These are the first official photos of the new Honda Accord Crosstour. The car is based on the award-winning Honda Accord.
The car features a bold front grille, a longer, wider stance and a versatile, spacious cargo area.
The Crosstour will be going on sale later this fall.
Birmingham based van maker LDV applied for administration. 800 jobs at its Birmingham factory and another 1,200 in various dealerships are at stake.
However, the interesting news is that Malaysian investor Westar is said to be in advanced talks to take control of the company. If that happens, it will become the second British automobile company to be taken over by the Malaysians. The first was Lotus which was taken over by Proton in 1996.
Is Ikea planning to branch into automobile manufacture?
A microsite for the mysterious Leko suddenly appeared linked from the Ikea France site. It features a rotating car covered with cloth and a designer called Christophe Grazs talking about it in French. I have no idea what he’s talking about but I can proabbaly get my brother-in-law to tell what he is going on about.
It has generated a fair amount of interest but seems a lot of people are not taking it seriously.
I hope they are not going to ask their customers to assemble it using an Allen key.
