Ginetta Restructure Due to High Demand

June 16, 2009

Ginetta recently restructured due to high demand for their cars, which can only mean good things for the Leeds-based marque.  Here’s the official information:
Richard Dean, Global Sales Ambassador will now concentrate on opening up emerging international markets with a focus on Asia and the Americas . Dean has already been instrumental in establishing Ginetta championships [...]

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Volvo S40D Takes What Car Green Award

June 15, 2009

The new Volvo S40 DRIVe has been named Green Car of the Year at the What Car? Green Awards, held in association with Michelin and Warranty Direct.  Volvo has a strong commitment to its environmental activities. The S40 Drive has an amazing and exceptionally low CO2 emission of just 104g/km and returning up to 72.4 [...]

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I’m Off To The British GT At Knockhill…

June 12, 2009

In scarcely six hours time I’ll be undertaking the drive to Knockhill in order to see the British GT up close and personal.  Naturally I’ll be reviewing the action from the day upon my return.  In the meantime, I suggest you watch the continuing TT coverage and make sure to check out the BTCC coverage [...]

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Holes In The Road – Massive Accidents Waiting To Happen

June 11, 2009

In the words of Alan Partridge, “Britain has some of the safest roads in Europe“.  Whilst that might still be true, if you travel up North to my neck of the words you’d very quickly discover that the local neighbourhood has some incredibly massive potholes AND speed bumps.  Granted, one is accidental, the ohter is [...]

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Win A Lewis Hamilton Portrait

June 9, 2009

Granted, he may not be going to win the Drivers’ Championship this year, but you’ve got to admit that the picture above is pretty special.  Bear in mind that it’s actually created using the oil from Hamilton’s own McLaren F1 car and it makes it just a little bit more special.
Painted by David Macaluso, a [...]

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Jenson Button – Man Of The Moment!

June 7, 2009

Jenson Button has done it again – he coasted to a comfortable victory in Turkey after Sebastien Vettel managed to make a huge mistake on the first lap of the Istanbul Grand Prix.
Vettel managed to push himself wide in a turn (no doubt due the pressure of having Button’s now infamous white car behind him) [...]

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A Couple Who Love Cars Even More Than Me…

June 6, 2009

A new SEAT press release has highlighted a couple who love cars even more than I do.  So much so in fact, that they opted for a motorsports-themed wedding!
A motor-mad couple have made their beloved SEAT the centrepiece of their entire wedding.
Stephanie Garner and fiancé Peter Janes, both 34, were so in love with their [...]

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Something For The Weekend – June 09

June 5, 2009

Combine a performance monster with a great looking, luxury coupe and the chances are you’re going to end up with a Mercedes.  In this case, my ’something for the weekend’ selection is the Mercedes CL63.  A 6.2litre V8 produces a staggering 525hp and an amazing 630Nm of torque, enough to shred the tyres are you [...]

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Ariel To Develop A 500bhp Atom

June 4, 2009

Take one superbly minimalist, extremely quick car and whack in a 500bhp 3litre V8.  What do you get?  The new Ariel Atom 500 V8.  Terrifyingly, this machine has a more than serious 1,000bhp per tonne thanks to the setup of the car.  Looking like a go-kart in steroids, when you strap yourself into a ’standard’ [...]

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Will Brawn Retain Button?

June 2, 2009

I’ve said before that after seeing the performance of Lewis Hamilton last year, I became a huge fan.  However, no-one can doubt the ability (and car mind you) of a certain Mr Jenson Button.  I’m not the only one to notice his stellar rise to the front of the Formula 1 grid.  In fact, there’s [...]

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