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Did You Know That Skoda Has Been Making Engines For 110 Years?

November 24, 2009
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What a milestone! Well done to Skoda for making engines for 110 years, and especially for the new 1.2 TSI engine. This extremely efficient little powerplant manages to chuck out 105bhp and will debut in the new Yeti, before being featured in the full Skoda, Audi, VW and SEAT range.
The all-new engine is [...]

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Exporting British Made Cars – The Honda Civic Type R

August 17, 2009

British made cars of a certain era are known for their unreliability and generally being ill-put together. These days though, it’s de rigueur that some of the best manufacturing in the world takes place on our own fair isle, which should mean it comes as no surprise that Honda is capitalising on this and [...]

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It’s Not All Doom And Gloom – Nissan Are Doing Well

July 7, 2009

In what is actually a bit of a local success story, I’m pleased to report that it’s not all doom and gloom in the motor industry.  In fact, Nissan has reported some outstanding sales results for June, 2009, with figures up 9% over the same period from last year!  Nissan is proudly the top Japanese [...]

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Ron Dennis Quits F1

April 17, 2009

In a move that’s no doubt going to be seen by some as a ‘falling on the sword’ tactic to take the heat from the team, Ron Dennis has spectacularly quit Formula One after more than forty years in the business.
Dennis insisted that his decision had nothing to do with the recent scandal that’s rocking [...]

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Jaguar And Land Rover Woes

October 17, 2008

Now is not a good time to be in the manufacturing industry in the UK, especially if you’re manufacturing something like cars that whilst necessarily used by many people can be picked up extremely cheaply second hand. Unlike, for instance, housing, which is suffering exactly the same problem in its’ own manufacturing industry. [...]

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Neon Candy – Ford’s New Marketing Machine

October 12, 2008

The new Ford Fiesta is a great looking car and by all accounts is just a brilliant all-rounder. This is confirmed in the fact that it is one of the few cars that will be seeing a global release – making it almost as significant as the Ford Model T (albeit not as groundbreaking).
What [...]

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New Fuel Sources To Lead To Environmental Disaster?

July 29, 2008

Oil oligopolies Shell and BP have a new plan to get more of the lovely black gold that we all need to get around – to extract it from new sources.  Unfortunately, these new sources could apparently lead to catastrophic climate change.
The new sources include tar sands and oil shale – formerly problematic to produce [...]

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Hummer Is Dead

June 20, 2008

Hummers are, for true car lovers, a bit of a laughing stock.  They are big, cumbersome, ugly, smaller inside than they should be and terrible in terms of their fuel economy.  They are also not very cheap.  Worst of all perhaps is that they aren’t fit for purpose.  Such a vehicle should surely be good [...]

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