St Lucia Tourist Board & Ubiquitous Taxi Advertising Promotion

Hurry for your last chance to get your entries in by 21 July for this unique competition run by The St Lucia Tourist Board and Ubiquitous Taxi Advertising which allows both passengers and drivers given the chance to win a 7 night stay on the Caribbean island of St Lucia.

The tourism body is having Ubiquitous Taxi Advertising in both London and Manchester painted with advertising while drivers will hand out 2 part entry postcards to their passengers that allow both the cabbies and their customers to enter the competition.

Two prizes will be given away in each city – one for the passengers in a prize draw and one for the taxi driver who has generated the most entries. Each of the four prizes includes a stay at a St Lucia resort and return flights on Virgin Atlantic.

Andrew Barnett, managing director of Ubiquitous Taxi Advertising, said: "We have a history of effectively promoting holiday destinations and airlines using our cabs and obviously we are really pleased that the St. Lucia Tourist Board has chosen us for this promotion."

Audi R8

The beautiful looking Audi R8 is in fact based on the Lamborghini Gallardo platform (The Lamborghini Gallardo is named after a famous breed of fighting bull) this is because Audi has full ownership of Lamborghini. In fact 15% of the Audi R8 is shared with the Lamborghini Gallardo, including the transmission and chassis. The Audi R8 is made distinct by its exterior styling, engine, cabin, and pricing.


In the production of the Audi R8, 70 workers fit 5000 unique parts by hand resulting in the fact that the Audi factory can only produce 25 cars a day. The Audi R8 has also been credited as the only car in the world to undergo a CT Scan. Even more amazingly ninety-five lasers inspect the entire car in 5 seconds, to ensure that over 220 measurements are within 0.1 mm (0.004 in) of the programmed plans.[6] The Audi R8 2-seat coupe is already available in Europe, and will be made available to the USA in the summer of 2008. In addition, an open-top roadster, Porsche Carrera GT-like model is rumored to follow in 2009.

The Audi R8 also features an optional Bang & Olufsen sound system, and "Audi Ceramic" Carbon-Ceramic composite brakes with mono bloc alloy Brembo calipers on all four wheels. The Audi R8 is fitted with the same 414bhp 4.2 V8 engine from the Audi RS 4. Jeremy Clarkson described the Audi R8 as "one of the best engines made today and a drive in the R8 has not changed my mind. It does everything, brilliantly."

It has achieved the following accolades:

• European Car Magazine rated the Audi R8 as Car of the Year.


• Top Gear Magazine named the Audi R8 the 2007 Car of the Year.


• Automobile Magazine awarded the Audi R8 the 2008 Automobile of the Year.


• The Audi R8 was awarded SportsCar of the year by German magazine Autobild.


• Playboy Magazine awarded the Audi R8 the Car of The Year for 2008.

Audi R8 vital statistics

Engine: 4163cc, eight cylinders
Power: 414bhp @ 7800rpm
Torque: 317 lb ft @ 4500rpm
Transmission: Six-speed manual
Fuel: 19.3mpg (combined cycle)
CO2: 349g/km
Acceleration: 0-62mph: 4.6sec
Top speed: 187mph
Price: £76,825

What is This Car?

I was recently on holidays and spotted this car. I love it, it's so small and looks great although it could do with a little TLC, a wash, polish and buff!

Does anyone know what make and model this car is?

London Taxi Advertising

I have been seeing an increasing number of outdoor advertising such as taxi advertising, bus advertising, and even car and scooter advertising in and around London in the last few months. This is definitely a growing trend!


There is definitely statistical proof in the reason behind this too. Research has shown that when interviewed 71% of adults said they notice taxi advertising and people in the 15 to 34 year bracket are 24 times more likely to notice taxi advertising than the average person.


The average black taxi covers 126 miles per day in major UK cities carrying 38.4 million people to their chosen destinations each year! That is an amazing reach and coverage over the UK.


London's black cabs are ubiquitous and famous all over the world and by law they have to be kept in excellent condition.

Car Journal Lamborghini

I get asked a lot of questions, but by far the most popular question I get asked is where did I get the photo of the Lamborghini from that I use for the background of the header on the Car Journal blog.

The answer is simple! I took it myself. It was taken in Sydney, Australia in a lovely little bay on Sydney Harbour. Watson's Bay is one of the most beautiful bays on the vast Sydney Harbour. Below you can see the original photo taken on a lovely summer day.





Above you can see the Lamborghini used in the Car Journal header, with colours inverted.