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China slaps on 10% Supercar Tax; Philippines going in the same direction

December 8, 2016

Life is getting that little bit harder for Chinese squillionaires after the Government there announced a new tax on cars costing more US$189,000 (1.3 million in Yuan). Super luxury brands, such as Rolls-Royce and Ferrari, will of course bear the brunt of the new tax as all of their vehicles will set you back considerably more than that, whilst the more mainstream brands, such as BMW and Mercedes, will only be affected in part with just a few of their models costing that.

2017 Pirelli Calendar is VSFW again

December 5, 2016

The Italian tyre manufacturer’s calendar for 2017 has been revealed, and for the second consecutive year, it is Very Safe For Work. Last year, the famed portraitist Annie Leibovitz shot a bevy of women of diverse age and body type. This year’s publication also shows women who are covered up and includes those ‘of a certain age’.

Paraglider + Volvo = EXCITEMENT

November 30, 2016

Volvo is not a brand that you would automatically associate with excitement, but over the years it has come up with a few really good adverts to demonstrate its products. Volvo has now come up with a neat way to demonstrate the smoothness of its new dual-clutch technology and what this can offer to the world of heavy vehicles.

Chinese Drivers Fight Back

November 23, 2016

Drivers in China are fed up with being dazzled by the high beam headlights of drivers following them, and are turning to scary ghost decals to shock the offenders into dipping their headlights.

Traffic police in the Eastern province of Jinan, Shandong, have begun noticing that some cars have the pictures of traditional styled gwei, pale-skinned long-haired women favoured by modern Chinese horror movies, adorning the rear window of cars.

Where do you think the World’s Largest Car Restorer is?

November 17, 2016

When you think of restoring classic cars, you might probably picture some ramshackle garage in the midlands of England, or the heartlands of the USA, maybe even in rural Australia. But the largest restorer of classic cars that employs more than 200 skilled craftsmen in vast hanger-like halls, with classic Jaguars and Rolls-Royces and Mercedes cluttering up the place, is not in any of those places. It is in fact located at an old US Airforce base called Clark Field, part of the Clark Freeport Zone in the Philippines.