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A Car That Was Ahead Of Its Times

Such a marvellous idea could only have been the handiwork of those perfectionists at Mercedes Benz, for no one else could have seen this project through. Make a nice carrier that will take a racing car to numerous events in Europe and design it so that it is easily the fastest and the best transporter anyone has ever seen. But how could have the company even thought of putting in so much funds in designing and producing a vehicle that they weren’t going to sell? What was wrong in using a simple van?

Saab sales get a boost

Saab had a torrid end to the last Decade, in 2008 GM announced it was reviewing Saab as a brand and even considering winding it down. Towards the end of 2009 GM did actually wind down Saab production with many factories being shut. GM was willing to listen to offers to buy the brand, but […]

Big cars are stressful

I’m feeling very nervous, for the first time I will be driving the new BMW X5 to the airport. My husband bought the X5 for my birthday last month, since then I have only driven in the local area to drop my kids to school and back home. I don’t feel confident to drive such […]

High Performance A1

The new premium supermini by Audi, the A1, was released in 2010. The Audi A1 was launched with much publicity to demonstrate Audi’s latest innovative technology. Now Audi has released the top performing A1 1.4 TFSI S Line, which utilises two forms of forced induction, a turbo charger and a supercharger whilst being able to […]

Focus at last

The Ford Focus has become very popular in the UK; over 1.4 million units have been sold here since its introduction in 1998. The Focus became popular with consumers because of its great value, comfort, safety and for being fun to drive. The new revolutionary Ford Focus will finally arrive in the UK in March, […]