I was going to spend my first Friday evening blog in a long while bitching about Volkswagen (some things never change) but some interesting conversations on Twitter distracted me while I was putting together the finishing touches and so this … Continue reading
I have only just noticed that the subject for the Sir William Lyons Award (a competition for aspiring young motoring writers) is ‘premium cars’. Now usually I would run a mile before discussing the topic of a Premium Car because … Continue reading
This is the first post about MG Motor that I’ve done in a while. Partly this is because, with the MG6 diesel proving to be a predictably damp squib in terms of sales (making no difference at all to the … Continue reading
Peugeot-Citroen looks increasingly doomed. Its products still linger at the bottom of the reliability surveys, the depreciation charts resemble the recent sales graphs for Tesco Value Burgers and the company is stuck in a nightmare of an overly-complex, overlapping car … Continue reading
NOTE: If you were expecting the conclusion to my ‘Remembering Rover’ epic, then I’m sorry to disappoint but (or ‘I’m pleased to report that…’, depending on how you enjoyed the first part) I’ve decided to carry that particular entry over … Continue reading
A few weeks ago I pondered on whether or not the cars being unveiled at the Paris Motor Show spelt the end of the Retro Car (a time I still feel can’t come soon enough). Recent events have made me … Continue reading
I’ve got three things on my mind this evening, so let’s get down to business: MG BTCC Edition at Brands Hatch I made the trek to Kent to watch the BTCC final at Brands Hatch yesterday, because it’s not every … Continue reading
Yesterday was the first press day at the 2012 Paris Motor Show and it was really a day when British brands stole the limelight. Given the troubled economic climate the European motor industry isn’t really on top form and the … Continue reading
Way back in the far off days of, erm, two months ago, my first entry on this website concerned the MG6 and my worry that the company was throwing away a generally good product due to a complete lack of … Continue reading
This week marked an important event in the life of the motor industry as a whole as the latest generation of Volkswagen Golf, the seventh since 1974, broke cover. Now I can appreciate Golfs and the older ones have a … Continue reading