreed to offer £2,000 scrappage allowance on the Pixo city car.
Well, guess what:
That’s clipped directly from Nissan’s website, and clearly shows […]
Posted: June 1st, 2009 under Industry Observation.
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