Category Archives: Transportation

Jaguar’s Folly

The Jaguar Type 00 parked in a London street Car nuts will know by now that Jaguar cars, famous for a succession of desirable sports cars such as the phallic E-Type, plus beautiful concepts never produced, part of the Indian-owned … Continue reading

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How Green is an EV?

The interior of Polestar 2 Polestar is a Swedish automotive manufacturer specialising in electric vehicles. The company is co-share owned by Li Shufu’s PSD Investment, Geely Holding, and Volvo Cars. They focus on “asset-light” development and manufacturing, collaborating with Volvo and … Continue reading

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Volvo’s Jim Rowan

Volvo boss Jim Rowan is moving on from the firm he has led for three successful years. A car aficionado will tell you Volvo had its Saint car, the P1800, assembled in Scotland, (1962-69). You probably need to be a pal of … Continue reading

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VW’s New Urban EV

Taking a leaf from the highly popular and praised new Renault 5, Volkswagen has revealed the styling of the ID Every 1 that it will show in full next month: a £17k electric car to succeed the Up. The new … Continue reading

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How to Check if a Car is Stolen

Buying a used car has a large element of risk in the deal, the owner not being honest about damage or rust, just two pitfalls. But not knowing exactly what happened to the car in the past means you can end … Continue reading

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EV Transport Chaos

The UK’s short run Transport secretary Louise Haigh has resigned from her post after it emerged she pleaded guilty to a criminal offence for making a false report to police in 2013. Her action throws into confusion the solutions for car … Continue reading

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Tyre Talk

When discussing the pros and cons of car ownership, talking about tyres must rank at the very bottom of the ladder for interesting subject matter. Tyres as a topic are utter boredom. Maybe that’s why when I see vehicles parked … Continue reading

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Automobile Scam

Until recently, car buyers did not know they paid a hidden loan interest. It has been some time since we published an article on the car industry, usually a new car or which one is best buy, but this one … Continue reading

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VW in Court

Former VW CEO Martin Winterkorn in Braunschweig court. Photo: Moritz Frankenberg This site publish occasional articles on the motor trade and it innovations. This one follows the Volkswagon scandal of faked emmision levels, now ten years old, the main accused culprit … Continue reading

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China Goes Electric Car

China will be almost petrol engine car free long before the UK When Kenzi, an advertising worker in Shanghai, bought an electric vehicle in November she wasn’t even thinking about the environmental benefits. She had read Elon Musk’s biography and … Continue reading

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