I’m very happy with Citroën at the moment. Hydraulics are coming back to its suspension designs, the C4 Cactus is progressing nicely, and the maker’s approach to electric cars is unconventional. So here is a[…]
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The Open Road – How luxury is Ghia?
Ford used to add extra insulation in their Ghia models. This, of course, did not make them Jaguars. But how big is the gap really? Having stepped down from a line of luxury marques into[…]
Nissan gets serious with toy cars
Maintaining an image of excellent finish, tidy panel fit, and that general aura of Japanese engineering smugness, Nissan point to their latest testing apparatus, seemingly in a dolls-house world of miniature. I’m sure it’s quite[…]
Xedos Nights
As the nose shifts rightwards, the beams of the headlights shift and expand along the concrete wall of the car park with a smoothness matched by the slick steering of your chosen night cruiser. To[…]
Trim – How Luxury is Ghia?
Ford used to add extra insulation in their Ghia models. This, of course, did not make them Jaguars. But how big is the gap really? Having stepped down from a line of luxury marques into[…]
S-class has had enough, and so have I
Presiding by airport terminals, business parks, and weaving webs through London like LinkedIn, the S-class has long been the high-end transport tool quietly serving with a competence such that no one thinks twice about it.[…]
Supermini speakers, how much bang for your buck?
A regular feature in advertisements, brochures, and dealers’ regurgitations is the volume and extravagance of ways to connect media to your car. This insatiable desire to make as much of a musical communications post of[…]
Introducing Espuela Grande
It means grand spurs, as much for show as go but no less of the latter. I’ll be active here each month attending to the driving as much as the details of cars, from carbon[…]