by Nigel Blackwell | Cars
In the 50s, post-war Europe was a dark place. There was much to recover from. But people were still people and they always found themselves at A when the really wanted to be at B. Cars were an expensive commodity and, despite all the rebuilding, space on the roads was...
by Nigel Blackwell | Cars
I have a car and a van, both white. White isn’t quite as deathly boring as hearing-aid-beige, but it’s close. The only reason we have two white vehicles is because 1) we live in Texas where the sunshine can raise the interior temperature of a car so high...
by Nigel Blackwell | Cars
Good grief. The 1990’s were bleak years for the UK car business and the Rover car company in particular. Not that the previous decades had been plain sailing. At times they had fresh designs and completive cars, but the onslaught of cheap, high quality foreign...
by Nigel Blackwell | Cars
A rose would smell as sweet, they say, but me I’m not so sure that metaphor applies to cars. Clearly there are some names that aren’t going to work. I’m pretty sure no one wants to buy a car called the Limp, and no matter how much horsepower it has,...
by Nigel Blackwell | Cars
In my previous post we looked at the comic ugliness that was the Dodge Neon Expresso. Now you might think I’m picking on the American auto industry, but no, there is barely a car manufacture in existence that hasn’t put out a concept car that could have...