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CLICKS and CARS: March 2012
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Observations about the vehicle market and the Internet from motorfolio. Monday, 5 March 2012. Geneva Motor Show Guide 2012. Download a concise pocket guide to all the vehicle premieres taking place at the 2012 Geneva motorshow from the 8th-18th March:. 2012 Geneva Motorfolio 2xA4 Guide.pdf. Save the .pdf guide on your computer and then print it out. (Print duplex - double-sided - at 100%, deselect 'shrink to fit' option in acrobat reader.) Then fold in three, using the guide marks. Monday, March 05, 2012.
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CLICKS and CARS: Geneva Motor Show Guide 2012
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Observations about the vehicle market and the Internet from motorfolio. Monday, 5 March 2012. Geneva Motor Show Guide 2012. Download a concise pocket guide to all the vehicle premieres taking place at the 2012 Geneva motorshow from the 8th-18th March:. 2012 Geneva Motorfolio 2xA4 Guide.pdf. Save the .pdf guide on your computer and then print it out. (Print duplex - double-sided - at 100%, deselect 'shrink to fit' option in acrobat reader.) Then fold in three, using the guide marks. Monday, March 05, 2012.
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CLICKS and CARS: February 2012
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Observations about the vehicle market and the Internet from motorfolio. Tuesday, 21 February 2012. UK new passenger car registrations closed the year with a -. Units in December. This gave a full year market total of. Cars sold, a -4.4% reduction against 2010. This annual total is lower than any in the previous decade and more than. Posted by clicks and cars. Tuesday, February 21, 2012. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile.
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CLICKS and CARS: November 2009
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Observations about the vehicle market and the Internet from motorfolio. Monday, 30 November 2009. Car of the Year 2010 is the VW Polo. Well there you go. In complete defiance of previous form (see below) a German winner of the Car of the Year. Volkswagen last won in 1992. A choice indicative of the times perhaps - safe and reliable, but nothing really ground breaking about this car? Car of the Year - 2010 results. 1st VW Polo, 347 points. 2nd Toyota iQ, 337 points. 3rd Vauxhall Astra, 221 points. Umweltp...
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CLICKS and CARS: December 2009
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Observations about the vehicle market and the Internet from motorfolio. Friday, 4 December 2009. Glenn from Village People. Posted by clicks and cars. Friday, December 04, 2009. Wednesday, 2 December 2009. Further to the comments on model names in an earlier post. Volkswagen's new pick-up truck is to be called Amarok: ". the Inuit for ‘Wolf’, Amarok embodies the animal’s legendary strength and endurance." Inuit! Unfortunately, it turns out that Amarok does not quite supply the virgin brand territory Volk...
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CLICKS and CARS: Amarok
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Observations about the vehicle market and the Internet from motorfolio. Wednesday, 2 December 2009. Further to the comments on model names in an earlier post. Volkswagen's new pick-up truck is to be called Amarok: ". the Inuit for ‘Wolf’, Amarok embodies the animal’s legendary strength and endurance." Inuit! In this day and age developing a brand name without cordoning off all these corresponding 'digital spaces' in advance can only be viewed as a major, and potentially costly, oversight.
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CLICKS and CARS: November 2010
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Observations about the vehicle market and the Internet from motorfolio. Monday, 8 November 2010. The Future is electric? Take the Peugeot iOn for example - a trawl round the website does not reveal a purchase price but the 'offer' on the vehicle is: "a four year, 40,000 mile contract [for which] the monthly payment will be £415 excluding VAT". Will there be many takers for what is fundamentally a mini car when you can choose the " Just add petrol. Posted by clicks and cars. Monday, November 08, 2010.
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CLICKS and CARS: 'Blandnames': The growing importance of Internet search requires car branding to be memorable but meaningless
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Observations about the vehicle market and the Internet from motorfolio. Saturday, 7 November 2009. Blandnames': The growing importance of Internet search requires car branding to be memorable but meaningless. Does not go"). Nomenclature problems can also manifest themselves at the derivative level - one French manufacturer was only persuaded at the last minute by its British dealers not to add a badge "turD" to newly introduced turbo diesel models. The thinking is simple: new vehicle buyers initially res...
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CLICKS and CARS: Car of the Year 2010 is the VW Polo
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Observations about the vehicle market and the Internet from motorfolio. Monday, 30 November 2009. Car of the Year 2010 is the VW Polo. Well there you go. In complete defiance of previous form (see below) a German winner of the Car of the Year. Volkswagen last won in 1992. A choice indicative of the times perhaps - safe and reliable, but nothing really ground breaking about this car? Car of the Year - 2010 results. 1st VW Polo, 347 points. 2nd Toyota iQ, 337 points. 3rd Vauxhall Astra, 221 points. A look ...
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CLICKS and CARS: European scrappage schemes : what happened to the 'Single Market'?
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Observations about the vehicle market and the Internet from motorfolio. Friday, 27 November 2009. European scrappage schemes : what happened to the 'Single Market'? Fears in some quarters of a European 'super state' transcending the place of national governments seem highly premature at the present time. Yet this is one case where it would have been appropriate, and fair, for the EU to lead implementation of a consistent pan-European vehicle incentive? Posted by clicks and cars. Friday, November 27, 2009.