To help celebrate Infiniti’s 30th anniversary, the brand unveiled the 2019 Q50 Signature Edition to the world at the 2019 New York International Auto Show. Since the Infinity Motor Company launched 30 years ago they have worked tirelessly to build a brand that exudes a luxurious experience, every time you…
A couple of months after our China section 20-page write up in the annual "Bible" of the French monthly L'Automobile Magazine, BSCB and I have been lucky enough to appear in the magazine again, this time with a 4-page feature on my recent exploration of Iran in a Peugeot Pars.…
The Jetta unveiling at the Shanghai Auto Show 2019. After announcing its creation in February, Volkswagen presented its new entry-level China-exclusive brand Jetta for the first time to the public at the Shanghai Auto Show two weeks ago. The strategy used by the Volkswagen Group is similar to that of the…
Jetour X90 at the Shanghai Auto Show If you are a regular BSCB reader, the initial success of Chery’s new brand Jetour over the past few months is no secret to you. But if you’re just discovering our site, chances are Jetour doesn’t ring any bell at all as its…
FAW is no more, hail Bestune! FAW, which stands for First Automotive Works, is China’s oldest vehicle manufacturer, owned at 100% by the Chinese government. Created in 1953, the company started producing trucks in 1956 and passenger cars in 1958 with the Hongqi, which has since been given its own…
Read the full article (in French) by clicking on the image above. For the second time in the past 4 months, BSCB and I were featured in the paper edition of French newspaper Le Monde (25th April), one of the most important and widely respected newspapers in the world according to Wikipedia.…
Chinese EV maker Bordrin at the Shanghai Auto Show. The Shanghai Auto Show opened earlier this week in an uncertain climate for the Chinese new vehicle market. As we have noted in our Q1 2019 update, wholesales of passenger cars in China have now endured 9 consecutive months of year-on-year…
Our Volvo XC40 on the Vildmarksvägen in Sweden. This is Part 3 of our adventure in Sweden and Norway with a Volvo XC40. You can see Part 1: Kustvägen here and Part 2: Lofoten Islands here. Having reached the high point of our trip in the Lofoten Islands, we are…
Our Volvo XC40 photo bombing the perfect picture of the Lofoten Islands. This is Part 2 of our adventure in Sweden and Norway with a Volvo XC40, you can check out Part 1: Kustvägen here. During this section we explore the main attraction of this entire trip: the breathtaking Lofoten…
Our Volvo XC40 matching the fishing cabins in Lörudden on the Kustvägen. For the third year in a row, Volvo has been kind enough as to lend me one of its models, and after taking the XC90 to North Cape and the V90 to the Norwegian fjords, I now can wrangle…
Ensuring you pass your MOT can be stressful and, with new rules that were implemented last year, it can be more confusing than ever to know what your car can fail its MOT on. Will a broken number plate fail an MOT? Will my car fail the MOT with a cracked…
Now in its 7th year of collaboration with French car monthly L’Automobile Magazine, in 2019 BSCB was given full responsibility for a 20-page Special China section in what is referred to in the French automotive industry as "The Bible": an annual, 356-page catalogue listing every single nameplate sold across the…
TV personality Grant Denyer is the new ambassador of Gumtree Cars in Australia. Coinciding with the announcement of former V8 supercar driver and TV & radio personality Grant Denyer as its new ambassador, Gumtree Cars has unveiled some interesting research about the first car of Australian buyers. Gumtree Cars officially…
We've done it! 10 countries in 10 days in a Dacia Logan. This is it! Turkey completes our adventure to make it 10 countries visited in exactly 10 days with a Dacia Logan. You can now relive the entire saga and read Part 1: Romania, Part 2: Serbia, Part 3: Bosnia &…
