As Team GB flew home...
As Team GB flew home with an unprecedented haul of medals from the Beijing Olympics, another Brit was being crowned the best in the world. Jaguarò€™s new XF beat off stiff opposition to be crowned Auto Express Car of the Year. The victory marked a reversal of fortune for the firm. When Auto Express launched in 1989, Jag was in the doldrums ò€“ it had just been rescued by Ford and had an outdated range of cars. The prospect of the firm making a model good enough to take a Car of the Year title would have been laughable. Today, nearly 20 years on, Jag is back where it belongs ò€“ at the top.
American parts chain...
American parts chain Pep Boys has kicked up a fuss because it has a brand of tyres that uses the same moniker. So the blue oval"s second plan is to name the four-door the Fusion - but in Europe that"s already used on the Fiesta-based high-rise supermini. Perhaps the new car should be the Confusion...