Monthly Archives: March 2012

New Renaultsport Twingo zooms in

March 30, 2012   Sean

Renault has revealed the facelifted version of its tiniest hot hatch, the Twingo Renaultsport 133.The raspy little Renaultsport has always been well received, largely because it’s one of the only cars that sits well with the highly overused ‘go-kart’ metaphor. Unlike certain cars.It’s re-styled in line with the rest of the Twingo range (obviously), but also gets some engine improvements that make it slightly cheaper to run. Win!Emissions go down to 150g/km and economy up to 43.5mpg, improvements of around three percent.Renault has decided not to tinker with the mechanical setup in any way, “so its performance and grin-inducing driving characteristics remain intact,” according to the press release. We can’t argue with that.
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China bus drivers, Don’t hit those cars!!

March 30, 2012   Sean

Bus drivers in China have been instructed explicitly not to hit supercars, and to that end have been shown posters featuring the badges of various supercar makers to memorise.Yep, according to Car News China, the average bus driver in Jinghua couldn’t tell a Kia from a Koenigsegg. But now they have no excuse, because they officially know what the badges look like – and how much the cars are worth, which is also printed on the poster.
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Tyres more important than jerry cans

March 30, 2012   Sean

In the light of the Government’s Corporal Jones moment about not panicking over the possible fuel strike, two organisations have said that we should focus on our tyres instead.

Kwik Fit has said that 69% of cars it checked had tyres under-inflated by at least 3psi (that is typically around 10%). The company reckons it adds up to an annual bill of £1bn, due to excess fuel consumption – it takes a lot more energy to make a wheel rotate if the tyre is soft, as anyone who has tried to push a car with a flat tyre will attest.

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Fuel sales soar after Government hits panic button

March 29, 2012   Sean

Petrol sales went up by 45% yesterday, and diesel by 20%, seemingly the result of the Government’s suggestion that drivers stock up prior to a tanker driver strike.”People, but especially businesses, should look at their contingency plans [for fuel],” said a Government spokesperson yesterday.And David Cameron was evidently not careful enough with his choice of language when he suggested, with typical verbosity, that “if there is an opportunity to top up your tank if a strike is potentially on the way, then it is a sensible thing if you are able to do that.”
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Electric cars are not the answer, say drivers

March 29, 2012   Sean

A survey of UK drivers by YouGov has revealed that most of us don’t see electric cars as a better alternative to conventional cars in the long term.In response to the statement electric cars are the only real future alternative,” only quarter of 2,000 motorists actually agreed with it. Around half disagreed with it entirely. The other quarter said “meh”. Almost 70% of drivers think electric cars are a “limited” alternative to today’s internal combustion cars, suggesting that, despite the best efforts of Nissan and Renault*, an electric future is far from assured.
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