BMW – 100 years of manufacturing
Tweet BMW, or the Bavarian Motor Works, to give it its full title, is a famous luxury car maker, headquartered in Munich, Bavaria. BMW’s been in business for nearly 100 years, founded as they were in 1917 as a car, motorbike and engine manufacturer. They now rate as one of the most successful and desirable [...]
Motor Industry In A State Of Flux
Tweet 2012 was a very strange year for the motor industry. Some car makers did well whilst others languished at the back of the pack. The results of the overall figures for the year are surprising. Astonishingly, sales of new cars were actually up by five percent over the previous year with well over two [...]
Porsche Cayenne GTS: The Best Sporty 4×4 Ever?
Tweet Porsche already has a fast 4×4 in the form of the Cayenne Turbo, but thought there was still room for a new GTS – the more driver focused version without the two turbochargers, but with more thorough tuning on the 4.8-litre V8 engine. It falls short 79bhp on the Cayenne Turbo and a notable [...]
New Audi TT For 2014
Tweet It’s amazing and slightly worrying – in a passing of time sort of way – to note that the Audi TT has been with us since 1998. It was revamped in 2006 and will be again in 2014. The next TT, we are told, will be ‘more dynamic and performance focused’ than its predecessor. [...]
Why endurance racing is the winning formula
Tweet Traditionally, endurance racing has always been the cauldron of competition that has forged the future of road car technology. The gruelling struggle against both fellow competitors and the cruel mistress of reliability that is round the clock racing breeds performance – but performance that lasts. For example, dual-clutch gearboxes, disc brakes and direct injection [...]
All About Audi A4
Tweet Audi is a brand that stands firmly alongside BMW as a manufacturer of premium quality cars. BMW may have more edge and pizzazz, whereas Audi has an image of refinement and understated quality, if you are wanting to look at the full range of Audi’s and Bmw’s visit www.motors.co.uk. The Audi A4 sums up [...]
Small But Spacious
Tweet Apparently, at Volkswagen Communications, staff managed to cram 15 women and one man into the new Volkswagen UP! Quite why they would want to do that – although I expect the chap may have enjoyed it – is not clear. I mean, can you imagine the noise? However, it does show that manufacturers are [...]
European Motorists Satisfied With Their Cars
Tweet Customer satisfaction survey is a tricky business. How do you get people to give you unbiased verdict on what they do or don’t like about their cars? J. D. Power and Associates – a world renowned marketing and consumer satisfaction researcher – have come up with a convenient score system to evaluate how satisfied [...]
VW Group Offer ‘Ensurance’ Against Rising Insurance Premiums
Tweet The insurance arm of Volkswagen financial services (VIS) launched a new product last week designed to provide ‘Ensurance’ against the rising cost of insurance. ‘Ensurance’ works with all car insurance policies to provide full accident management, support and service from the Volkswagen group repairer network in the event of an accident, it also provides [...]
Audi Q3 – New Premium Compact SUV
Tweet After months of speculation, and spy shots, Audio revealed their smallest ever SUV at the Shanghai Auto Show earlier in the year. The Q3 is the third addition to Audi’s Q series placing itself as a premium rival to the likes of the Ford Kuga and the Nissan Qashqai, and in direct competition with [...]
