Wed, 28 Jul 2004
Recognizing the global influence of Southern California as an automotive design center, the Los Angeles Auto Show has announced 'Design Los Angeles' as the theme for the January 2005 show. The theme is the beginning of an ongoing program to establish automobile design as an integral part of the LA Auto Show. The region, long hailed as a leader of creativity and consumer trends, is home to the world's largest concentration of manufacturer design studios representing automakers from North America, Europe and Asia.
Thu, 17 Mar 2011
Volvo S40 SE DRIVe Start/Stop - in for review
There was a time – when Adam was a lad and so was I – Volvo just made a certain kind of solid, respectable saloon car for solid, respectable middle class families to go about their solid, respectable middle-class lives in safety. Cars like the Volvo Amazon. But it was the safety bit that was the USP for Volvo.
Fri, 10 Jul 2009
Suzuki has launched a new higher-spec Jimny - The Suzuki Jimny SZ4
The Jimny is pretty much in a league of its own, but that’s probably because no one else wants to play, rather than the Jimny being exceptional in any way. It’s not exactly a comfortable car, although it seems to cope with big bumps reasonably well, it’s just everything else it has trouble with. But we can’t argue that it’s not well put together, because it is.