The Mitsubishi L200 has been named вЂBest Pick-up’ at this year’s prestigious What Van? Awards for the 11th time out of the last 15 years since the awards began. What Van?’s Neil McIntee commented that the L200 was a good example of a “stylish, well equipped comfortable package… not lacking in punch around town or the motorway”.
Trading Enterprises, a member of the Al-Futtaim Group and sole distributor for Honda in the UAE, today announced that six out of the top ten vehicles in a survey of used car reliability conducted by British publication What Car?, are Honda models, propelling the brand to the number one spot for the third consecutive year.
26/11/2007 — The critical acclaim surrounding the Fiat 500 shows no sign of fading: so far, the international awards garnered by the new model have included the Car of the Year 2008, EuroCarBody 2007, European Car 2008 and Auto piГ№ Bella del Mondo 2008 titles. To celebrate the 500’s triumphs, Fiat will be dedicating an entire stand to it at the 2007 Bologna Motor Show.
According to data analyst Experian, which compiled the used car study, it is the first time in eight years that the lower medium segment has not been the nation s best selling sector, although its lead has been whittled away in recent years. The Ford Fiesta is the UK s best selling used supermini and was also the best selling used car overall during the first half of the year.
” Mother Jones is a magazine of fine, conscious-inducing editorial. They cover topics other mags leave alone and have established themselves (quite rightly) as the forerunner of well-researched, liberal views and community-minded actions. The thing is, you wouldn’t know because, frankly, Mother Jones doesn’t go out of its way to market itself to a newer, sexier crowd. A few suggestions to help MJ reach a new audience: 1. Instead of Mother Jones , how about Mutha Fukkas ? 2.
SMART MEDIA: Getting a book for Christmas often ranks up there with Grandma’s annual gift of thin black socks and a mis-monogrammed handkerchief. But when the outdoors are too, well, outdoors for the day, a good book or movie is a blessing. To keep your pulse thumping while you’re indoors, pop open Sean Burch’s Hyperfitness (Avery, $24.95) and prepare for your own solo ascent of Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen.
I was at a used car lot last week that specializes in clean, upscale, late-model cars. I could not find a single Subaru. I asked David Thomas, managing partner of the two Subaru places in Dallas, why that was so. He just smiled and without questioning my “car-smarts,” said, “Well, when a customer buys a Subaru, over time they become like a part of the family. These cars are dependable, last forever, and are not very expensive to maintain. So people never sell or trade them in.
However, Experian s statistics show that around 78 per cent of all the cars classed as super minis that changed hands during the first half of the year were over three years old. The older the car, the more likely it is to have a hidden history that could affect the car buyer s decision to make a purchase.
Child Safety Seat Broome County Child Passenger Safety Program is reminding all parents and caregivers about the importance of completing and mailing in the registration cards on new child safety seats. With all of the recent recalls on child products and toys, it is extremely important that parents remember to fill out their registration cards on car seats. Simply print your name and address clearly and mail this postage paid, pre-addressed card to the child safety seat manufacturer.
Parents fasten children into car seats thinking they’re ensuring the child’s safety. But chances are, unless the seat was checked by a certified professional, it’s not safe. Car-seat installation varies based on what type of car parents have and what type of car seat they’re using. Even if parents read the installation instructions provided with the seat and in the vehicle’s owner’s manual, few know the difference between an emergency locking retractor and a latch plate.