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Gavin Green on the indestructible charm of the Land Cruiser

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Gavin Green, 04 September 2012 09:00

Just back from Tanzania to watch the wildebeest migrate across the Serengeti and one of the highlights – along with the lounging lions, hyenas wandering into our camp, trumpeting elephants and stalking cheetah (not to mention numerous flights in little single-engine Cessnas from bush airstrips) – was our Toyota Land Cruiser safari vehicle. The Land Cruiser is not really understood ...

Gavin Green on the appeal of battered old cars

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Gavin Green, 16 April 2012 14:32

Every time I go to a so called 'developing' country I am reminded of the wonderful appeal of old well-used cars. India and Morocco happen to be two of my favourite destinations. One of their appeals is the horde of old cars - aged Fiats and Morrises in India, ancient Peugeots and Mercedes in Morocco - still providing loyal service ...

What the Toyota recall means, by Gavin Green

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Gavin Green, 12 February 2010 14:00

Front page news in The Times, lead item on the BBC Nine O’Clock TV news, wake-up to it on the Today programme. A car story hasn’t received this much publicity since Top Gear’s Richard Hammond almost killed himself trying to V-max a dragster. And all because Toyota is recalling lots of cars Nobody in this country has died or even ...

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 ...