Unprecedented problems in the motor industry have led to cancellation of the 2010 Motor Show.  Or have they? The Motor Show used to be a great day out.  Thousands of us made what was then an annual pilgrimage to London to see our dream cars in the glossiest of surroundings. We took our wives, took […]

For years now we Brit’s could get on the spot fines for breaking the motoring laws in other countries in Europe. Hiring a car on holiday in Europe used to be a licence to be an anarchist as frankly, you could speed when you wanted, park where you wanted and run how ever many red […]

Whilst it might seem amazing that over 60% of us don’t know the drink drive limits in the UK, just ask yourself what you think you can drink and still be legal? From personal experience, I could only guess and even then the accuracy of my best guess can change depending on your constitution and […]

The government is considering incentives to encourage drivers to replace old polluting cars with new ones, according to Business Secretary, Peter Mandelson. In some countries, such as Germany, Spain and France, what are known as “scrappage schemes” are already in place where motorists are paid to trade in their old vehicles in favour of new […]

How many more schemes are greedy local councils going to come up with to take more money of the businesses in there area?  Well they’ve found a new one and it’s to charge them a fee, for each car parking space they provide for their employees. Yes, I know, it sounds like a joke to […]

Well we all got excited about the European Car of the Year, then look what happened; they gave it to a car that wasn’t even for sale anywhere in Europe at the time the award was given. Anyway, more excitement on the horizon as a group of 50 motoring journalists from around the world have […]

Well guys, seems the recession is only going to affect us normal folk, as Mercedes Benz owned luxury car maker Maybach, have just announced new versions of both the 57 and 62 limousines, aimed firmly at the super rich. Not sure what these look like? Well if you’ve ever seen Dragon’s Den, or perhaps ‘X’ […]

Suffer from allergies? Well Ford Motor Company is the only car manufacturer to have its cars independently checked by the British Allergy Foundation (BAF) and the internationally renowned test authority TV. The new Fiesta is the latest ford model especially designed and tested to help protect car occupants from potentially health threatening allergic reactions and […]

Around 1100 jobs could be safeguarded at Nissan’s Sunderland plant, as Nissan are to reveal their latest compact car at the 79th Geneva Motor Show. The concept is called ‘Qazana’  and the yet unnamed production car is planned to be built in Nissan’s super efficient Sunderland plant from 2010 and whilst that’s not been 100% […]

“Some companies make cars, others make history” is a strap line from Saab’s website, but it looks like Saab may be on the verge of leaving its mark in a way clearly, none of us want, as the Swedish manufacturer recently filed for what’s called ‘reorganisation’ which is effectively the same as Chapter 11 Bankruptcy […]