Author Profile: Paul Horrell

Armed with a curious mind and a blotchy fountain pen, Horrell sniffs around the car industry pigsty.

Driven: Porsche Panamera

Posted by Paul Horrell at 9:46 am on Monday June 29, 2009
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‘Jay, you look at the dials,’ I said to my passenger, ‘I’ve got other things to concentrate on.’ We were doing about 270km/h and rising fast.  

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Koenigsaab is born

Posted by Paul Horrell at 3:08 pm on Tuesday June 16, 2009
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Until this morning I couldn’t reliably spell Koenigsegg. It was a little company of fewer than 50 employees making fewer than 20 cars a year. Now it has effectively taken over Saab.

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Vauxhall-Opel gets its new owner

Posted by Paul Horrell at 1:59 pm on Monday June 1, 2009

Well, Foreman called it wrong. I thought Fiat would get control of Vauxhall and Opel, but the giant Canadian car-components-maker Magna won. I was looking at it from an automotive point of view, and the result was skewed by politics.

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LF-A is go for Tokyo

Posted by Paul Horrell at 9:23 am on Thursday May 28, 2009

Good grief. The endless wait for the world’s teasingest supercar is finally… nearly… over. The 500bhp Lexus LF-A will arrive at this October’s Tokyo show. That’s almost four years since they showed the concept.

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Vauxhall/Opel/Saab: the die is nearly cast

Posted by Paul Horrell at 9:09 am on Friday May 15, 2009

The band is about to stop in the big game of Manufacturer Musical Chairs, and Fiat – having already snapped up Chrysler – looks set to get its hands on GM Europe too.

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Lexus tackles the 1-series

Posted by Paul Horrell at 12:01 am on Tuesday May 5, 2009
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Next year Lexus will have a crack at the Audi A3 and BMW 1-series. You’ll see a concept version of the car at this autumn’s Frankfurt show. The big news is that, like the new RX SUV, it’ll be hybrid-only. Hybrid is to Lexus what high-boost diesel is to the Germans. Big performance, low thirst.
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Bankrupt Chrysler signs Fiat deal

Posted by Paul Horrell at 5:01 pm on Thursday April 30, 2009
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Chrysler is bankrupt. To a British ear that sounds pretty stark, but in the US it means something rather different – ‘chapter 11 bankruptcy‘. It will keep operating, but it will be able to fend off its creditors and try to renegotiate its debts.

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Ferrari’s new F430

Posted by Paul Horrell at 5:02 pm on Tuesday April 28, 2009

This autumn Ferrari will unveil the replacement for the 430 series. The new car is radically different too. New engine and transmission, new gearbox, all-new structure, new driver aids.

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