Toll gates, peak vignettes, carpool lanes, and more asphalt: none of it helps. The Netherlands is often gridlocked during rush hour. This Whit weekend 70 years ago, the first traffic jam was an almost festive event. The first time the word ‘file’ (traffic jam) appears in the Dutch language is in the novel Eline Vere, […]
There was even a 1.3 The second Volkswagen Scirocco arrived in 1981. That’s more than two years before the Golf II appeared. But like the Scirocco I, the second generation of the coupé still relies on the first Golf. We are driving an early example, one with an 85 hp 1.6. Is the Scirocco still
The “Top Year” section will look back thirty years to 1995 in 2025. 1995 has gone down in the books as the year of legendary models such as the Alfa Romeo GTV, Peugeot 406, and BMW Z3. In this episode, the GTV and its convertible brother, the Spider, because Alfa Romeo effectively combined those two
MONOcam The German state of Rhineland-Palatinate has adopted a Dutch invention to fine motorists who use their mobile phones while driving. It is likely that other states will follow. This concerns the MONOcam system developed in the Netherlands. The device uses a high-definition camera and artificial intelligence to automatically recognize drivers who use electronic devices
Velen zien de 504 Cabriolet als een van de mooiste auto’s die Peugeot ooit heeft voortgebracht. De familie Lantinga koestert de witte 504 al sinds de aanschaf in 1972. In 1999 nam de tweede generatie de zorg op zich en inmiddels wacht generatie drie om het stokje over te nemen. Het is moeilijk voor te
The starting price of the Hyundai Ioniq 9 is considerably higher than that of Kia’s alternative to this car, the EV9. Case closed? Not quite, because when all is said and done, the base version of the Ioniq 9 seems to be the better deal. Hyundai Ioniq 9 110.3 kWh RWD Style – €67,995 What
According to Bloomberg, it involves final assembly Porsche is considering moving parts of the assembly process of its cars to the United States. With this, the German sports car manufacturer wants to mitigate the impact of the 25 percent import tariffs imposed by US President Donald Trump on cars. This is reported by insiders to
But Will it be Top 5 in 2025? You could call it the surprise of 2024, that Volvo EX30. Although the first models were already driving at the end of 2023, the big hit came a year later. Out of nowhere, 10,809 units were put on the road, making it suddenly the third most popular
Minister Refuses to Follow Advice Justice Minister David van Weel (VVD) does not intend to lower traffic fines all at once or allow them to become more expensive less quickly. In doing so, the outgoing minister is ignoring advice from the Public Prosecution Service (OM). The OM believes that traffic fines have become far too
Same proposal as Mercedes-Benz German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is aiming for a deal in which the United States can export cars to Europe tax-free. In return, Europe would be allowed to import the same number of cars into the US without levies. Merz said this during a meeting in Berlin, a few hours after returning