Saving Graces

Chevy Cruze


Opel Insignia

The economy was at crashing point and the auto giants that ruled the 80's to early 2000's saw their customers dwindle and their drafts ballooning.

General Motors now has the Opel Insignia to point it's guns and rivals insight.

Chevrolet has got the Cruze to cruise through the competition . Trample over , even.

Well done.

Q

Mock and Mockery

The Quintessential Audi A3. A long-time icon of style, substance and sophistication for the junior executive.

The Cherry A3 : The wannabe that is getting there. In a world so used to poking fun at shady Chinese cars, this brand is beginning to come into its own. With vastly inproved quality, a gorgeous coupe-5 door body penned by Pininfarina almost seals the deal.

Until of course, you factor in the poor ergonomics, the painfully sluggish engine and mediocre gear box, you know , appearances can only do so much.

Q .... The Monach butterfly could be emulated. But it was never duplicated.

Trendy Boys

The Citroen DS3 is an options galore that will strike a cord with the boys for it's fashionable with all the hip options sans the pissy-ness.

The 2nd Gen Volvo C30, brought the older version's manic pace to the Prada crowd with fiercer design and a ton of fancy accessory-options inside out. I love the floating dash board with optional electric guitar 'flame-surfaces.' Coolness.

MINI: More iconic than pretty but You've got to drive to believe why its worth the designer price tag. I love the quirky Clubman.

The Peugeot 1007 is for the high-heeled retail-therapied fashionista who's got too much bags to tote around and concerns herself with stepping in and out in style and little hassle via the big auto sliding doors. Who said anything about the boys?

The retro-dazzled Fiat 500 is undoubtedly a thing of beauty and its fashion-accessories options list is looooong and matches the DS3. A very nice toy for its agility. Yes, that's lingo understood only by the boys.

The New Beetle was the icon that introduced the word 'chic' to the boring car engineers. It's very cute, great build quality and brand, and that's it. You want an exciting drive? Get the Scirrocco instead. Or a designer pony.

Who says the girls are the trendy wheelers? Yes, they know the brands and the goods.

But The boys know better. The story, behind the label.

Q

Little White Pony

Riding topless in the wind on a little white pony...

MINI Convertible

Fiat 500C convertible

Volkswagen New Beetle Convertible


Daihatsu Copen roadster

Cute. Retro. Classy.

Any one of these will bring a smile and a second glance at the driver.

Yes, people will check you out.

Whip out those sunglases. Smiles at you will be glaring.

I want All 4 in my Driveway!

Q.. everyday's a holiday.

An Air of Couture

Fiat 500C

Me thinks , this is one of the prettiest cars out there. Ever .

So, although cars like the VW Scirocco, Peugeot 208CC, Merc CLS, Mazda RX8, Renault Laguna Coupe, Audi S5 coupe , Porche Panamera and everything Lamborghini is sexier, this car here ,the Fiat 500C ('C' for Convertible, getit? ) is simply charming.

Kinda like an Old World charm to it . Not unlike the VW New Beetle and the MINI Clubman.

Sadly, something this desirable costs an arm and a leg. And very likely, half your torso as well.

Throw in your head, for good measure. You don't need it when the top is down anyway.

Q... hopeless romantic.

Have a fiesty , zoom and Cruze!

The Ford Fiesta.


The Mazda 3

The Chevrolet Cruze


These are cars you wanna take home when you appreciate great style, impeccable road handling and the willingness to fork out just a couple more grand to stay ahead of the bread-and-butter crowd. (But not too much that it'll break the bank, as you would if you chose a VW Golf instead, for example.)

These cars are puuurrrrrrrrfect.

Q My pick? Go for the Oval Badge...

Big and beautiful is En Vogue.

Who ever said that SUVs are officially dead?

Ostenticity is clearly still 'in'.

Gas-guzzling and poor economic sensibilties is hardly an issue for the Wealthy

( and sinful; chicken-egg 'which ever comes first?' theory; know what I mean).

In fact, from the world's most prestigeous SUV maker , Land Rover,( okay I want , also, either a Porche Cayenne , BMW X6 or Audi Q7, as well) they came out with a Haute Couture , for its top-line Range Rover.

Tuned and souped up to befit an exclusivity beyond comprehension of mere mortals.

What's it called?

This SUV so 'in' its called VOGUE.

Q... Big and beautiful is in. Skinny is out. Nuff said.