Weekly Column. By Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield. They have a funny name, massive door seals (so designed to hide a panel gap big enough to drive a bus through) and a top speed approaching 50 mph on a g...
Back in May of this year I wrote about the steps Audi are taking to reinvent the car showroom at a time when research shows that 70 per cent of consumers have already made their mind up about a car...
Weekly Column. By Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield. Do you trust your local car dealership? If we assume that you’re like most of the rest of the population, I’d hazard a guess that the answer is no, becau...
Weekly column. By Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield. For what seems like an eternity, plug-in cars have been portrayed by the mass media as effeminate city commuter toys, only fit for life within the safe c...
Weekly column. By Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield. Listen to London Mayor Boris Johnson, Transport for London, Nissan, Renault, or any of the other electric car makers out there, and you’d be forgiven fo...
The Liberal Democrats will be debating a policy at their party conference next month that, in theory, could affect us all in the future. To cut it right back to its basics, the Lib Dems want to ban...
Weekly Column. By Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield. As an automotive journalist, I’ve lost track of the launch events I’ve gone to, the test-drives I’ve taken part in, and the hours of teleconferences I’ve...
A friend of mine has just had rather a large shock. They have been leasing a Mercedes-Benz for the last three years, but now they have handed that car back and taken delivery of a new BMW 5 Series....
I really quite like electric cars, which surprises many people as they know my preference for large capacity V8 engines that make lots of noise and use lots of petrol. However, there is something ...
Weekly Column. By Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield Imagine this: It’s 30 degrees Celsius, you’ve been driving (on and off) for the best part of five hours, and your car only has 12 miles of range left. You...