Direct Line Car Insurance did a recent survey to mark the celebration of 25 years of existence and the poll had a very interesting question for the UK audience. Basically the survey set out to find out what is Great Britain's favorite car for the past 25 years that Direct Line has been around. The cars in the survey totaled a...
Recently a few patent drawings have been popping up all over the place and what they feature may be quite interesting. The 2010 Beijing Motor Show may see General Motors unveiling a Chevrolet Volt-based MPV next week. Since the Volt’s Voltec powertrain has been designed to fit quite a wide range of vehicles this new MPV may be hiding just that...
It looks like Toyota Prius will extend its range in the near future with a new version, a bigger one having the ability to provide comfort for several passengers in the same time. I’m talking about an MPV model, and Japanese peoples are known for their preferences regarding to this type of models. I’m surprised that we heard about this...
Those of you who will have the chance to go at Shanghai Showroom will have the honor to admire the new concept from Citroen, I’m talking about Citroen Metropolis of course, a future rival prototype for the A8, 7 Series and S Class models. Maybe from the pictures you have the impression that this Citroen Metropolis is long, but let...
The press conference for the Long Beach Grand Prix (part of the American Le Mans Series) held this weekend has also hosted the presentation of the five gentlemen that will make up the ALMS Green Dream Team. The gents who will be acting as ambassadors for the green racing initiatives in ALMS are Paul Drayson, David Brabham, Johnny O'Connell, Chris...
In case you were thinking that Toyota Recall news have stopped you're wrong. This time the recall is voluntary and not court actions or victims have appeared. The latest recall from Toyota concerns the Sienna Minivans and spans from 1998 to 2010 models. The timespan is quite large but is nothing comparing to the number of vehicles it addresses as the...
Dacia Duster was many times discussed, here and not only. If you never heard about this Duster and you look for some technical details, I recommend for you to go back use the Search section because in the following I will disclose other kind of information. Duster has huge ambitions, in fact there are so huge that they want to...
Renault moved fast and presented to us the series versions of the first electric models of the French brand, I’m talking about the Renault Fluence ZE and Renault Kango ZE being already available for pre-orders. Renault made a prognostic and said that in 2020, 10% from the world’s cars will be electric, so the investments in this domain are wise....
If BRE isn't a name that feels familiar to you it may have something to do with the fact that the last time they raced was in 1972. The late sixties and early seventies was a great time for BRE Racing as they were running white and blue Datsun 510s and 240Zs. The white and blue Datsuns were brainchilds of...
SAAB Cars North America will continue to offer GM’s OnStar feature for its vehicles. GM ownership of SAAB may have ended but relationships between the two companies continue to thrive. As far as OnStar servicing is concerned it will start with the 2010 model cars and will be offered in the same format as GM's US vehicles. Buyers get the...
