Most people looking to buy a used car start in Google these days… even if it is just to get to Auto Trader. But in most cases the Google is something like, “used Seat Ibiza for sale London.” Only the average user won’t bother with the capital letters. Google spends Gooozillions on making its search ...
When anyone decides to do something insane in a 4×4 they always choose a Vauxhall Frontera. Well expect Top Gear who use a Toyota or Land Rover because the Press Offices provide them with the kit. But anyone doing something insane with their own money, uses a Frontera. Why? Is the Vauxhall actually more adept ...
Some say that what drives the classic car market is the juvenile obsession of men (and, let’s face it, it is mainly men as very few women are that daft) in their early forties to get hold of the cars they lusted after when they were kids. There’s lots of truth in it. And as ...
Every so often manufacturers have to recall cars, as we know. This is not especially funny I admit but the way they try to spin it almost always is. Toyota’s risible attempt to gloss over stuck accelerator pedals springs to mind, no matter how you phrase it; you are basically saying that in certain circumstances, ...
Many years ago I used to deliver cars for a living. Very rarely I’d drop off a Honda Legend. Lovely cars but I always wondered why people would choose them over a Lexus or Merc (which we also delivered, and which they could have chosen) so one day I asked a client why he’d picked ...
What is the best school run car? It’s a question I get asked a lot and my answer is usually along the lines of ‘not a diesel SUV, you idiot’ and I often end up recommending a petrol Zafira. It’s an answer I stand by though it’s not really what I think. Mostly because I ...
It’s give way to the right. Give. Way. To. The. Right. How hard can it be? Honestly, it’s utter mayhem out there. The standard of driving I see on the school run each morning beggars belief! You get to the roundabout (there are three of the sodding things between here and the school) and nobody ...
If you are in a hurry then there are actually very few occasions in which having a fast car is going to help you that much. If the roads are clear, and you are out of town, then you can save time. But, in truth, that’s about it… The upper speed limit on a Motorway ...
Well, that’s it. German giant Daimler-Benz has pulled the plug on the Maybach range of high-end luxo-barges, which comes as no surprise to anybody really. Last month, in the US, Maybach managed to sell one car. Yep, one… That, coupled with poor sales in China means goodnight Vienna for the brand Daimler-Benz resurrected out of ...
Walter Mitty Cars PLC launch radical new customer care plan: The Reality Check. It’s all very well buying a cheap SUV that is loaded down with cool gadgetry and meets EU4 emission standards. But what if it falls apart? Or breaks down? Conventional motoring marketing men – and they are men – say, “Build consumer ...
