As we reported last month, the Toyota Prius – the new, 3rd GEN car – took the top sales spot in Japan in its first full month on sale, knocking April’s big seller – the Honda Insight Hybrid – in to second place. For the fist time the top two spots in Japan were taken […]
Volkswagen Golf Economy Range – Press Release
VOLKSWAGEN LAUNCHES NEW RANGE OF HIGHLY EFFICIENT GOLF MODELS Most efficient new Golf model available to order now; cars arrive in September Highly efficient as well as practical and conventional to service and maintain Prices start at £17,165 RRP ‘on the road’ for BlueMotion model A new sub-100 g/km variant will be available towards the […]
Volkswagen Golf Economy Range launched
As is the case with all car makers these days, the economy, or ‘Eco’, range of cars are the stars – at least as far as sales go. So following on from the launch of the sixth generation VW Golf GTD recently, VW has now turned its attention to economy on the diesel, and has […]
Hybrid Cars are Dangerous
If we’re talking about the likes of the Toyota Prius and the Honda Insight, we find them a danger to our sensibilities as they are unpleasant to drive. If you simply want to get from A to B economically that’s fine, but the driving experience is none existent. Still lots of people just want transport, […]
Cars Cause Global Warming – is the myth about to be debunked?
Our views are well known on the whole climate change and ‘Cars kill the Planet’ ethos that has become received wisdom in the last decade. It isn’t a popular view and, in the eyes of many, is akin to being a holocaust denier. But we see no sense in the arguments that exist which claim […]
Volvo gunning for Boris over London Congestion Charge
To be entirely accurate, Volvo aren’t actually out to get Boris Johnson, just the ridiculous exemptions policy that exists for London Congestion charging. At present, a wide range of Hybrid cars are exempt from congestion charging. Which does seem odd. On what basis? Because they’re flavour of the month, or because Ken – when he […]
Chevy Volt to take on Vauxhall Ampera in UK
The deal to buy Vauxhall / Opel in Europe by Magna from the beleagured GM is all but done and dusted. But we were surprised to learn that Vauxhall / Opel will not be allowed to sell cars in the US. Perfectly understandable why GM would want that but, considering how much stronger the product […]
Tesla London opens
As we reported quite recently, Tesla are planning an expansion in their European facilities as the first Tesla cars start to arrive, and have now opened their Flagship European Showroom in London. Located in Cheval Place in Kensington, which is round the corner from Harrods and with easy access to Heathrow (depending on the time […]
New BMW 316d ES Saloon
Car makers are falling over themselves to introduce new models that are more fuel efficient and less polluting than what went before, and this time it’s BMW’s time to play the game with the most economical 3 Series yet – the new BMW 316d ES Saloon. The 316d ES gets BMW’s 2.0 litre 4-pot diesel […]
Toyota Auris Hybrid in the UK
Update September ’09: The Toyota Auris Hybrid has now been revealed at Frankfurt and will go on sale in the second half of 2010. As we are all only too well aware, Toyota has just launched the new Toyota Prius, which is claimed to be a big improvement on the old Prius, so much so […]