Well this is a damaging blow to the “vorsprung durch technik” aka progress through technology line spun by one German manufacturer. The EU has expanded on the VW Group emissions testing scandal by laying more charges against VW, Audi and Porsche along with BMW and Mercedes-Benz, in other words, pretty much all of Germany’s mainstream manufacturers! In the original issue, … [Read more...]
VW Electric Minibus to Target Ride-Share Services
Isn't it interesting, a couple of years ago, Volkswagen was everybody’s enemy thanks to finding a way to provide a test result - the one that the German Government wanted to see, even though it wasn't the real answer. It didn’t take long for the revenues to bounce back and with a new focus from new management they are pushing ahead with electric vehicles - just like the rest of … [Read more...]
Italdesign: Low Volume Cars
Italdesign is another Italian coach-builder or design house to move into limited edition supercars. Pininfarina have also said that they were moving down this path and shows that the world still has lots of discretionary spending dollars available on ultra-luxury toys! Italdesign though, beat their Italian rival by at least 12 months to the market. Italdesign started in 1968 … [Read more...]
The World’s Fastest Shed
This is something only the English would do - similar to the saying: “only mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the midday sun"! Kevin Nicks, who lives in a picturesque part of southern England has built a motorised shed! He had managed to get this unique vehicle to 140kmh (around 88mph) and like any competitive person wanted to get it faster. The shed which naturally is made … [Read more...]
Car Names Go Like The Wind
Car names are fascinating. Historically manufacturers either wanted their family name on the vehicles, for example Ford, Ferrari or Lamborghini, or they wanted a fast animal - Jaguar or Panther spring to mind. In some cases manufacturers were named after notable people: De Soto (after an explorer) or Cadillac (after the founder of Detroit). Dropping down a level to a … [Read more...]