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Get ready for Goodwood's 'Festival of Speed'
This weekend a collection of fast, rare and expensive cars will be gathered in the heart of the Sussex countryside for the Goodwood Festival of Speed. The festival started out as a bit of fairly informal fun, organised by the Earl of March. Now in its sixteenth year the festival is established as one of the key motoring events of the year.
Thu, 02 Jul 2009
There are no all-new models from Ford this summer ? instead there's a host of interesting tweaks and updates to the the company's existing products to keep the buyers interested.
Thu, 02 Jul 2009
Fiat lifts the lid on the new 500C
Fiat's strong selling 500 hatchback has been joined by this new open-topped version just in time to catch the best of the summer.
Wed, 01 Jul 2009
Sean O'Grady: Aston Martin makes a Mini
The Aston Martin Cygnet: An interesting way for luxury car maker Aston Martin to deal with the slump: make a Mini.
Tue, 30 Jun 2009
It sounds like an elaborate hoax, a luxury version of the Toyota iQ to be branded and sold as an Aston Martin. It is true; a small British firm has done a deal with one of the largest car companies in the world to market a luxury city car. Christened "Cygnet" the car will combine mass market engineering with unique styling and interior luxury.
Tue, 30 Jun 2009
Cars and cities don’t mix well but if a bicycle or Oyster card doesn't work for you, several manufacturers offer a choice of cheeky, nippy motors that will at least make all that time spent traffic jamming vaguely tolerable; here are ten of the best. They‘re all good for the occasional out-of-town journey and you may even turn a few heads as well.
Mon, 29 Jun 2009
Batteries included: Are eco-friendly cars any good?
The first shot of the electrical car revolution was fired on 10 January 1985.
Sun, 28 Jun 2009
Car Choice: Scrap that Metro, Gloria, and get your hands on a Hyundai
Gloria Johnson wants a replacement for her much-loved Rover Metro. She wants something small but powerful, nippy, easy to park and surprisingly roomy. Gloria would be even happier if it had power steering and air-con. She has £10,000 cash and will be taking advantage of the £2,000 scrappage scheme.
Sat, 27 Jun 2009
You will surely have seen images of the Lotus Evora. It was the star of last summer’s London motor show, and it has fired much enthusiasm in the specialist motoring press as the first all-new Lotus since 1996. The sun is shining on Lotus’s Norfolk factory.
Sat, 27 Jun 2009
Fri, 26 Jun 2009
Job fears hit Jaguar Land Rover after huge loss
The Indian owner of Jaguar Land Rover today said it slumped to losses of £267 million in the year to 31 March as the global downturn punishes the car industry.
Fri, 26 Jun 2009
Rolls-Royce and Bentley go head-to-head
For nearly seventy years Bentley was owned by Rolls-Royce and offered essentially the same models with different badges and radiator surrounds.
Thu, 25 Jun 2009
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You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet
Under the guise of being more environmentally friendly the European Road Transport lobby are now doing their utmost to foist huge 80ft.long and 60ton weight lorries onto British roads.
These types of juggernauts are among the biggest and heaviest in the world with up to 10 axles and heavier than a Boeing 737.
With the Dutch in the driving seat they are seeking an overall E.U. decision on allowing these mega-trucks to take to the roads.
Previously these giants of the road have mainly been seen in places like Australia, S.Africa and on the American continent.
While the British Road Haulage Association do not oppose the proposals to have these trucks on our roads the UK transport research laboratory has an ally in the German Environmental Agency in opposing them who
also agree the change would be environmentally damaging.
The pro lobby claim the benefits of these giants are to attain lower Co2 emissions and fuel consumption and also resulting in a lower number of journeys and overall estimated to be 15-30% cheaper to run.
Imagine these mega vehicles on British motorways, it doesn't bear thinking of them on our "A" roads, one mega truck trying to overtake another, the thunder of sound from all those axles carrying nearly 60 tons in weight, is there to be any room in the outside lane even for a small car?
If the E.U. does allow these juggernauts permission to use E.U. roads think of the infrastructure costs to accommodate them, possibly to raise some bridges, enlarge roundabouts, widen exit/entry roads to motorways, (they have to get off the motorways somewhere), then finally with these monsters weighing 50% more than the current maximum allowed on UK roads how long will road surfaces last?
All this supposedly in the name of the environment and cost savings.
It seems strange writing about the environment today, the day after Michael Jackson's death. Yes, strangely because Michael Jackson could well be the reason why millions of young UK people are conscious of environmental issues today. Not many people will be aware that his first UK No.1 back in 1996 was a huge success called Earth Song, which was also the Xmas No.1 that year; it was described at that time as an "environmental anthem"
Unfortunately we are still trying to create problems for our environment.
Posted by Bill Williams of The Car Hub.
27-06-2009
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