Archive for 'News'
Vince Cable visits Bentley
Richard Aucock writes:
Business Secretary Vince Cable is today visiting Bentley Motors in Crewe. Why? To see the production line for the all-new Mulsanne that wowed MSN Cars recently!
The idea is to reinforce the Mulsanne’s wholly UK-based design and engineering, and also help flag up just how much Bentley has invested in UK R&D over […]
Posted: May 20th, 2010 under News.
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RM’s €33million Monaco auction - warning, car lust follows
Ron Kimball/Kimball Stock ©2009 Courtesy of RM Auctions
Dan Trent writes:If there is indeed a worldwide recession on nobody seems to have told the millionaire car collectors who were at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco last weekend for the RM Auctions sale. You’d expect some fairly well-stocked wallets in those parts but even given that […]
Posted: May 7th, 2010 under News.
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Citroen Nemo Multispace: oh elk!
cj hubbard writes:
You might have caught this story earlier on the MSN Cars main site.
Which?, in association with Germany’s ADAC, has been ‘elk testing’ the Citroen Nemo Multispace, the Peugeot Bipper Tipee and the Fiat Qubo – all variations of the same basic compact-MPV.
Image courtesy of Which? Used with permission.
The elk or moose test […]
Posted: April 29th, 2010 under News.
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Ferrari 599XX: that is smokin’ fast
cj hubbard writes:
Ferrari has joined the Nürburgring wars – revealing today that the 599XX has set a full lap time of 6 minutes 58.16 seconds in the hands of Raffaele de Simone.
That is astonishingly fast. In fact, it sets a new ‘production-derived’ sports car lap record – although to be fair to its rivals, […]
Posted: April 23rd, 2010 under News.
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Aston Martin Cygnet: ugly duckling?
cj hubbard writes:
The Aston Martin Cygnet is a Toyota iQ in disguise. No bother – we’re getting used to the idea by this point.
Much more important now is figuring out what colour you’re going to buy it in. Do you want it to match the ‘proper’ Aston you’ve already got tucked away in the garage? […]
Posted: April 13th, 2010 under News.
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The £38k Mitsubishi city car with one gear and four engine parts
cj hubbard writes:
So, Mitsubishi has finally revealed the pricing for its i-MiEV all-electric city car. And as my colleague Dan will tell you, I was still giggling about it a good two hours later.
For why? Well, the i-MiEV – which is based on the regular Mitsubishi i, recently of this parish and available for around […]
Posted: March 24th, 2010 under News.
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Honda CR-Z sneak preview, Dan quite excited
Dan Trent writes:
See that white Honda CR-Z? Looks nice doesn’t it. And I’m going to be literally the first journalist in the UK to drive it! But not quite yet, this first taste at Honda’s HQ just next to the M4 in Slough only a static look and a chance to chat with ‘Large […]
Posted: March 4th, 2010 under News.
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To Infiniti, and beyond
cj hubbard writes:
Oh, how many times must that headline have been used already. Still, I think this new Infiniti FX Limited Edition kind of justifies it.
Our Richard nearly had a fit when he saw the press release. You don’t see many Infinitis – yet – anyway, so the concept of a 100-run LE, with just […]
Posted: February 2nd, 2010 under News.
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Define irony…
cj hubbard writes:
…press release arrived in the old inbox late this afternoon announcing that Saab’s Trollhättan plant has just completed the first convertible the company has ever built in Sweden.
Yes, I know Saab is Swedish, but previously all 9-3 droptops were assembled on its behalf by Magna Steyr in Austria. A decision in 2009 […]
Posted: January 12th, 2010 under News.
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Twingo rally car - video
Dan Trent writes:Further to my last blog here’s some ace video footage of the Twingo R2 out testing dug out by the folk over on the Renaultsport forum. Loving the maximum attack driving style, including the flat-out upshift on the entry to a corner most people would be braking for. Rally drivers eh…
And never mind […]
Posted: December 7th, 2009 under News.
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