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Corvette Stingray taillights: Love 'em or hate 'em

For all the love and praise heaped on the 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray since its debut at the Detroit auto show in January, there's one feature that has divided the car's fans -- the taillights. You don't have to dig deep into the comments on our original story son the Stingray, or look at the forums at

E-Type Jag is the nation’s favourite sports car

E-Type Jaguar - the Nation's Favourite Sports Car You may remember we reported a few weeks back that the organisers of the Silverstone Classic were running a poll to find out the nation’s favourite sports car of all time. The ‘nominees’ left a little to be desired, with some of the greatest sports cars ever built conspicuously missing from the list. But there were a few goodies from which to choose, and a few that should never have made the list in the first place.

Geely to buy bankrupt London Taxis

The Chinese press are reporting that Geely are to buy London Taxi maker Manganese Bronze, which went in to liquidation in October. Back in October we reported that Manganese Bronze – makers of the iconic London Taxi – had gone in to administration, finally tipped over the edge by  steering box failures in the TX4. After years of under-investment – and a product that has been usurped by both the Mercedes Vito Taxi and the new Nissan NV200 Taxi – it looked like Manganese Bronze had no way back.