It seems there is yet another city that is intent on blaming the poor old automobile for all that is wrong in the world. Oslo’s new, left-of-centre city government has announced it wants to ban private cars from the city centre as soon as 2019, as part of a plan to slash greenhouse gas emissions.
The long awaited spin-off of the iconic Ferrari sports car business from its parent Fiat will now take place in the second half of October, and what a dash it may prove to be. The long-time force in motorsports and, in particular, Formula One is all set to make a bit of a splashy statement on Wall Street, where they will be known with the Ticker name “RACE”
There are no safety features, and irreparable damage can be caused by taking it out in the rain or simply spilling a cup of coffee.
We all know that traffic can be dreadful during the holidays, but thousands of people in China experienced what can only be described as CARPOCALYPSE last Tuesday, as they were heading home at the end of the National Day Golden Week – an annual seven-day holiday at the start of October. Motorists found themselves stuck on Tuesday in stagnant traffic on the G4 Beijing-Hong Kong-Macau Expessway, which on normal days is already one of the country’s busiest thoroughfares. The culprit was a new checkpoint that forced the 50-lane traffic to merge into just 20, and the situation was exacerbated by foggy weather.
There has not been much good news for the Malaysian car sector of late, with sales of new cars – since the introduction of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) – having fallen and the industry now facing a slump in demand. Across the board since April, when the GST was introduced, there has been more than a 10% fall in sales with just a few brands in positive territory.
The events that surround the death of Paul Walker, of the Fast & Furious film franchise fame, have not yet been laid to rest, as his 16-year-old daughter, Meadow, is now filing a lawsuit against Porsche for producing a car with safety defects that resulted in her father’s death.