Proton is turning 30 but doesn’t have much to celebrate
Proton will be turning the big 3-0 next Tuesday, but we wonder how heartfelt the celebrations are really going to be.
Slide over, Marty McFly. Lexus now has a HOVERBOARD
Steps, Swarm, Strobe and now…Slide. Lexus recently released the fourth video of its “Amazing in Motion” campaign, and it has gotten various coteries – from technophiles to movie buffs – all titillated.
Piquet Jr clinches first Formula E drivers’ title
Nelson Piquet Jr won the inaugural Formula E Championship driving for the Chinese team, Nextev, by just a single point. On Saturday, Piquet Jr had his lead reduced to five points after e.dams’ Sebastian Buemi won. If Buemi had come in fourth on the final race on Sunday, instead of Bruno Senna, then the title for the first ever champion of Formula E would have gone to the Swiss instead.
X-1R to the rescue
It’s not the first and won’t be the last time that we write about the importance of regularly servicing your car and changing your oil. The truth that we don’t want to hear is that manufacturers’ recommended service intervals are often too long, especially when we who live in the city drive in ‘abnormal’ driving conditions more often than not; stop-start traffic, extreme hot or cold weather, frequent short trips…sound familiar?
Violent protest over Uber erupts in Paris
The ride-sharing service, Uber, is not unfamiliar with the ire of legitimate taxi drivers, but the latest in the series of strikes, which broke out in Paris, is one of the most violent ones to date.
Formula E: the future is boring!
As the inaugural season of Formula E comes to a close on the streets of London this weekend, there is a familiar ring to the headlines, with Prost and Senna battling to beat Piquet. The names are all echos of past F1 heydays when the pinnacle of road racing was a little less processional, and the outcome of the races was a little less than the forgone conclusion that has been the norm in the past few seasons.