It started with a kiss...
It started with a kiss and ended with a crash... but not mine! The kiss was the "X" from the new Jaguar XK and the crash came courtesy of an over-reactive Aston Martin DBS, which pitched poor James Bond 007 into a massive barrel roll. What am I talking about? My year of course. "Tis the festive season with plenty of time to reminisce - and then look forward to what might be. But nothing could have been better than heading down to South Africa in January to try out Jag"s smooth new cat - which would, of course, go on to become Auto Express"s Car of the Year.
Steering upgrades on...
Steering upgrades on Renaultsport M탩gane Trophy are to be rolled out across entire range from autumn. Scenic will get them too.
Production of Hillman Hunter clone built in Iran as Paykan is to finish. On offer since 1979, over 400,000 sold every year in country. Competition from cars such as Renault Logan being blamed.
Budget bites - no petrol duty rise until September, tax breaks on biofuel in place to 2007, road tax on two highest CO2 emissions bands to increase by í‚á£5, others frozen.