Released just ahead of the Detroit Motor Show!
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Friday, December 14, 2012
1 in 16 Commuters sleep in car to save cash
RAC and FairFuel UK launched a survey recently which
discovered that 1 in 16 commuters have resorted to sleeping in their cars in
order to save money on fuel. A further 3% have admitted to camping out near
work to avoid the skyrocketing petrol prices.
A spokesman for FairFuelUK, Quentin Willson said: “As a
society, we’ve never seen...
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Peugeot Onyx - Supercar?
When
thinking of Peugeot, your mind may wander from the bicycles they began
manufacturing, to the reliable yet not so flashy cars we see on our streets
today. But with the Peugeot Onyx, comes some serious supercar competition.
It’s
exterior, made up of a sleek smooth shell of carbon fiber covered in a matte
black finish and sheets of gleaming...
Thursday, November 01, 2012
Two-Tier Vehicle Tax System Considered
It has come to light that one of the Treasury’s think tanks
has had the wonderful idea of introducing a two-tiered form of vehicle excise
duty (VED) and the reform plans have sent many economists and the general public
up in arms.
The plan is to charge a higher rate of road tax for those
drivers wanting to use ‘high-traffic roads’ including...
Thursday, October 25, 2012
London to See First All-Electric Taxi Fleet
Eco-friendly taxi service greentomatocars have completed a
deal with Chinese manufacturer BYD that will see them receive 50 of their pure
electric e6 vehicles to trial within the city of London.
The company currently use hybrid and biodiesel vehicles for
their fleet and consider themselves instrumental in popularising the Toyota
Prius when the...
Thursday, October 18, 2012
Automatic Number Plate Recognition Comes to UK Car Parks
Car parks across Britain are being fitted with ‘SwishPark’
technology, which reads and monitors number plates as they enter and leave the
car parks.
The ANPR technology is currently being monitored by Paythru and
concerns about private data are being raised.
The idea of the scheme is that drivers will register a
Paythru account,...
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Toyota to Recall 7.4 Million Vehicles
Toyota has announced that a faulty window switch, installed
during production, will mean that more than seven million cars worldwide will
have to return to Toyota garages to solve the problem. This includes Yaris,
Camry and Corolla models.
138,000 cars in the UK have been recalled from the 1.39
million affected cars in Europe. The largest single...
Wednesday, October 03, 2012
Range Rover Confirm New Plug-in Hybrid
Jaguar Land-Rover have revealed that they plan to become the
latest car company to experiment with plug-in hybrid technology.
They expect that their new hybrid powertrain to be fitted
within their Range Rover models, for several reasons. First of all, the cars
are the best designs to carry the added weight of the powertrain. The
demographics...
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
8 Car Companies to Watch at the Paris Motor Show 2012
The Paris Motor Show opens later this week at the Paris Expo Centre and it remains one of the most exciting and largest annual motoring events in Europe.
We’ve compiled a list of 8 manufacturers to pay attention to and the cars they are premiering at the show. So without further ado, (in alphabetical order):
Audi
Audi are planning to showcase two...
Friday, September 14, 2012
AIRPod - The New Air-Powered Car
Developed in Luxembourg by MDI Enterprises, the AIRPod is the latest eco-friendly car concept to be announced. The idea has merit, running machines from pneumatic power has been tried in locomotives, airplanes and horseless carriages, but none have particularly taken off.
The released stats about the car are fairly impressive. Boasting 125-miles...
Thursday, September 06, 2012
Volkswagen’s Golf Mk7 Launched
We mentioned a few months back how excited we were about the launch of the new VW Golf well, after months of anticipation, Volkswagen have finally unveiled their 2013 Golf model and it’s garnered a huge amount of critical acclaim.
The previous incarnations of the Golf have put it ahead as VWs best-selling vehicle and the newest 7th-Generation...
Friday, August 31, 2012
Mazda CX-7 Discontinued
Since its launch to the UK in 2007, the CX-7 has sold between 800 and 1000 units a year. This month, Mazda has announced the removal of the luxury SUV from their model range. A senior spokesperson from Mazda put the axe due to “the new CX-5 doing well, and the big CX-9 remaining in the relevant markets such as USA and Russia”.
The CX-7s first...
Friday, April 13, 2012
A different kind of sweet luxury object
This is the 1964 James Bond’s Aston Martin DB5. Released in 1963, it was an evolution of the final series of DB4. The DB series was named honoring David Brown (the head of Aston Martin from 1947–1972).
It comes with revolving license plates, ejector seat, bullet-proof shield, oils slick sprayer, the first “GPS”, machine-guns and much more… but not...
