I’ve been doing a fair bit of reading about Porsche in the last month or so and I’m growing quite fond of this seemingly forbidden fruit. This personal inner struggle of mine hasn’t been made any easier by Porsche previewing the next Boxster range. These photos just came out yesterday. I believe the 2013 Porsche Boxster will make its in-the-metal
The February 2012 edition of Auto Motor and Sport (Sweden) has a special section on Saab, including one article penned by yours truly. You might enjoy it, you might not. Hopefully you do. The February edition is arriving in subscribers’ mailboxes right now. Hopefully it will show up on news stands soon, as well. I’ll seek to publish the original
I always felt a little guilty whilst writing my Saab blogs over the years. Here I was, writing about these fantastic cars and this great company, hoping that people would support the company and help to ensure it’s continued existence, and yet I hadn’t ever ponied up and bought one myself. There were a couple of reasons for that. 1
New Car Pricing in Australia – why I’ve never bought a new car Read Post »
Greetings from home, which is not where I’m supposed to be. We booked a cottage up in Tasmania’s most beautiful beachside location – Binalong Bay – only to be thwarted by an over-eager smoke detector that went off at will. All night. For no reason. Sleep deprived and very grumpy, we demanded a refund and headed home. This shot really,
This piece arrived in my inbox a few days ago. I’ll keep the author’s name anonymous for the time being (he can identify himself if he wishes). It’s an interesting piece that might surprise, scare and maybe even offend a few people. Reactions aside, this is from an inside perspective, from a guy I’ve met and who I know is
Are cars smarter than the technicians who work on them? Read Post »
I so wish Hyundai would stop copying the designs of other companies (*cough* *cough* Citroen). Their sister company, Kia, seem to be able to do design OK right now, but Hyundai always looks so derivative. That aside…. Other than the cow catcher up front, the Veloster Turbo looks OK on (virtual) paper. Strange but catchy door configuration 201hp and 265Nm
Car vs Fish – OR – the new trend in ‘cow catching’ grilles Read Post »
Car companies spend mega-bucks on marketing departments and advertising agencies, all with the aim of engaging you, the potential customer, with their brand. They want you to relate to their product easily, and a good brand fit does a nice job of greasing the tracks in that department. I’m not a one-man marketing department, nor am I an advertising agency,
Having just come out of a brief stint working for a car company, I am now entitled to claim that I know everything 🙂 …. So sit back, put your feet up and I’ll give you the good oil on why most car reviews suck. Reason 1 – The BMW E30 I believe it’s possible to divide the history of
I first met Christian von Koenigsegg in 2009 at the Frankfurt Motor Show. I was invited to the show as a guest of Saab Automobile, the company I covered on my website, Saabs United. Christian was the face of a group that were negotiating the purchase of Saab from General Motors. The show at Frankfurt was an important one because
Do I hang my head in shame or simply accept my humble roots? I’ll say it up front: I’ve owned not one, but two Holden Geminis. My first ever car was a 1977 Holden Gemini in what I’ll call baby blue. I don’t know what the real name for the color was. The 1977 Gemini had the round headlamps on
