Volvo Joins the Communicating Car Front

To help build a common platform for vehicles to communicate within five years, Volvo had joined the CAR 2 CAR Consortium, which consists of several other European automakers. The goal of the consortium is to help create a safer and more comfortable driving experience by having vehicles share vital information with one another. Volvo has recently signed a memorandum of understanding with the other members of the consortium to implement a standardized technology for vehicle communication from 2016 and onward.
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Win Auris for a Week by Owning the Oldest British-Built Toyota Carina E

>Toyota is known for the longevity of their cars and to prove that, the automaker is starting a competition. To celebrate the Burnaston plant’s 20th anniversary and to prove that their longevity reputation holds true for all of their cars, Toyota wants to find the oldest surviving British-built Carina E. The Carina E mid-size sedan was the first Toyota to roll off the assembly line in 1992 of the newly opened Burnaston plant in Derbyshire.
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