Posts categorized under ‘Detail’

Nearly every new car on sale comes equipped with an onboard thermometer. The Vauxhall Cavalier was one of the first cars I can remember to have one. How we all ...

Orange cars have been (back) in for some time now and are slowly moving from motor show stands to supermarket car parks. I dubbed it my Hit Car Colour of ...

God is in the details and creating those details keeps thousands in the automotive industry gamefully occupied across the globe.  Spending time with a car reveals more and more of ...

BMW’s involvement with the Olympic games is not a new event: nearly 40 years ago, it was again leading the charge at the Games of the XX Olympiad.  Leading the ...

Designing a BMW 3 Series is one of the hardest tasks in the motor industry. 12.5 million have been sold to date and it is the world’s best selling premium-make ...

Peugeot has launched the world’s first diesel-electric hybrid, despite the world telling us it can’t be done. The costs!, says the world. The technical challenge!, it points out. The woes ...

Porsche has launched the most driver-focused Panamera to date with the LA Motor Show debut of the Panamera GTS.  And, pleasingly, the firm has looked to the past for its ...

Green cars and eco sub-brands have to be a staple of any right-thinking manufacturer these days.  If you’re not showing off your eco credentials with a special badge applied to your ...

Peugeot has achieved sub-130g/km status this year. That’ll please European legislators, who say European car makers must hit this range-average target – or else…. they’ll pay. It’s been a gradual ...

Volvo’s Concept You again showed off the firm’s Scaleable Platform Architecture at the 2011 Frankfurt IAA. SPA will underpin most of the brand’s future models. Instead of creating unique platforms ...