Virus season at the Met
Filed Under Shower Curtain | Posted on March 29, 2008
Twenty-three years have passed since the Met last ventured Ernani . Perhaps they should have waited a bit longer.Pier Luigi Samaritani’s sparse designs, created in 1983, decorate Verdi’s glorious score and Piave’s creaky libretto with clunky window-dressing. Samaritani’s staging scheme forces the cast to clamber awkward steps when not striking picturesque poses. Peter McClintock, the [...]
A singular ‘Express’ ride
Filed Under Shower Curtain | Posted on March 29, 2008
When Paul Theroux arrived in the Patagonian town of Esquel aboard a creaking antique rail carriage pulled by a steam engine resembling a “demented samovar on wheels”, it was his last stop on a train journey that began in Boston. Thirty years later, the Old Patagonian Express still steams out of Esquel in south-west Argentina, [...]
Nato tells Putin to keep calm at summit
Filed Under Shower Curtain | Posted on March 29, 2008
Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, Nato’s secretary-general, has warned Vladimir Putin that next week’s annual summit of the 26-member alliance must not be marked by a another display from the Russian president of “unhelpful rhetoric” directed at the west.As the alliance members’ heads of government prepare to meet in Bucharest, tensions between Nato and Russia are [...]
Nato chief warns Putin over summit
Filed Under Shower Curtain | Posted on March 29, 2008
Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, Nato secretary-general, has warned Vladimir Putin that next week annual summit of the 26-member alliance must not be marked by another display from the Russian president of 渦nhelpful rhetoric?directed at the west.As the alliance members?heads of government prepare to meet in Bucharest, tensions between Nato and Russia are running high because [...]
Nato tells Putin to talk - not posture
Filed Under Shower Curtain | Posted on March 29, 2008
Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, Nato’s secretary-general, has warned Vladimir Putin that next week’s summit of the 26-member Atlantic alliance must not be marred by a new display of “unhelpful rhetoric” from Russia’s president, directed at the west.As the military alliance’s national leaders prepare to meet in Bucharest for the annual gathering, tensions between Nato and [...]
Mazda2 three
Filed Under Curt Hennig | Posted on March 29, 2008
THE small-car class is poised for a price war among the premium
players.
Mazda unveiled a three-door version of its Mazda2 small hatch at
the Geneva motor show two weeks ago, and the car should reach
Australian showrooms by the middle of this year.
The three-door will be priced $500-$1000 below the five-door
Mazda2, which starts at $16,500.
It will bring some [...]
Subaru Tribeca 3.6R premium 7
Filed Under Curt Hennig | Posted on March 29, 2008
With a change of looks, the new Tribeca is an improved package,
writes Cameron McGavin.
SUBARU’S first full-sized family 4WD, the Tribeca, has probably
set something of a record in being face-lifted just a year after
its arrival.
And it’s no surprise really because there was room for
improvement. A lack of under-bonnet punch that impacted on
driveability and economy was probably [...]
Drive Life
Filed Under Curt Hennig | Posted on March 29, 2008
It’s not every day a revolt affects how a car is designed
but that is how the Nissan Dualis was created.
When Nissan stylists were drawing up the company’s next-generation
soft-roader almost four years ago, green groups were calling for
four-wheel-drives to be banned from the streets of Paris.
Denis Baupin, the deputy mayor of Paris and a Green Party
councillor [...]
V70: the next generation
Filed Under Curt Hennig | Posted on March 29, 2008
VOLVO’S third-generation V70 wagon will be in showrooms
soon.
The V70 has been on sale since 1997, when it replaced the 950.
It was discontinued for about six months between 2005 and 2006.
This time the Swedish maker will release only one model - a
3.0-litre (210kW, 400Nm) turbocharged six-cylinder, priced from
$67,950.
Volvo says the new V70 covers the 0-100km dash [...]
Split personality
Filed Under Curt Hennig | Posted on March 29, 2008
Nissan’s Dualis is a soft-roader but not as we know it.
IT’S not every day a revolt affects how a car is designed but
that is how the Nissan Dualis was created.
When Nissan stylists were drawing up the company’s
next-generation soft-roader almost four years ago, green groups
were calling for four-wheel-drives to be banned from the streets of
Paris.
Denis Baupin, [...]