Category: Automotive,
January 12th, 2009
Porsche Panamera WELL THERE IT IS! I am not quite sure what my thoughts are on this one. I guess with 300 or 500 horsepower then there shouldn’t be too many complaints. I would be very interested to hear what others think of how it looks. No prices have been released as yet but Porsche [...]
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Category: Automotive, Autos, Trucks and More,
January 10th, 2009
1 Ford Focus 2 Vauxhall Corsa 3 Ford Fiesta 4 Vauxhall Astra 5 Volkswagen Golf 6 Peugeot 207 7 BMW 3 Series 8 Ford Mondeo 9 Vauxhall Zafira 10 Vauxhall Vectra Source: SMMT The Ford Focus was the only model that sold more than 100,000 units in 2008.
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Category: Automotive, credit crunch,
January 8th, 2009
I wrote a post on another blog back in June 08, below is a transcript of that article. It is amazing how things can change so much in 7 months. Nissan has announced that it is to build a new model at its plant in the North East Of England, this will secure the jobs [...]
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Category: Automotive,
December 17th, 2008
Hydrogen gas fuel cell is an element that exists in abundance all over the earth. It can be found in water and natural and renewable matter such as plants, compost materials, even algae. Thanks to its abundance, hydrogen can be converted into hydrogen gas fuel for many of the same uses as fossil fuels. Hydrogen [...]
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Category: Automotive,
November 27th, 2008
Indian owned Land Rover have approached the UK Government with a view to borrowing £1 billion. talks are at a very early stage. A Land Rover spokes said the company has faced “unprecedented trading conditions”. Anyone looking for a Range Rover Lease will have to act quickly as stock is running low due to the [...]
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Category: Automotive,
November 22nd, 2008
The global credit crunch has hit car manufacturers hard with UK sales at an all time low. Honda announced that it is cutting production at it’s plant in Swindon by 21,000 vehicles. They stated that the plant will be shot down for fifty days next year but said that they have no plans for redundancies. [...]
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Category: Automotive,
November 20th, 2008
The city of Manchester is faced with a no win situation. The City’s people have been told by Geoff Hoon, UK Transport Secretary, that if they vote no in a forthcoming referendum on introducing the congestion charge then the city will not be given the £1.5 billion transport funding grant. Mr Hoon stated, “If the [...]
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Category: Automotive,
November 17th, 2008
CAP Monitor, the industry standard for all future predicted value of all vehicles has announced it is adjusting all values. The bad news is that CAP are adjusting the values downwards. This is seriously bad news for manufacturers, finance companies and us the leasing companies. This means that the price to lease any car or [...]
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Category: Automotive,
November 17th, 2008
Hi to all you young people out there who just can’t wait to start driving or are in the middle of taking driving lessons. I have not even started my lessons yet and I am already looking at cars that I like i.e. Golf R32 and Astra VXR which are all too expensive to buy [...]
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Category: Automotive,
November 17th, 2008
Poor Credit Rating And The Credit Crunch. Everyone will tell their friends, “I have a great credit rating, I own my own home, I work full time and I pay my bills on time. I don’t have any county court judgments and I never default on any payments. BUT and there is a BUT! This [...]
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