Mild off the press

A constantly updated selection of my work, written in nature, published mostly online, but dig about a bit and there's some old media stuff in here too and one or two things that aren't about cars or tech

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SUVs Earned the Main Stage at 2017 LA Auto Show

Form Land Rover to Subaru, one of the standout trends at this year's LA Auto Show, which officially rolls to a stop this weekend, is the number of carmakers clambering to offer customers a crossover with three rows of seats.

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Luxury car sales continue to accelerate

The new year is still four weeks away but most premium carmakers with enough SUVs in their model lineup, have started celebrating early.

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Dodge opens a digital destination for its biggest fans - Tech News | The Star Online

If you're a muscle car obsessive but you're surrounded by people who don't share your passion, the opening of Dodge Garage will be very good news.

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Honda to roll out robots at CES

Rather than bring an autonomous car, Honda will be using its stand at the 2018 CES in January to unveil a new AI-powered fleet of robots that are pre-programmed to empower.

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Look what happens when Hennessey Performance get their hands on the Corvette ZR1

Texan tuning and modification firm Hennessey Performance has taken time out from working on its new hypercar -- the Venom F5 -- to make the quickest ever production Corvette even quicker still.

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What do we know about the new McLaren supercar?

On December 10 at 00.01 GMT, British supercar company will be taking the wraps off what it claims is one of the most extreme performance cars it's ever built.

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Ford partners with Hertz to make holiday season shopping simple

From Wednesday, FordPass users in the UK will be able to rent a van on an hourly basis at preferential rates and by simply tapping a button within the FordPass app.

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Is this the shape of cars to come?

Rinspeed is seen as a sometimes-eccentric Swiss vehicle design company, but with its latest concept car, the Snap, it may have hit upon the solution to two of the biggest issues set to face the automotive industry in the coming years.

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Spyker says goodbye to the C8 Aileron with three unique models

Spyker is spiking production of the C8 Aileron, but, as befits the Dutch bespoke supercar builder, it's planning to do so with considerable style.

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Meet Moia, the VW-backed start up aiming to take 1 million cars off the road

Car companies, especially those competing at the cut-throat, mass-market end, are usually focused purely on putting more vehicles -- ideally ones they build -- on the road. But with its latest venture, Volkswagen is actually trying to achieve the opposite.

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GM drivers can now shop on their commute

GM is rolling out a new digital platform called Marketplace that makes shopping for food and fuel an integral part of its cars' infotainment systems.

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Ford drives further into China

The Blue Oval has bold ambitions for the world's largest car market including 50 all-new models plus a range of electrified cars -- and all before 2025.

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Volkswagen starts its electric car countdown

In 100 weeks' time, Volkswagen will officially launch its first I.D. car and with it, an all-out assault on the electric car market.

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Morgan to get racy in Geneva with Aero GT launch

Eccentric British boutique sportscar builder Morgan is getting ready to reveal something very special at the 2018 Geneva Motor Show — its most hardcore, track-inspired road-going car in history.

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Meet the Lamborghini Urus - the world's first super SUV

After five years of concepts, teasers and promises, the 190mph Urus is a production reality.

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Saleen announces supercar return at La Auto Show

Eight years after it stopped building the Bugatti-baiting S7 to return to its core business of tuning and improving other companies' muscle cars, Saleen is returning to the performance car market with its own car, the S1.

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The LA auto show’s star real-world cars

Forget seven-seat hand-built Range Rovers, 212mph Corvettes and stripped-back Porsche 911s aimed at racing purists, this year’s LA Auto Show also featured its fair share of announcements and reveals for real car owners