Citroen mulls sub-£15k EV to replace C1 city car
Citroën could replace the C1 with a new sub-£15k urban EV if EU law makers sign off the new ‘E-car’ category for small cars - with the spirit, but not the look, of the 2CV. The E-car category is a proposed framework to ease the financial pressures on small, affordable cars by loosening some of the restrictions they must adhere to - under consideration by the EU Commission in response to complaints from car makers about the unviability of building true entry-level models. The move is viewed as a [...]
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It’s Official, Mad Dog Marko To Become Ordinary Citizen Dr Helmut Marko After Red Bull Axing
Mad Dog Marko will revert to ordinary citizen status and return to his legal name, Dr. Helmut Marko. The Mad Dog ends a 20-year chapter at Red Bull F1. Although he never had an official job title, he was hired as a Red Bull romper stomper by the late Dietrich Mateschitz, who passed away in […] The post It’s Official, Mad Dog Marko To Become Ordinary Citizen Dr Helmut Marko After Red Bull Axing appeared first on Daily Car Blog | The World's Best Original Carblog.
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Aston Humpty Dumpty Martin: Billionaires, Debt, And The Great Fall of A British Icon
Aston Martin, the emblem of British automotive opulence, teeters on the edge of financial ruin, a casualty of the relentless logic of global corporate convulsions. At the helm is the world’s poorest billionaire, Lawrence Stroll who has quietly explored a deal with Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, a sovereign wealth entity that has become both […] The post Aston Humpty Dumpty Martin: Billionaires, Debt, And The Great Fall of A British Icon appeared first on Daily Car Blog | The World's Best [...]
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Government won’t make drivers report car-on-cat collisions, despite petition
The government says the size and typical active hours of cats make it difficult to prosecute drivers who hit them in cars
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Who or what is Geely?
This Chinese brand that’s been in the UK for two decades through controlling stakes in Lotus and Volvo now sells its own models in the UK. The post Who or what is Geely? appeared first on The Car Expert.
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New campaign calls for use of new technology to prevent drink driving
With the festive season approaching, a new ‘Lock Out Drink Driving’ campaign has launched in Parliament, supported by the RAC.
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Return of the Picasso! Radical Citroen ELO concept hints at next-gen MPV
Could the Citroen Picasso be making a comeback? The French brand's new ELO concept previews a future MPV
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Citroen rethinks small cars with tiny six-seat supermini
New 4.1m-long ELO concept is a versatile and bold vision of the firm’s intent Citroën has revealed a tiny, innovative six-seat family car that aims to prove that "the return of the MPV is absolutely not boring". Called the ELO – its name taken from the second letters of rest, play and work – the radical new concept shows how car interiors can be reinvented to offer impressive levels of space and flexibility in a compact footprint. At 4.1 metres long, the ELO is shorter than even Citroën's curre [...]
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Piech-Porsche Dynasty Struggles To Maintain Control Amid Financial And Generational Cracks
Hans Michel Piech, 83, the aging scion of Europe’s most powerful automotive dynasty, gambled nearly €1.1 billion in 2017 to secure control over his family’s empire, buying shares from his estranged brother, Ferdinand Piech. What was sold as a transaction to preserve stability was, in truth, an act of survival—an attempt to maintain power in […] The post Piech-Porsche Dynasty Struggles To Maintain Control Amid Financial And Generational Cracks appeared first on Daily Car Blog | The World's Best O [...]
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