SAOIRSE32 (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
BBC 25 Nov 09 Two men have appeared in court charged with the attempted murder of a student police officer in County Fermanagh. The charges follow an undercover police operation on Saturday when a shot was fired at officers. Police returned fire but no-one was injured. In the dock were Kevin Barry Nolan, 32, from Main Street, Blacklion in County Cavan and Gerard James McManus, 26, from Fern Hill in...
Jalopnik (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
The latest round of European NCAP crash testing 's complete, which means our video-bin horn o' plenty overfloweth with clips of a dozen Euro cars getting the stuffing smashed outta them. Thank you NCAP, you've made this the best Smashgiving ever! You've got the name, the overall rating Euro NCAP crash test rating and, you know, the video, below. Enjoy! Vehicle: Mazda 3 Rating: ★★★★★...
Subcompact Culture (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
Toyota's Urban Cruiser, aka the Scion xD in the U.S. (albiet, without the all-wheel-drive and diesel option), was recently tested in the Euro NCAP safety test. Unfortunately, the vehicle did not do so hot compared to many of the other cars tested, netting only a three-star rating, compared to all of the other cars' four- or five-star ratings. The reason? A low "Adult Occupant Protection"...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
Two men from Irish Republic remanded in custody over shooting in border village Two men from the Irish Republic appeared in court today charged with attempting to murder a police officer in Northern Ireland. Kevin Barry Nolan, 32, of Blacklion, a border village in County Cavan, and Gerard James McManus, 26, of Letterkenny, County Donegal, were remanded in custody when they appeared at Dungannon magistrates...
Liverpool Daily Post.co.uk (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
A COUPÉ-LIKE rear and a blend of crisp and smooth lines combine to give Vauxhall's all-new Astra the edge on looks over its biggest rival.
SBWire Press Releases (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
The new Vauxhall Astra is set to be one of the most important models in Vauxhall's history. With all the ups and downs that parent company GM has faced in recent months this new Astra needs to be a resounding success.
TheGreenCarWebsite.co.uk blog (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Electric cars may no longer the reserve of the city, after the Cairngorms National Park Authority (CNPA) in the Scottish Highlands took delivery of an adapted Vauxhall Astra. The first electric car to be used in a British rural community is to be road tested by the Badenoch and Strathspey Community Transport Company (BSCTC) – a [...]
Creditplus Car News (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Millions of people in the UK have been transported in a Vauxhall Astra. Slotted between the Ford Foc ...
Auctions-r-us.co.uk (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
509T T5 Seven colour change LED Twistlock dashboard bulbs. The high brightness LED gradually fades from one colour to the next. These popular Twist-Lock type instrument LED bulbs suit over 90% of cars. Known fitments include the following Alfa-Romeo 145, 146, 155, 156, 166, GTV Daewoo Nexia Fiat Cinquecento, Panda, Punto MK1, Tipo, Uno, Bravo, Brava Ford Fiesta MK4/MK5, (Heater Controls Only), KA 1/2,...
Auctions-r-us.co.uk (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
509T T5 Seven colour change LED Twistlock dashboard bulbs. The high brightness LED gradually fades from one colour to the next. These popular Twist-Lock type instrument LED bulbs suit over 90% of cars. Known fitments include the following Alfa-Romeo 145, 146, 155, 156, 166, GTV Daewoo Nexia Fiat Cinquecento, Panda, Punto MK1, Tipo, Uno, Bravo, Brava Ford Fiesta MK4/MK5, (Heater Controls Only), KA 1/2,...
Hagley Road To Ladywood (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Officially 60,000 Polish people have come to Britain to seek work since 2004. Two British lads, Dan and Mark, reversed the trend to get work in Warsaw; this is their story. [A guest post by D.Hoffmann-Gill ] Last year, sick and tired of the endless dirge of bigotry, lies and anti-Polish sentiment coming from the right-wing press, me and my mate Mark decided to go to Poland. We wanted to get a job;...
The Independent (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
The Chevrolet Matiz has been around in one form or another for over ten years now. It used to be a Daewoo but since that company's Korean car-making activities were taken over by General Motors in 2002, it has been badged as a Chevy in the UK. It's best understood as a transitional product; more appealing to European tastes than earlier Korean cars but not part of the latest generation of really impressive...
Perrys Motor Sales (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
CAN Vauxhall make it the double in the European Car of the Year awards? 12 months ago its Insignia was a surprising but deserving winner in my opinion, just pipping the pre-event favourite, the Ford Fiesta by a single point. Now the shortlist of the final seven has been revealed and the hugely impressive new [...]
http://www.modifiedcars.com/rss.asp (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
New ride Vauxhall Astra 2005.
Autoblog (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Filed under: Europe You'd expect the European Car of the Year contest to be stacked mainly with European cars, of course, if not cars from around the world that are sold in Europe. But this year, the fight is being waged almost exclusively between European cars that we don't even get on this side of the Atlantic. The candidates for the 2010 awards were announced back in June , but that's basically...
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trymi | 07/01/2009
Seems that GM has big plans of new platforms for a new generation of Astra Voltec, Chevrolet Volt or Vauxhall/Opel Ampera , but no sooner than 2014 we will see any version of Vauxhall/Opel Astra built up with the Volt technology.
trymi | 01/27/2009
The family car segment will be starred by the latest Vauxhall/ Opel within 12 months with the introduction of the fourth-generation Astra. The hallmarks of the family hatchback: reliability, practicality and value for cash, are the main factors why it has remained the British best-selling car.
trymi | 01/03/2009
The Vauxhall Astra VXR has received a totally powerful boost thanks to Triple Eight Engineering, the specialists at the back of Fabrizio Giovanardi’s Vectra VXR that brought him to 2008 BTCC Drivers’ Championship fame. They have developed different adaptations for the Astra that are offered at Vauxhall dealerships, and fixed in like manner to Mountune’s Ford Fiesta and Focus tuning packages. The work
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