Archive for October, 2008
Oh for an easier life! After a hard day at work the last thing we want is to climb into our cars and have a stressful journey home. Well, Honda have put measures in place to relieve that stress for you with several steps to not only making your drive easier but, more importantly, safer.
First of all, we have Adaptive Cruise Control. A radar set in the front grille looks where you are going. Not that you can take your eye off the road for one moment but a little bit of back up never hurt anyone. The ACC will not only maintain a set speed but also regulate it depending on the speed of the car in front.
I don’t know anybody these days that isn’t looking to save money one way or another. With the rising cost of living and in particular, the unpredictable cost of fuel these days, running a car is increasingly expensive. Car insurance is often a bit of a postcode lottery and, regardless of how careful a driver you are, you can still be penalised for where you live.
With this in mind, many of us like to do what we can to keep our expenses down and Lexus owners have it a little easier. Join a Lexus owners club and Sky Insurance are offering up to twenty per cent discount on their premiums.
What drives a company to perform well? Is it simply money or an eagerness to be the best – to have an enviable reputation? What drives a company to better itself if the money is already rolling in? If the money is already coming in then a certain reputation has already established itself so why change things?
There are world class companies, such as BMW, who are not entirely content with a certain turnover.
The influence of flower power and hippy Sixties chic is patently obvious in the Alan Aldridge design on a unique MINI that is now on show at the Design Museum in London.
This famous illustrator and graphic designer has worked his magic on the exterior of a MINI leaving it covered in a pastel design of colourful flowers and accompanied by resident hippies painted on the window. The fact that Aldridge also illustrated lyric books for The Beatles shows through in this stunning creation. The driver’s side is predominantly decorated in pale blue with the passenger side being predictably pink and an array of images, shapes and patterns covering the surface.
Under the current strain of a difficult economy, people are looking to save money wherever possible. On top of this, we are urged to care for the environment yet little has been accomplished that show us the way to do both. Until now.
Honda have recently released their most economic, environmentally friendly vehicle to date. The Honda FCX has been welcomed with open arms in the US, with one of the first models going to eco-conscious actor Jamie Lee Curtis. This is a hybrid vehicle in a class all its own and just strengthens the ethos that Honda own so proudly of providing high performance vehicles at an affordable price – both to the pocket and the environment.
Oh my god – I just fell in love! There was not build up, no getting to know each other, no dancing around with occasional flirtations. Just in your face, mind blowing, gob smacking, to die for love at first sight – and all this with the new Lexus IS 250 Convertible!
The latest offering from Lexus has just made its debut at the Paris Motor Show and was greeted with awe by dribbling enthusiasts who cannot wait to get their hands on one of these babies when they are released across Europe next summer. (Going to get me one in red!)
New car manufacture may have eased off a little during this economic slowdown but this does not deter BMW from looking to greater things. In fact, it probably inspires them more to continue being the best they can and growing with ever more flair and technology to keep one step ahead of competitors. So, what do we have to look forward to in the near future from BMW?
The whole concept of electric cars has taken quite some time to take off. The problem was that they severely lacked the performance of petrol or diesel engines and could not get that far on one charge. However, with the increased cost of fuel over recent years and the ever present climate change in the news, advancements in electric cars have been pushed forward to try and provide the public with cars that do not pollute the air but still maintain a certain standard of performance.
Oh for an easier life! After a hard day at work the last thing we want is to climb into our cars and have a stressful journey home. Well, Honda have put measures in place to relieve that stress for you with several steps to not only making your drive easier but, more importantly, safer.
