Why Women Shouldn’t Drive
The mood in Saudi Arabia is finally changing and on the 26 October Women are being called upon to defy the ban and drive. But as support grows one Saudi cleric says driving risks damaging women’s ovaries. Sandy Myhre responds… Last year the Mayor of the German town of Triberg introduced women-only parking spaces because, he said women were worse at parking than men. The wider spaces are better lit, marked with a female symbol and not...
Five ways to sell cars to women
Pink cars, glitzy launches, branded designer clobber and all washed down with a sprinkle of celebrity stardust – here are our top five ways the motor industry attempts to sell more cars to women. 1) Pink Using the colour pink is possibly the most obvious way that the motor industry has attempted to sell cars to women. Be it brochures and marketing materials or simply the colour of the car, it would appear that the motor industry...
Handbags and Bentleys
We cast an eye over Bentley’s new line of handbags and asks if this is a good move by the luxury carmaker to attract more women to the brand? Bentley has launched a capsule handbag collection in an attempt to make the brand more appealing to women. Carmakers producing lifestyle clobber is nothing new with lots of manufacturers, from MINI and Land Rover, to Bugatti, producing their own lines of branded watches, clothes, sunglasses and...
The High Life in the Compact Crossover
What’s so great about the compact crossover? Huge 4x4s like the Land Rover Discovery and Mercedes Benz M Class were just another indulgence during the boom years. The gas-guzzlers might be an endangered species now but their legacy has left many of us with a penchant for SUV road presence (but without the hefty price tag). A crossover is a clever cross between a 4×4, hatchback and MPV, marrying the best parts of each, namely SUV...
Car-spotting on the Côte d’Azur
On holiday in France we couldn’t help but notice that the French attitude to parking was a little more laissez-faire than at home. I came home from holiday in France recently with a new appreciation for the French way of life. The French are not too in your face. They are polite but friendly and at the same time not too overbearing (my attempts to string together a few sentences in French may have helped to break the ice on more than...
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