Category Archives: Useful Information

Skoda recreates Stonehenge in London

June 21, 2012   simon

Skoda has created a replica Stonehenge made from scrap cars (no Skodas included) and installed it next to Tower Bridge. The installation can be viewed today (20 June) before it goes on a tour, including the Goodwood Festival of Speed in West Sussex from 28th June – 1st July. The piece of automotive art dubbed ‘Citihenge’ by the makers, was specially commissioned to celebrate the launch of the Skoda Citigo. It was built using 18 scrap cars and stands at over five metres tall. Each henge is five metres wide and the commanding structure weighs a remarkable 36 tonnes.
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Pininfarina exhibition in London

June 20, 2012   simon

Pininfarina, the designers of the vast majority of Ferraris ever built, will be the subject of an exhibition in London this summer. The exhibition will take place at the Italian Cultural Institute in Belgrave Square, and is open to the public from 22 June to 15 July 2012 with free admission. Pininfarina is best known, of course, for cars, but the company has designed many other products as well, from coffee makers (pretty well mandatory for an Italian designer) to furniture and even the torch for the 2006 Turin Winter Olympics.
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Land Rover launches Europe driving guide

June 12, 2012   simon
With the summer fast upon us (though you wouldn’t know it), Land Rover has created a range of season-friendly products including a guide to driving in Europe in preparation for 2012’s holiday season and vehicle health checks.
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Ten most reliable used family cars revealed

May 29, 2012   simon

The latest attempt by Warranty Direct to sell used car warranties has landed in our inbox. It reveals the ‘ten cars you can rely on this summer’, in doing so making the tacit suggestion that the other cars- your car, for example – might not be so reliable, and that you might benefit from taking out an extended warranty on your old banger. Warranty Direct cover starts from as little as £15 per month. So, the most reliable family car, as determined by Warranty Direct’s claims database, is the Toyota Corolla (MY 2001-2007), with around seven percent breaking down per year, on average – the lowest ratio.That’s closely followed by the Honda Civic, Honda Accord and Mazda 3, all of which have a ten percent rate. The Toyota Auris and Prius come next, with 11 and 12 percent respectively, followed by the Ford C-Max and Mondeo, with 14 and 15 percent.
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Real diamond paint set to come to market

May 26, 2012   Ian

The most splendiferously decadent paint ever has been invented by tuning and styling company Gemballa. It uses actual diamonds. Facepalm.The company has ground down thousands of diamonds to create the paste.
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