Archive for March 26, 2009

Blog : Why aren’t all small autos CVT?

Rover 100 available with CVT

Ian Seabrook Recently, my Rover 2000 went into a garage for some work and I ended up borrowing a Rover 100 CVT as a courtesy car. I’d not had the pleasure of the ‘gearless’ Metro before and I must admit that I was looking forward to it. Sure, the build quality was shocking – the [...]

Geneva: A counterpoint to Pearly

Mondeo team - would it beat our C5 to Menton?

Steven Ward I was the man with the plan – Geneva was the excuse to get away with the lads for a motor trip to Monte Carlo . As ‘Pearly’ Elphick says in his piece, the Geneva Salon is worth the jaunt but, alas for me, this year wasn’t as good as last. It never [...]

Press Report : Jaguar XF Estate to debut at Frankfurt Show?

Jaguar XF Estate set to appear at Frankfurt?

Jack Rix, Auto Express, 23rd March, 2009 The XF is going XL! Jaguar is poised to expand its range with an estate version of the award-winning XF saloon at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September. There’s been no shortage of new metal from the Coventry-based firm of late, with hot R versions of both the [...]

MG TF LE500 : Lowest bid wins on Auctionair

MG TF up for grabs

MG Motor UK Limited (MG UK) and online auction website Auctionair are currently offering Limited Edition No. 123 of the 500 Limited Edition MG TF LE500s made at Longbridge in a reverse auction at www.auctionair.co.uk. Each person participating in a reverse auction simply chooses the lowest price which he or she thinks no one else [...]