It’s depressing to be reminded all over again today of the sad and shabby history of MG-Rover. Much more sad is that it looks dangerously likely that history might repeat itself with Vauxhall-Opel.
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Vauxhall: is it MG-Rover all over again?
at 3:36 pm on Tuesday August 11, 2009
It happened then. Get your £2k here.
at 12:52 pm on Wednesday April 22, 2009
The UK Government has announced its scrappage scheme. You get £2000 to scrap a car that’s 10-years-old or more, the £2k going towards a new car. I still can’t see much to commend the scheme. See here for the reasons why.
Low-voltage electric-car subsidy
at 12:25 pm on Thursday April 16, 2009
So the UK Government is to give up to £5000 to each buyer of an electric car or plug-in hybrid. How kind of them. Or rather how kind of us, who pay the taxes that are being given away like this. It’s great for getting news headlines, but will it have much real effect?
Taking the Government for a ride
at 7:46 am on Tuesday April 14, 2009
One slight problem for a nation with no significant home-owned car industry. What do Government ministers, needing to appear patriotic, choose for their chauffeured ride?
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