Hongqi E-Jing GT Concept This is Part 2 of our coverage of the 2018 Beijing Auto Show on the 15 Chinese brands you must know about. You can check Part 1 (11. to 15.) here. Our last article was a mix of impressive showings and a couple of odd ones…
WEY RS6 This is it: finally I can share with you the Top 15 Chinese brands you must know about at the Beijing Auto Show 2018. For reference, you can discover the most impressive Chinese carmakers at the 2014 Beijing Auto Show here, the 2015 Shanghai Auto Show here and the…
Aiways RG - or is it the Roland Gumpert Nathalie? Confused. After describing the Top 5 foreigners that made themselves noticed at the Beijing Auto Show, we get right into our traditional detailed coverage of the best performing Chinese carmakers at the Show. This post lists the 15 local manufacturers…
The Lincoln stand at the 2018 Beijing Auto Show. Press Days at the Beijing Auto Show are now over and it's time to sift through roughly 2.000 pictures to give you my highlights. You can see our coverage of the 2014 Beijing Auto Show here and the 2016 Beijing Auto…
Our Toyota C-HR exploring the Moon Plain near Coober Pedy (click on any pic to enlarge). This is Part 2 of our adventure through Outback Australia and the legendary Oodnadatta Track with a Toyota C-HR. See Part 1: William Creek and Oodnadatta here. After a rather uncomfortable night in an overheated…
The Toyota C-HR in the Australian Outback Launched in late 2016, the Toyota C-HR is the first crossover to rank #1 in the monthly charts at home in Japan, ending the year at #4. It is the most popular recent launch in Europe for 2017 at #46 (the Audi Q2…
Kangaroo meets Tesla Model X Two and a half years ago, I test drove the Tesla Model S and had one thing to say: believe the hype. This time around I want to take the Model X on a longer trip to also evaluate the burgeoning network of charging stations…
Hyundai Sonata taxi and Baojun 560 in Guangzhou After detailing the Guangzhou Auto Show 2017 in 20 Highlights and 150 Pictures, it's now time to explore Guangzhou's car landscape, with a little excursion in Huangge, a southeastern suburb of Guangzhou, and count the differences with the first time we explored…
Lynk & Co 01 headlight detail Last week was the opening of the Guangzhou Auto Show 2017, and for the second time after 2015 BSCB was able to attend. The main objective was to stay on top of the numerous new launches by Chinese carmakers so this report will mainly…
Lars in Dalsnibba This is Part 4, the final part in our series exploring the Norwegian fjords in a Volvo V90 Cross Country. Check out Part 1: Stockholm to Preikestolen here, Part 2: Stavanger and Bergen here and Part 3: the heart of Fjordland here. We kept the best for last: Geirangerfjord is…
Lars on the Gamle Strynefjellsvegen. This is Part 3 of our exploration of the Norwegian fjords in a Volvo V90 Cross Country. Check out Part 1: Stockholm to Preikestolen here and Part 2: Stavanger and Bergen here. We are now entering truly grandiose fjord country and the next two posts will…
Lars in Stord This is Part 2 of our exploration of the Norwegian fjords in a Volvo V90 Cross Country. Check out Part 1: Stockholm to Preikestolen here. The breathtaking exploration of Preikestolen (aka Pulpit Rock) om Lysefjord has left an imprint on my retina and I'm constantly reliving the…
Lars posing in front of the Heddal Stave Church in southern Norway. Following up on last year's test drive of a Volvo XC90 to North Cape, Volvo Sweden was so kind as to loan me a second car this year to explore the south-western coast of Norway and all its spectacular…
