Kris Culmer

2 weeks ago | autocar.co.uk | Kris Culmer

With perhaps a hint of bitterness, we noted after Vauxhall launched a restyled Opel Ascona: “The Cavalier is not really a Vauxhall at all. But never mind. It will show on the statistics as one, although the 1972 Trade Descriptions Act requires it to have ‘Made in Belgium’ prominently displayed somewhere upon it. GM Europe president John McCormack (formerly of Opel) later explained to us: “All of our research and development work for cars is now regrouped in Germany.

2 weeks ago | msn.com | Kris Culmer

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2 weeks ago | autocar.co.uk | Kris Culmer

Close Formula 1 obsessives among you might have noted that 2025 rookie Isack Hadjar is the sport’s first competitor from Algeria – making it only the fourth African country ever represented, after Morocco, South Africa and Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). This isn’t strictly true, though – not just because Hadjar holds a French licence but because North Africa was actually quite prominent in grand prix racing before the 1950 foundation of the F1 World Championship.

3 weeks ago | us3.campaign-archive.com | Ethan Jupp |James Attwood |Kris Culmer |Felix Page

Hello there, <<Name>> every Friday we compile a roundup of the latest car news from - Autocar, EVO and CAR to save you some time 🗞️ Here's the week in car news up until 04/04/25 Skoda’s fastest accelerating car ever is here: the 335 bhp Elroq vRS By Ethan Jupp on Apr 04, 2025 01:19 pm The Elroq is the first in its category to get a performance version – there’s no Ford Explorer ST or Kia EV3 GT for it to face down Read in browser » The best 4x4s and off-road cars – driven, rated and ranked By...

3 weeks ago | autocar.co.uk | Kris Culmer

Close Traditionally at this time of year, the automotive industry congregates in Geneva for the world’s most important motor show – but to our great sadness, last year’s event was the last there will ever be. A sad corollary of this is that we won’t get to enjoy our semi-regular laughs at concepts unveiled by Swiss design houses – or should we say mad houses? – Sbarro and Rinspeed.