Four collectors edition Mercedes sold for a whopping £2 million at auction not so long ago in a sign that there are certainly some who are not feeling the credit crunch pinch. The priciest of the four cars was a 2006 Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR Roadster, which sold for a huge £616,000. In second place, a [...]
In some sad news, its seems that after 35 years of faithful sales service the VW MK1 Golf has finally been laid to rest. Production of the compact car was halted at the South African manufacturing plant this autumn. VW’s Port Elizabeth factory has been the manufacturer of the car since 1984, with more than [...]
I’m not entirely sure why but it would seem that four (possibly slightly mad) Irishmen have crossed the Irish Sea in a Renault Laguna! Amazingly, £100 saloon carried them across the 23-mile journey safe and sound and in only seven hours. And mad as it sounds, this is actually not the first time the four [...]
It seems that the benefits of the government’s scrappage scheme continue to be felt around with country, this time with the Sunderland plant of carmaker Nissan reporting a 40% rise in production of the Nissan Micra. Approximately 11,000 Nissan Micras made their way through the production line at the plant last month and with September [...]
Just in case you happen to be in the market for a REALLY fast car, I would suggest you investigate the Ferrari Enzo. One of the fastest and most powerful models to date, the car was of course name after the company’s founder Enzo Ferrari and is one of the world’s most powerful vehicles. If [...]
Adverts for the website UlsterTrader.com have triggered 44 complaints to the Advertising Standards Authority and resulted in the advert being banned. The advert featured a woman in her bra with the strapline “Nice headlamps. What do you look for in a car?…” Hmmmm not exactly the most intelligent choice of campaign. Apparently most of the [...]
Although the recent announcement that the pool of cash available to the government’s scrappage scheme was met with yelps of joy and a sigh of relief across the automotive industry, many point out that the scheme will continue long enough to take the industry past a potentially damaging VAT rise set for January next year [...]
The display at the Frankfurt Motor Show of two new concept cars for MINI – the two-seater coupe and convertible roadster – was actually a lot more of a statement than many may have realised. The extension of the range with these two new models is apparently intended to reach a whole new market. They [...]
Hurrah! At last someone is stepping in to do something about the blatantly ill timed, badly thought through roadworks that plague road users up and down the country on a daily basis. Transport minister Sadiq Khan is getting tough, demanding councils and utility companies take ‘a joined-up approach and co-ordinate work so that disruption is [...]
The Frankfurt Motorshow has seen a whole range of anticipated unveilings, one of the most exciting of which is the new Madza MX-5, a brand new sporty, unpretentious version of the brand’s roadster The superlight concept has been put together especially for Frankfurt and shows Mazda’s concept of an affordable two-seater roadster. The vehicle is [...]
