Porsche Museum in Stuttgart is a must visit for anyone who has even very little passion for cars. Here we have a new short clip about some very special cars, that up until now, have sat in separate locations. Thanks to a new storage space, around 20 cars are now under one roof. Unfortunately it is not for public viewing.
Monthly Archives: August 2012
Porsche Museum Secrets
Son of G-Wiz electric "car" announced
The dreaded G-Wiz is to going to have a successor.
At least, this time around it should be a real car. The last G-Wiz exploited a loophole in the law that meant it could be sold as a quadricyle (four wheeled motorised bicycle) to gullible motorists who did not realise that they were paying the price of a car for something that did not have to meet any of the safety standards of an actual car.
Subaru chops £6,000 off the price of WRX STI
The price of the once-iconic Subaru WRX STI (no longer called Impreza WRX, incidentally) has been reduced from £32,995 to £26,995.
The price cut is a response to the new Ford Focus ST, whose starting price is £21,995. An extra 50 PS (the Subaru has 300 PS and the Ford has 250 PS) and 4 wheel drive is worth something, but not an extra £10,000. Subaru says the WRX STI is now “one of the performance car bargains currently available in the UK.” We would not go that far, but it is certainly fair value now.
British motorists cutting back on driving to save money
A survey from Green Flag says that 41 per cent of British motorists have reduced the number of their journeys in response to high fuel prices.
Eight per cent have gone further and traded in their car for something more economical and 11 per cent say they are making better use of public transport.
Now BMW sues Saab over "lost" engines
The legal black hole that is the Saab saga ($3 billion of legal claims and still counting) has sucked in another case.
BMW is claiming that it supplied engines worth £2 million to Saab, which have now gone missing. Of course, with the bankruptcy of Saab, no money was ever paid for them.
