Geneva Motor Show A to Z
As the 84th Geneva Motor Show gets under way next week we preview some of the new cars and exciting concepts we can expect to see. A – ACTIVE TOURER BMW will unveil its first ever MPV, the 2 Series Active Tourer. It will be the only BMW model offered in front wheel drive model despite the fact that rear-wheel drive has always been the company’s defining characteristic. It arrives here in September. B – BHP Weighing a mere...
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...
‘Star Cars’: Cars From Popular TV Shows And Films
Art director Scott Parker has created a poster of 77 famous vehicles from various TV shows and movies such as ‘Batman’, ‘Scooby-Doo’, ‘Ghostbusters’, ‘Mr Bean’ and many more. How many vehicles can you name? ...
Stars and Their Cars!
Hollywood is awash with beautiful women so it is little wonder that they drive around in some of the finest cars the world has to offer! Our friends in Carhoots.com did their own type of celebrity stalking by searching all of the car blogs online to find out just what are the cars these Hollywood A-listers drive. Beyonce – Mercedes SLR Mclaren You rarely find photos of Beyonce actually driving a car. She is more of a...
Cars are for Boys and Dolls are for Girls
Cars are for boys and dolls are for girls. Or are they? do we need to reprogramme our thinking when it comes to gender and cars. When you walk into most toy shops you will know instantly when you are in the girls’ section and when you are in the boys’ section. They don’t need to be labelled; the abundance of dolls, pink and glitter will mean that more than likely you have stumbled upon the girls’ toys section, and the guns, cars and...
