After 3 days of intense racing, Sebastian Vettel was first to cross the finish line. Close behind him was Lewis Hamilton finishing 22 seconds after Vettel. Vitaly Petrov, Fernando Alonso and Mark Webber finished in the top 5. Rubens Barrichello, Nico Rosberg, Heikki Kovalainen, Michael Schumacher and Pastor Maldonado, were all retired. Sergio Perez and Kamui Kobayashi who would have finished in 7th and 8th, but were disqualified for rear wing infringements, the modifications added Read more…

What is the best option for the consumer? Whilst worldwide car ownership figures on the whole are rising, at the same time there is a noticeable shift in many large cities (particularly in Australia, the UK and increasingly, in parts of the United States) towards reduced car ownership levels. Everyone’s cutting back, and cars are not imune – even James Bond commutes in a Ford these days. This is partly a result of more working Read more…

If you were to walk down the street, taking a survey of which vehicle is more environmentally friendly: the Hummer or the Toyota Prius, what would the likely answer be? I think it’s a safe bet that most people would say the Prius. The Prius – clean for its whole lifecycle? Some may choose the Prius because it’s a) manufactured by Toyota, b) It’s a hybrid and c) The Hummer is an SUV and they Read more…

Standing apart from the bog standard Vauxhall and Peugeot drivers of this world, there exists a special breed, a group who nary flinches when the word ‘insurance’ is mentioned. Such people insure tanks for the daily shopping run. Inspired by this, I decided to take on the ultimate car insurance challenge. I was going to quote me happy for the Batmobile. I took as my example the Batmobile from The Dark Knight, or, as it’s Read more…

With the government’s plans announced in the budget that from 2009 they are going to raise the cost of car tax for all cars that were made after 2001 fresh in everyone’s minds, the plans have come under fire by that most vitriolic of groups, the Backbencher in a committee, for being ‘too lenient’ and would ‘have limited impact on the environment.’ Serious words. So, what are these new rules, how will it affect us Read more…

Is the Government barking up the wrong tree? Car sharing lanes are, in principal, an excellent idea. They are a concept already established in other parts of the world, namely the United States, Australia and parts of Europe. And now they are gradually being introduced in Britain, albeit on an ad-hoc basis. In Leeds a car sharing lane has been operational for some time, and there are now lanes appearing in Birmingham and on a Read more…