Daily Archives: April 26, 2012

Jonathan Edwards launches BMW Olympic fleet

April 26, 2012   Ian

At a launch in central London this morning, the former Olympic and World Champion triple-jumper Jonathan Edwards launched the fleet of BMW cars that will ferry the Olympic athletes and officials this summer. BMW is proud of the fact that the fleet is very low-emission. The average is 116 g/km of CO2, which is below the official Olympic target of 120 g/km. According to research by environmental website, www.cleangeencars.co.uk, BMW is now the world’s most efficient car manufacturer in terms of the amount of CO2 emitted for every horsepower generated.
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Ultimate royalist’s runabout: Prince Charles’ Aston Martin for sale

April 26, 2012   Ian

A 1994 Aston Martin that HRH the Prince of Wales used as a runabout is to go under the hammer at Bonhams. The Virage Volante 6.3-litre will be sold in May at Bonham’s Aston Martin sale, held in Newport Pagnell on the 19th.

Bonhams reckons it’s worth somewhere between £50,000 and £70,000, but as with all these things, it could go for a whole lot more.

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UK’s only Lamborghini Reventon due for £1m sale

April 26, 2012   Ian

A Lamborghini Reventon – one of only 21 ever made and believed to be the only one in the UK – is going up for sale at a London auction soon. The Reventon will be put under the hammer by H&H Classics at the 2012 London Motorexpo, which takes place in Canary Wharf between the 11th and 17th of June. First shown at the 2007 Frankfurt Motor Show, every one of the 20 planned for production had been sold before the car went on sale. (An extra car was made for the Lamborghini museum, labelled 0/20.)
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Another motor show, another one-off porcelain Veyron…yes, porcelain

April 26, 2012   Ian

Bugatti has turned up at another motor show with anotherspecial edition of the Veyron. It’s almost as if it doesn’t have anything new to show anyone. This time it’s the Beijing Motor Show, and in fairness to Bugatti, it probably should have a presence there because the Chinese, all of a sudden, have shedloads of money to spend on flash motors.So, after a meeting at Bugatti HQ in which employees competed to dream up the tackiest thing that could be done to a Veyron, it was decided that filling one with porcelain was the winner.
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Insurers plead with government to stop fake whiplash claims

April 26, 2012   Ian

The Association of British Insurers has urged the Government to stop ‘victims’ from claiming easy money by claiming they have whiplash– because claims are pushing up the average premium by a massive 20%. Despite a fall in the number of car crashes, whiplash claims have risen by a third in the last three years. Every year 570,000 people claim for whiplash injuries. Last year these claims cost insurers over £2 billion, adding an extra £90 a year to the average annual motor premium of £440.
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