Rants, Raves and Kudos in This Month's Letter from Europe
Nov 21, 2010
By Andrew Frankl European Bureau Chief THe Auto Channel Had an interesting experience the other day. Our adorable neighbor wanted to buy a new car. So we got into his 1956 Bentley to see what Marin Countyâs finest dealers had to offer. It was illuminating. The first thing that struck me was that none of them offer ... Continue reading
Silly Cars, A (Real) Naughty Volvo and Helan Gar In This Month's Letter from Europe
Oct 3, 2010
by Andrew Frankl European Bureau Chief The Auto Channel October 2, 2010; Let me start with the bad news. Ford cannot be serious with the new Lincoln MKS. At 56 thousand dollars including all the extras it is just not an acceptable proposition. More of a big whale than an automobile. It is big all right, the trunk simpl ... Continue reading
Two New Great European Luxo-diesels; Ford's Shelby Mustang GT in This Month's Letter From Europe
Aug 22, 2010
Letter from Europe Andrew Frankl European Bureau Chief The Auto Channel Hello and apologies for the delay in my newest Letter From Europe, but things have been rather hectic during the Summer. After my recent Maserati/Lambo/Ferrari extravaganza(see it here) it was time for a quick dash back to San Francisco and then ba ... Continue reading
Letter from Europe: 1998 Volvo S70 Saloon
Aug 12, 2010
New Car Review: Road impressions - Cadillac Seville STS
Aug 11, 2010
GM has decided that it was time 're-invade' Europe, this time with the Cadillac Seville. Will they succeed? Is it sufficiently international? Is it a viable alternative to the 7 series BMW or the S class Mercedes? This is what I have been trying to figure out over the past few days whilst driving the Seville STS with i ... Continue reading
Andrew Frankl's "Letter From Europe" June 2010 - VIDEO ENHANCED
Jun 8, 2010
Apple iPad, MINI Cooper, Maserati, Ferrari and More After 14 years of working for The Autochannel intially on typewriters (!), old Toshibas and early Macs the time has come to send you my very first report on Apple's new iPad.It is very, very exciting. I wasn't too sure about it but after a day I was sold. Sitting at M ... Continue reading
WAJ Report, Goodbye Tom, Expensive Cars, Yea's and Nays in This Month's Letter From Europe
Apr 23, 2010
By Andrew FranklEuropean Bureau ChiefThe Auto Channel The Western Automotive journalistsâ test days are always the highlights of the year. About 60 auto writers gather in Monterey, California to drive the latest offering from the manufacturers. Brilliantly organized by Page One-a specialist company closely associa ... Continue reading
Rain, Reviews and Raves in This Month's Letter from Europe
Mar 6, 2010
Andrew Frankl European Bureau Chief The Auto Channel As anyone living in California will tell you weââ¬â¢ve been having horrendous weather in January. Storms, land slides, houses falling into the sea, people being evacuated, truly awful. Consequently I havenââ¬â¢t had a chance to drive the test ca ... Continue reading
Kudos, Scoffs, Observations and Oh Yeah New Cars in This Month's Letter From Europe
Dec 13, 2009
By Andrew Frankl European Bureau Chief The Auto Channel I donât think Iâve ever called a BMW silly in 14 years of writing for The Auto Channel. Until now. The 2010 X6 M should never have been made. It is 100% surplus to requirements. For 93 thousand dollars âadmittedly with some extras-it really is quite ... Continue reading
Mazda, BMW, Acura, Suzuki in This Month's Letter From Europe
Oct 28, 2009
By Andrew FranklEuropean Bureau ChiefThe Auto Channel I had a call from a nice lady at Mazda. In all the years of testing cars this is the very first time someone from a company had taken the trouble to phone and ask what Iâd thought about their product. Well, there wasnât too much to complain about. There wa ... Continue reading
Lotus, Karting, Qashqai; Jaguar; BMW and Honda In This Months Letter From Europe
Oct 7, 2009
After our annual Italian extravaganza it was time to get a reality check. First we went off to the Hungarian Grand Prix for the 24th consecutive time. It was blisteringly hot but luckily Nissan came to my rescue in the form of a Qashqai. A what I hear you ask? Well, it is quite similar to the Nissan Rogue which is avai ... Continue reading
Monaco, Maserati, Lamborghini and Other Nice Things in This Month's Letter From Europe
Jul 14, 2009
Letter from Europe Andrew Frankl European Bureau Chief The Auto Channel For once it really is a case of where do I begin? Maybe back in May which seems like ages ago. Virgin Atlantic were as good as ever while the food was bad as ever. Certain things never change. Still, it got me to TACHâs European HQ and with th ... Continue reading
VW CC,Honda Fit, BMW X5, Infiniti G37 and FF Publishing All In This Months Letter From Europe
May 17, 2009
<p>Had an old friend on the phone from Kuala Lumpur this morning. An Aussie, heâd spent most of his life in England working as press chief of an organization representing auto makers and suppliers. Yes folks, 25 years ago there were Austins, MGs (the real thing, not the Chinese remake), Rover (yet again, the origi ... Continue reading
Apr 17, 2009
Letter from Europe Andrew Frankl European Bureau ChiefThe Auto Channel You only discover the advantages of a solid automobile when you get hit. Luckily it took me a long time to find out the hard way and even more fortunately I was in BMWâs 2009 X3. The lady behind me was obviously distracted-and was the first to ... Continue reading
Mar 29, 2009
Letter from Europe Andrew Frankl European Bureau Chief The 2009 Geneva International Auto show reminded me of the band playing while the Titanic was sinking. The champagne-heavily subsidized by governments from all the over the World-was flowing, the pretty ladies on the various stands were smiling as broadly as ever b ... Continue reading
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