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Snoop Dogg & Voiceskins.Com Announce Snoop’s TomTom GPS Voice

Multiplatinum Hip-Hop Artist Snoop Dogg Lends His Iconic Voice and Distinctive "Snoop Speak" To TomTom GPS Navigation Systems

December 1, 2009 - Snoop Dogg, in association with VoiceSkins.com, announces the launch of Snoop's GPS voice. As one of the best known and most recognizable voices in pop culture, Snoop Dogg's VoiceSkin is now available for download by users of TomTom GPS navigation systems.

Bringing a whole new hip-hop swagger to TomTom GPS, the VoiceSkin contains ‘Snoop Speak' such as: "Take tha third left, and while you're at it, put in some of that Snoop Dogg!" "Turn around when possible and keep it ‘G', ya d-i-g?" He also smoothes the way for TomTom drivers with Snoop-style guidance, such as, "Keep left ahead, and you'll be bonafide".

Throughout November and December, Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles is celebrating two significant anniversaries at the AutoMuseum in Wolfsburg, Germany.  It’s 60 years since Heinrich Nordhoff presented the first prototype Transporter van to the press, and 30 years since the third generation Transporter was launched.  Both anniversaries come at a time when Volkswagen is preparing to celebrate the launch of the latest versions of the Transporter van and today’s people carrier and camping derivatives, the Caravelle and California, in the new year.   The first generation of Transporter prototype, a Dove Blue panel van, is on show, together with memorabilia from all generations of Transporter.  The T1 is affectionately known as the ‘splittie’ thanks to its distinctive split windscreen which was initially derived from ideas generated by the T1 Beetle.  

25 November 2009: £328m has been collected by councils in parking fines according to figures released by The Taxpayers’ Alliance today. Although in total this represents a decrease of 16 per cent on the previous year, there are some councils where the income has actually risen.  According to Park Let, the UK’s largest parking space letting agent, this is in contrast to the rest of the parking industry that has resisted increasing rates.  Prior to the recession, car park operators increased prices by 10 per cent per annum with an average monthly space worth £93 in 2004.  The average value of a monthly space rose to £121 in early 2008 and has not risen since the recession started.

Luke Kelly, managing director, Park Let commented:  “The parking infrastructure of many of our towns and cities is just not adequate to cope with the volume of traffic.