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In detail: Gavin Green on the new E-class Cabriolet

Gavin Green, 15 January 2010 11:22

The fourth member of the impressive E-class family is the world’s first convertible designed as much for snowy Detroit as sunny St Tropez. Two ingenious bits of simple all-weather tech – namely, a deflector on top of the windscreen that greatly reduces roof-down cabin buffeting, and neck heaters – enable you to drive top down, no matter what the weather. ...

Why Toyota’s iQ doesn’t live up to the hype

Gavin Green, 20 March 2009 09:28

I love good small cars. A small, light, inexpensive car is the ultimate expression of the car engineer’s art. Just as the easiest car in the world to engineer is a Rolls-Royce because there are so few compromises and cost constraints – although that didn’t stop Maybach screwing it up – so the one that requires the most ingenuity, is ...

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 ...

Why less isn't always more, by Gavin Green

Gavin Green, 22 September 2008 11:03

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, the great German-American architect and designer, was famously known for his ‘less is more’ style. His minimalist philosophy works for me. But sometimes less is not better. Take a five-seat car redesigned to seat four (usually with irrational leap in price). The latest example is the Volkswagen Passat CC. The CC is a normal everyday ...

Time up for trucks. Why pick-ups are the dinosaurs of the car world

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Gavin Green, 05 June 2008 12:11

Just as the Greenham Common women did not get rid of cruise missiles in Britain, so eco agitators have played no significant part in persuading America’s masses to go green. But just as one is now history, so the other is happening fast. This week’s announcement that General Motors is to close four SUV and truck plants, and is to ...

Why a Ferrari can be greener than a Fiat

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Gavin Green, 02 May 2008 14:12

Gavin Green blogs on why Gordon Brown's carbon tax system is wrong, and offers a simple, honest solution that is probably far too straightforward to ever be adopted. If Gordon Brown really is the honest tell-it-as-it-is politician he pretends to be, he should admit to highway robbery and change his name to Dick Turpin. Stand and deliver! Barely another week passes without ...

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