Monthly Archives: July 2007

  It has always seemed to me that, since drugs are widely used by people, especially those in certain age ranges, drug driving must be pretty common.  For years, the authorities looked the other way.  Not because they wanted to necessarily, but … Continue reading →

Tom writes: Since the weather is so fine, we have decided to do a mega luxury cabrio twin-test, pitting the Aston Martin DB9 cabriolet with the Bentley GTC.  Watch out for this soon… I had the Bentley for a day; … Continue reading →

I would be the first person to admit that financial matters are not my strongpoint; the pre-pay-day blues are a monthly occurrence and I’m not even sure what balancing a cheque book means. However even I was going to notice … Continue reading →

  Sharp-eyed regulars may have noticed that in the past week or so, MSN Cars has moved from predominantly white background to one that is mainly black.  This was done to produce a sharper-looking site, as well as bringing us … Continue reading →

We find our news from a variety of sources, though one story stood out among the more usual amusing Mitsubishi Starion and Transformers movie obsessing when browsing the US motoring website Jalopnik.com. It seems that they’ve been tipped off to … Continue reading →

Ever wanted to know just how ‘M’ a BMW M car was? The picture below gives us a clue. It’s a front suspension arm. Made (nay, forged) from aluminium, to be ultra-light, ultra-strong and perfectly formed in every dimension. I’d … Continue reading →

I spent last Friday afternoon at a very elegant car show called Salon Privé, held at the wide green expanses of Fulham’s Hurlingham Club which specialises in lawn tennis, bowls and croquet.  I used to come to the club as … Continue reading →

  Peter Burgess writes…    The number of times I have nearly bought an Alfa. It usually happens when I am writing something on used car values. Alfas come up, and I have to see what’s cooking on the British … Continue reading →

It takes me longer than it once did to get over a late night at a new car press launch but the Fiat 500 bash in Turin last week could not be missed. After the spectacular show that took place … Continue reading →

What better car to cover the 1,000 miles between a continental MINI show and back again? Big fuel range, the torque of a Cooper S and a cool Union Jack roof to nonplus the French/startle the Belgians/inspire peasch schigns from … Continue reading →