Airbag blog

Your car's been broken into. Who's to blame?

Craig Thomas — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 14:01:33 +0000

It was one of those commutes this morning. Stuck in traffic for no apparent reason, I at least had time to get wound up by the ad on the back of the bus in front of me.

PT Cruiser RIP

Farah AlKhalisi — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 10:25:14 +0000

Chrysler, under new ownership and management, and under pressure to cut its costs drastically, is planning to axe the slow-sellers in its line-up. One possibly car for the chop is the PT Cruiser.

Is your car a billboard?

Craig Thomas — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 16:16:11 +0100

Advertising has taken over the modern world. We wear labels all over our clothes; you can't drive down a street without seeing an estate agent's board; and you're going to have to skip another one now to read about what I think is an ad too far.

Rules? What rules?

Colin Overland — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 12:34:03 +0100

There's been a lot of talk about naked streets. It started in Holland, where they like naked things, but now it could be heading for our doorstep.

Entertained to death

Euan Sey — Fri, 5 Oct 2007 15:52:22 +0100

Here's your choice. Five thousand tunes and a complete database of your favourite playlists, or the comfort of knowing that you aren't running the risk of smashing your car into a tree every time the phone rings? In theory it should be a no-brainer.

An eco-trip back to the 80s

Nick Gibbs — Thu, 4 Oct 2007 10:39:59 +0100

Unwrap a Star Bar and lean back - we're in an 80s revival and I'm going to tell you why. The growing tide of new cars claiming magically low carbon dioxide levels isn't new. In fact it's a weird facsimile of a trend that began 25 years ago.

Death Proof - 21st century's first real car movie

Craig Thomas — Wed, 3 Oct 2007 10:36:27 +0100

It's been a bit of a lean time for us car fans at the movies of late. Apart from some great chase sequences in the Bourne films, there's been little to get the petrol in our veins racing while we sit in the dark popping popcorn and slurping on a bucket of Coke.

You're never too young

Craig Thomas — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 12:42:28 +0100

Road safety charity Brake is proposing teaching driver safety in schools.

Blow me down

Colin Overland — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 10:16:35 +0100

Your life just got better, although you may not know it yet. Why? Because the loos at Toddington services have been fitted with Dyson Airblade hand driers. Everyone dries their hands, and everyone goes to Toddington services sooner or later.

Bring on the dancing girls? No thanks

Craig Thomas — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 10:50:13 +0100

Wandering around the Frankfurt Motor Show last week I had to check that I hadn't accidentally sat in a DeLorean and gone back to the 70s.

Goodbye, Colin McRae

Colin Overland — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 11:21:17 +0100

There are three main schools of thought about Colin McRae, who died at the weekend in a helicopter crash.

Greener than thou

Craig Thomas — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 15:39:23 +0100

'It's all f**kin' green, isn't it?' That was what one senior motor industry executive from the UK said to me at Frankfurt. And he wasn't wrong.

Horns of a dilemma

Colin Overland — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 10:47:50 +0100

There are two good uses for your car's horn. One, the gentle prod, is to encourage the person in front of you to notice that the lights have turned to green. The other good use, the louder one, is a way of saying 'please don't kill me'.

Stranded!

Farah AlKhalisi — Fri, 7 Sep 2007 10:05:43 +0100

Ever wondered what happens to vehicles that expire in the roadwork sections of the M25?

The gospel according to Kerouac

Craig Thomas — Wed, 5 Sep 2007 13:44:24 +0100

Jack Kerouac's On The Road, which celebrates the 50th anniversary of its first publication today, is one of the great landmarks of 20th Century American literature.