Sipping the juice
Vauxhall has launched what it’s describing as the most economical car in the company’s 106-year history. It is the Corsa ecoFLEX which has an official average fuel consumption of an amazing 70.6mpg.
On sale now, it’s not the slug you might imagine. It is powered by a four cylinder 1.25-litre diesel engine…
Click here for full story...All things bright and beautiful
Volkswagen has just started taking orders for what is possibly my absolute dream road car. It’s the latest version of the new Scirocco, the company’s sleek and tough looking little coupe.
The thing has all the presence and elegance of the finely sculpted beast we’re starting to get familiar with,…
Click here for full story...A fine Discovery
As promised in a previous Steering Column, I’m going to look a bit more in depth at a few cars from Land Rover that have just been launched and have captured my attention, starting with the latest and fourth generation of the Discovery – known logically enough as the Discovery 4.
Click here for full story...Burning the Mazda oil
Mazda has brought out a new diesel engine in its little hatchback range known as the Mazda2.
The original 1.4-litre, 67bhp engine still remains, but there’s a new 1.6-litre turning out a much more tasty 89bhp.
Okay, with a 0-62mph sprint time of 11.4 seconds it’s no sports car, but…
Click here for full story...Slow burn
The Association of British Drivers is promoting a petition calling on the Government to abandon any plans it has to reduce the national speed limit from 60mph to 50mph.
What’s proposed is for the signs you see as you exit a speed limit – the black slash across a white circle – to…
Click here for full story...I’ve been driving one of the quickest cars on the road. It’ll reach 62mph sooner than James Bond’s Aston Martin DBS, Audi’s elegant R8 and Ferrari’s iconic F430 and yet it costs under £40,000, has five useable seats and a reasonably sized boot, and it’s capable of giving you a genuine 28mpg average fuel consumption…
Click here for full story...Price hikes begin
Ford and Kia are two of the car companies planning to put up the prices of their new cars because of the continuing poor exchange rate on the UK pound.
Ford says all its cars will go up an average of 3.75 per cent from the end of this month while Kia’s…
Click here for full story...Altogether greener
Suzuki has put on sale its new Alto city car, a vehicle the company describes as the lowest emitting five-door petrol family car on the market.
The car was launched at the start of the month with just one engine option, the numbers for which read like a primary school text book. It…
Click here for full story...Power and glory
A massive milestone in the car industry is going to be passed in three years time.
Vauxhall has confirmed it is going to launch a mainstream electric car on to the UK streets in 2012. Known as the Ampera, it was unveiled at Geneva this month. The company claims it will have…
Click here for full story...Kia Soul launch
I’d been looking forward to driving the Kia Soul since I first saw the pictures of the concept car.
It began as a design exercise, drawn up in California and unveiled to the world at the Detroit motor show three years ago.
One year ago I saw the pictures of the first…
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WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SHETLAND
Thursday, 29 July 2010 at 11:25
HEADLINES
TODAY: PATCHY DRIZZLE, BRIGHTER SPELLS
TONIGHT: CLOUDY, SOME DRIZZLE
TOMORROW: SOME BRIGHTNESS, RAIN LATER
DAYS 2-5: RAIN THEN SCATTERED SHOWERS
DAYS 6-10: CHANGEABLE
