Archive for March, 2010

BMW 5 Series ‘clean sheet’

BMW 5 Series ‘clean sheet’

BMW’s new F10 5 Series may be closely associated with the 7 Series and 5 Series GT, but this doesn’t mean it’s simply a modified version of those cars. ‘In ...

Secrets of the BMW 5 Series

Secrets of the BMW 5 Series

BMW Group Driving Dynamics Director Jos van As says it was owners of the old BMW 5 Series that led direction for the new one. ‘Feedback from owners of the ...

Lewis Hamilton and Gilles Villeneuve

Lewis Hamilton and Gilles Villeneuve

LEWIS Hamilton is getting a bit of a hard time at the hands of the Oz Police. OK, he was hooning. It was, as he said, a little silly. But…. ...

Audi gets Ashes To Ashes at Geneva

Audi gets Ashes To Ashes at Geneva

AUDI is celebrating 30 years of the Quattro with an Easter Egg for journos. Tucked deep in the press material all about Quattro is this car show gem – the ...

McLaren dashboard comes to RunKeeper

McLaren dashboard comes to RunKeeper

RUNKEEPER seems to have now done it – installed live tracking so joggers can stream what McLaren F1 now streams! On Sunday, I ran the Silverstone Half Marathon. The RunKeeper ...

BMW drive back advice

BMW drive back advice

BMW is launching the new 5 Series this week – and, on Friday, I’m driving one of the Brit cars back to the UK. It will be a 24-hour flurry ...

McLaren F1 dashboard on the cheap

McLaren F1 dashboard on the cheap

F1 cars round Silverstone are being replaced for one weekend, by a few thousand bats people. Among the throngs will be yours truly: yep, I’m entering the Silverstone Half Marathon. ...

Citroen DS3 Racing past

Citroen DS3 Racing past

WHY only 1000 Citroen DS3 Racings,  I asked the Citroen man at the Geneva Motor Show. Surely you could make it a permanent addition to the range, underlining its MINI ...

Save BBC 6Music and the Ford Zephyr

Save BBC 6Music and the Ford Zephyr

INSPIRATION comes in many forms. Today, for instance, down at the brilliant Goodwood Breakfast Club, a gorgeous Ford Zephyr was spotted. That’s Ford Zephyr of Z-Cars fame – and, even ...

Renault Raider is back

Renault Raider is back

RENAULT PR guys are insatiable car nuts, whose geekery for all things 1980s matches mine. That’s why we were both clamouring over the Gordini Renaultsports at the Geneva show, and ...