Waard perfect

Posted by Pat Devereux at 10:50AM on Tuesday 03 April, 2007 3 Comments

It's not often you meet motor industry management you'd like to spend more rather than less time with.

The designers are always good for a laugh - and there's the occasional PR person who is reliably entertaining. But it's a very rare day indeed when you meet a top industry suit who you could describe as A Good Bloke...

Fiat 500: retro-cool or lazy pastiche?

Posted by Paul Horrell at 3:50PM on Wednesday 21 March, 2007 14 Comments

I'm trying to figure out why I'm extremely excited about the new Fiat 500.

See, I don't really like retro. I wish designers would be a bit more creative. Retro is an excuse for them to lapse into lazy pastiche. Besides, I don't really like the idea of rebodying cheap hatchbacks and pretending they are something else...

A clean sweep

Posted by Bill Thomas at 3:30PM on Thursday 15 March, 2007 6 Comments

Has anybody ever experienced automatic wipers that work? If so, let me know, I'd like to try them. Because every automatic wiper system I've ever used has been annoying and virtually useless...

Scorched Earth policy

Posted by Bill Thomas at 4:45PM on Thursday 01 March, 2007 4 Comments

I'm a bit off-message here, and disagreeing with the Boss Harvey, but I'm not too sure about the Honda F1 car's new colours. Sorry.

Noble idea, of course, and I hope it does some good...