I like renting cars from National these days. Why? For two primary reasons: First, if you are a member of the Emerald Aisle (nice play on words) program, you may choose your rental from any car on the lot in your reserved vehicle class. Secondly, they are fast approaching a fleet of cars...

Here's an interesting site.....spotted via Autoblog. 1985Gripen is currently keeping an eye out for a report that's due quite soon into the well-to-wheel carbon output of various different fuels and production methods. Could this be a little prelude as to what might be in that? Volvo have...

Evening all Fitted one of these to my ovloV this evening - took all of half an hour, in the dark, armed with a torch and a swiss army knife. Here's the finished install: Cheers James

Mrs Fliptop's V40 came home from the body shop yesterday, after having most of the front end replaced. Once it had stopped raining I managed to go over it with a fine tooth comb and there are a few minor niggles that they'll have to put right, but also two big ones for which I'd like some...

Now I can imagine the types of sarcy response I might get to this but will give it a go anyway Mrs Fliptop has a 2000 V40 1.8XS with about 66K on the clock. I was having a quick look underneath last night to investigate a small clunk I can hear from the front end, and two possible causes...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3528757.stm Interesting reading!

32 people in the small Swedish town of Dalaro bought the same model of ovloV on the same day. http://www.news40.volvocars.co.uk/flash/default.asp Priceless quote from the marketing "documentary" as for why you should buy a Saab instead: "32 people in Dalaro have bought the same car. I...

the contenders: Why is there even a contention? Cuz the only dealer's workshop in Singapore is quite dozy on their work.. The stats.. The S60 costs the equivalent of about 53k quid or thereabouts.. the 93ss (1.8t arc) costs about 45k quid. the s60 is the 180bhp version, quicker to...