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Why I distrust adaptive suspension systems

Gavin Green, 04 January 2009 20:00

Most car cabins have a profusion of buttons, knobs, switches, dials, stalks, toggles, levers and controls, proffering a choice in adjusting everything from car temperature to car temperament. Do we know what they’re all for? Do we care? Do they make any difference even if we do push/pull/turn/press or otherwise engage? In many cases, they are mere fripperies to convince ...

‘Joined-up’ government thinking, by Gavin Green

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Gavin Green, 22 December 2008 17:00

Step 1 - The UK government ditches Jaguars as ministerial cars for Japanese Toyota Priuses, so they can be seen to be green. Never mind that a Coventry-engineered, Liverpool-made, Dagenham-engined Jaguar X-type diesel is almost certainly greener ‘well-to-wheel’, as well as a good deal more statesman-like. Senior British cabinet members and opposition front benchmen, with a keen eye on eco ...

Gavin Green’s best real world cars

Gavin Green, 12 December 2008 12:53

When the economy is in the same state as Keith Richards after an all-night bender, we become all sensible-shoes and buy practical over posh. That’s my theory, anyway. It is supported by car sales. The big dippers, in 2008, include Porsche (down 30 percent), Aston Martin (down 28 percent) and Bentley (down 25 percent). Nobody buys these cars for logical ...

Car of the year confusion, by Gavin Green

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Gavin Green, 08 December 2008 11:22

The champagne must have flowed in Luton, unlikely home of General Motors in the UK (although given the state of GM’s finances, it was more likely a few pints of Wells Bombardier Bitter), when news first came that the 59 worthy European Car of the Year judges (57 men and two women) had, after a mix of hard thinking and ...

How paddles ruined the Porsche 911. By Gavin Green

Gavin Green, 01 December 2008 09:34

Amazing how one little thing can mess up a good car. I always liked the Lotus Esprit. But when I discovered it had Morris Marina door handles (so did the first Range Rover) that warm supercar glow became just a touch cooler. I love the latest Jaguar XJ, never mind the yesterday style. But every time I get into one ...

Los Angeles Auto Show 2008: Gavin Green's analysis

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Gavin Green, 20 November 2008 10:18

News that the three local heroes were on the verge of bankruptcy was not exactly the best entrée to the Los Angeles Auto Show 2008. On the day that the bosses of General Motors, Ford and Chrysler were due to be gently questioned by mostly friendly journalists they were instead grilled by hostile congressmen. And instead of PR goodwill, the ...

Bail-out or jump out? By Gavin Green

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Gavin Green, 14 November 2008 09:12

What a funny old world! Who would have thought George Bush would become a great socialist hero, standing shoulder-to-shoulder with Lenin, Marx and Stalin. He’s already nationalised banks and insurance companies and now GM, Ford and Chrysler may be next. General Motors, one-time paragon of American capitalism, may only survive thanks to government aid and growth in China. If I’d ...

Why Ferraris have lost their beauty, by Gavin Green

Gavin Green, 10 November 2008 10:44

The new Ferrari California is magnificent. Honestly, Ferraris just get better and better. The two newest – the 599 and now the California – are fast, refined, inspiring, agile, well-made and when you’ve finished your journey you’ll just get out of the car and say ‘wow’. Yet they’re also easy to drive, apart from the small matter of having to ...

Why Chrysler is like Rover, by Gavin Green

Gavin Green, 05 November 2008 10:24

I have twice written in CAR – most recently several years ago – that Chrysler is the Rover of America. Each time the Chrysler PR boss in Detroit rang to complain. Now, as Chrysler (like Rover in 2005) stands on the brink of oblivion as a stand-alone maker, it is time to admit a crucial difference. Despite many historical similarities, ...

Five things a petrolhead must do before the end of the world

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Gavin Green, 21 October 2008 11:45

The world is about to end. The newspapers and the BBC (‘global meltdown’, ‘we’re all doomed’, ‘thousands lose their savings’) say so. The sky is falling. Henny Penny is quite clear on this. So this may be the time to dispense my five things that all car buffs absolutely, positively have to do before the world economy finally collapses and ...

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