TO be eco, you need a small, tiny engine. Yeah, right. That’s Politician’s logic at work. Look for blacks and whites in things they don’t understand. Big is bad, small ...
Archive for May, 2009
Citroen top (3) engine revelation
CITROEN wants to become Europe’s third-largest brand. No, I’m not sure how, either. Right now, it’s seventh-largest. Sixth? Its partner, Peugeot. So, a right old odd statement for new chief ...
BMW Z4 has 3 Series Convertible to thank
LEARNING how to do folding hard-top roofs with the 3 Series Convertible served BMW well. It meant it could launch a folding hard top Z4 relatively easily – simply because ...
My mum’s media mash-up
MY mum does herself down. Doesn’t do modern technology, she always says. Which I know is plain wrong. Revealed, this weekend, by yet another nugget she let slip. We were ...
Peugeot car ads give the game away
I used to run a Peugeot 308 as a long-termer. Fine car, it was. Interior better built than a Golf, peachy HDi engine, and one of the nicest dial packs ...
If Ford played chess, don’t take it on
HEAVENS, I’m admitting something here. That I used to be in Chess Club at College. OK, not for long. And I did used to put Breeders tapes (yes, tapes) on ...
Bentley’s bad tooth
BENTLEY’S Continental GT amazed me in many ways. Even though I’m not a Premiership footballer, I still quite fancy one. But, in two respects, it’s bad. Very bad. Fuel economy. ...
Audi A6 3.0T photostream on Flickr
This week’s road test car is one I’ve put a load of miles on – now, check out my Audi A6 3.0T S line photo stream on Flickr. It’s my ...
The most depressing engines in existence: Ford 1.8D
A Fiesta van made me think of this. Droning its way along, like a git. Causing plain aural offence. No wonder diesel was a dirty word within Ford for years. ...
Westfield not far afield
YOU can’t get auto stories closer to home than a car company 3 miles from your door. Westfield Sports Cars is based in Kingswinford. Or, down the road from me. ...
