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Has two product design degrees and used to design mountain bikes. Realised that cars were a lot more interesting in 1990, and has been writing about them ever since.

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• US car makers need the cash
  After long denying that it was considering selling Volvo , Ford says it will ‘explore its strategic options...
• Congestion charge battle rages across UK
  The last 48 hours have been pivotal for the UK’s motorists. In the North West, a televised debate raged...
• Motoring taxes? Look towards your local council
  Amazingly, it seems that Britain’s hard-pressed drivers have escaped a tax hammering in today’s...
• When dinosaurs ruled the earth...
  I had a few hours off in Los Angeles and found myself in the La Brea Tar Pits museum on Wiltshire Boulevard...
• GM appeals to the nation
  While GM boss Rick Wagoner was asking the US government for a bailout, the company placing full-page...
• The lights go out at Chrysler
  As I clambered onto the hotel shuttle coach, which was heading for the 2008 LA autoshow, I was surprised...
• Ford and GM: the edge of the abyss
  This afternoon Ford and GM released their long-awaited figures for the third quarter of 2008. The news...
• Seat Exeo: recycled revolution
  The unveiling of the Audi A4-based Seat Exeo proposes an interesting idea. These days, the quality of...
• GM-Chrysler: a marriage of convenience
  So, President Obama has been in office for 12 months, and the great global slowdown is over a year old...
• Insignia's telling tail lights
  This rather unusual-looking machine is the new Vauxhall Insignia estate, which made its public debut...