Remember the big recall of vehicles with Takata airbags are few years ago that involved millions of vehicles - and the problems finding the current owners of those vehicles? Search for "Takata" on this site. Well, now there is a new issue with other airbags from another manufacturer that is causing concern. The Takata airbags had a manufacturing quality issue with bags made … [Read more...]
Voxan Aims to Break Land Speed Record
At Motoring Weekly, we are part of several manufacturers press lists. One of these is Venturi, and we have been following their progress for at least a decade now including the recent tests of their Antarctica project. The owner of Venturi is Gildo Pastor, and he also owns Voxan Motorcycles, Monaco’s only motorcycle manufacturer - not too difficult when you consider the size of … [Read more...]
The GOFAR Ray
If you follow the Motoring Weekly Instagram account or have seen the page on the web site, you will know that we fitted a GOFAR Ray to the Abarth. Late last year we did a road trip to Broken Hill and spent four days on the road - two travelling there through Hay and up the Silver City Highway and then two days back using the Barrier Highway through Cobar and Nyngan and then … [Read more...]
Extreme Weather Shuts Factories
This is something that most people don’t consider when they think about car production: how the weather can affect the volume of vehicles coming down the lines. In January, with the very bad weather that swept across the northern States of the US, one of the energy utilities put out a message to conserve gas because they were worried about supplies. General Motors was asked … [Read more...]
San Francisco Speedway
Here at Motoring Weekly, we see all sorts of old photos from a time long forgotten - and of places that have long gone. One such was the San Carlos Board Speedway. It is of interest because Motoring Weekly knows the north California landscape well around San Francisco. San Carlos is just south of the main city and near the extra long San Mateo bridge. For James Bond fans, … [Read more...]
