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…
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…
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 &…
Our Dacia Logan in Greece. This is Part 9 of our epic trip in Eastern Europe with the Dacia Logan. You can also read Part 1: Romania, Part 2: Serbia, Part 3: Bosnia & Herzegovina, Part 4: Montenegro, Part 5: Albania, Part 6: North Macedonia, Part 7: Kosovo and Part 8: Bulgaria. Having chosen to skip Croatia…
Our Dacia Logan in front of the Aleksander Nevski Memorial Church in Sofia, Bulgaria. This is Part 8 of our epic trip in Eastern Europe with the Dacia Logan. You can also read Part 1: Romania, Part 2: Serbia, Part 3: Bosnia & Herzegovina, Part 4: Montenegro, Part 5: Albania, Part 6: North Macedonia and Part…
Our valiant Dacia Logan near Brod, southern Kosovo. This is Part 7 of our Eastern Europe epic trip with the Dacia Logan. You can also read Part 1: Romania, Part 2: Serbia, Part 3: Bosnia & Herzegovina, Part 4: Montenegro, Part 5: Albania and Part 6: North Macedonia. Given we are now at Day #7…
Ohrid is the kingdom of Zastavas. This is Part 6 of our swift adventure with the Dacia Logan, you can also read Part 1: Romania, Part 2: Serbia, Part 3: Bosnia & Herzegovina, Part 4: Montenegro and Part 5: Albania. Leaving Albania in mid-afternoon, we head east towards Lake Ohrid which forms the…
The National Museum of History in Tirana, Albania, is a vibrant reminder of the country's Communist past. This is Part 5 of our swift adventure with the Dacia Logan, you can see Part 1: Romania, Part 2: Serbia here, Part 3: Bosnia & Herzegovina here and Part 4: Montenegro here. Today we will…
Our faithful Dacia Logan posing in front of the Sveti Stefan island in Montenegro. Picture by Adam Taloni. This is Part 4 of our swift adventure with the Dacia Logan, you can see Part 1: Romania, Part 2: Serbia here and Part 3: Bosnia & Herzegovina here. After having inadvertently explored some…
Inadvertently exploring abandoned Bosnian railway tunnels which are ranked as some of the world's most dangerous roads... This is Part 3 of our swift adventure with the Dacia Logan, you can see Part 1: Romania and Part 2: Serbia here. We were almost kicked out of Serbia for not having…
Our valiant Dacia Logan with one of the best-sellers in Serbia: the locally-made Fiat 500L. This is the second iteration of our voyage through 10 countries in 10 days with a Dacia Logan. You can see the introduction to this series and the first country explored, Romania, here. We leave…
Our Dacia Logan Black & White in Sighisoara, Romania On 20 August 2018, Romanian manufacturer Dacia celebrated 50 years of activity since its very first car rolled out of the Mioveni factory near Bucharest in 1968: a Dacia 1100, a rebadged Renault 8. Since, 8 million Dacias have been sold…