Automotive Art that will make you go WOW
Art is used to express the artist’s emotions and to evoke them from the beholder. Well, this selection of gorgeous automotive art makes us feel all kinds of wonderful because, well, we love cars.
The Striking Cats: Peugeot Quartz and Exalt Concepts
Automologist KEVIN places his stamp of approval on these new Peugeot concepts. Every year, manufacturers come up with an array of concepts, showing off their talent in terms of design and technology. It usually is done to give the public an indication of their new design language or, in some cases, the actual car itself.
UK Cities to introduce Toxin Tax. Could X-1R be of any help?
A decade after drivers in the UK were encouraged to drive diesel-burning cars, local and national governments are set to make an abrupt U-turn and introduce a Toxin Tax on any vehicle that is not Euro 4 compliant. Initially, motorists were encouraged to convert to diesel power due to concerns over carbon emissions. But the resulting particulate pollution has shot up, making some UK cities – London, in particular – amongst the worst in the world for air pollution at times.
Driver Banned from Own Garage after leaving Bad Review
This has got to be one of the more wacky bit of motoring news I have seen for a while. In the age of the internet and online reviews, there are definitely good ways and perhaps not so good ways to respond to negative feedback. You can of course take the criticism on board and try to get a positive result for the customer…or you could remotely lock them out of their garage. This is what happened to a Mr R. Martin of Oklahoma, USA after he posted online his less than perfect experience with ‘Garadget’, which apparently is an app that allows you to remotely control your garage door.
The Eighties with the Sleek 6 Series
Sometime around the mid-eighties, being a teenager and riding in a 6 Series BMW was no less than an event for me every time. This was a logical evolution of the 7 Series luxury saloon of the same era. Today, the sleek looks and the rarity have made this icon rapidly become a sought-after classic.
The Philippines needs X-1R!
Our Philippine correspondent, Harold, believes that there is an imminent “transportation disaster” and the Philippines needs X-1R immediately.