Aug 05
Surf’s up dudes – and here’s the proof! Chevrolet, the manufacturer behind the market-leading 5-Year Promise aftercare package, has pulled the wraps off a one-off special version of its top-selling Spark supermini, created to celebrate the brand’s American heritage and connection to youth culture.
Spotted driving around Newquay, Cornwall, at the start of the annual Boardmasters surf, skate and music festival, the Spark Woody will go on to star at the grand final of this year’s Young? Creative? Chevrolet! arts competition, which takes place in Paris on the eve of the International Motor Show next month.
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Aug 02
After nearly 50,000 kms riding his Yamaha Tenere Z 660 XT, on his Circumnavigation of Africa, Spencer Conway is near to completing his epic venture. He is due to arrive back in the UK in the quiet village of Biddenden, in Kent, on Sunday the 15 th of August.
On his travels, which have been accomplished solo and unsupported, he has experienced highly dangerous and life-threatening incidents. Shot at in Kenya, robbed in Angola and avoiding logging trucks intent on forcing him off the road in Ghana, he has survived, and is about to return to his family and friends in his home village.
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Jul 29
Car enthusiasts in the UK can now enhance the appearance of their cars and enjoy improved performance and handling with Solomon Alsberg’s new Eco Super Light forged alloy wheels. Following a three-year period of testing and development, the premium wheel specialist has optimised its design and manufacturing techniques to produce a strong, stylish and highly durable wheel that weighs up to 35 percent less than its cast counterpart. The result is a considerable reduction to the vehicle’s unsprung weight, allowing the driver to experience sharper handling, improved steering feel and faster acceleration, while reducing fuel consumption and CO2 emissions by over ten percent in stop-go driving conditions.
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Jul 20
Europe’s new car market continues to be a place of marked contrasts, with certain brands and markets growing sales and others not, as revealed by the latest monthly analysis from the world’s leading provider of automotive intelligence, JATO Dynamics.
European sales have fallen again in June (down 6.5% vs. June 2009), dragging down the overall YtD figure to just 1.1% above the same period last year.
The continued weakness in German and Italian new car markets (down 32.3% and 19.1%, respectively) is the main contributory factor to lower sales volumes, which is also affected by the lack of strong Central and Eastern Europe economies.
This is affecting some of the major brands – including Fiat, Ford and Volkswagen – that traditionally sell well to German and Italian buyers.
In France and UK, by contrast, things look better: sales figures are in the black (up 2.3% and 10.8%, respectively), helping certain brands whose sales are based on these markets, to show more positive sales figures.
However, as David Di Girolamo, Head of JATO Consult cautions, this should not be taken at face value: “It is certainly true that demand is weak today in Germany, but direct comparisons to June 2009 should bear in mind that Germany’s scrappage scheme was active in this period, driving high sales, whereas the UK scheme had only just begun and in June 2009 this market was still relatively depressed.”
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Jul 20
Top Gear presenter and notorious scourge of the caravan industry Jeremy Clarkson last night outed himself in front of millions of viewers across the world by saying something positive about a caravan – an Airstream travel trailer to be precise.
Hollywood movie star and Airstream owner Andy Garcia was enthusing about his 34 foot “silver bullet” trailer, in reply to which Jeremy openly admitted that Airstreams “look very good”.
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Jul 19
To some, a car is simply functional, to others a passion, but to 26-year old Oliver Ashley, four-wheel fever knows no bounds.
Since 2007 Oliver, a senior technical manager for a Mercedes-Benz dealership in Bristol, has been building a car from the ground up, forsaking a normal social life to fulfil his dream of creating a truly unique automotive masterpiece.
The K1 Attack roadster, on which Oliver’s car is based, is born of a small Slovakian producer, and has been on the hardcore enthusiast’s radar across the globe since the first cars appeared some years back. Progress to market has been slow, which prompted Oliver to take matters into his own hands.
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