EVO Reviews McLaren MP4-12C

March 1, 2011

Here, Chris Harris takes the latest McLaren road car for a spin – the MP4-12C. This review is extremely good and is well worth watching if you have any interest in cars at all. The MP4-12C proves that McLaren is still up there with Ferrari, Lamborghini etc and that their engineering is second to none.

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9 Out Of 10 Parking Tickets Quashed

February 28, 2011

The Mail Online has an article that states 9/10 parking tickets that are issued end up quashed – so why bother issuing them in the first place? It’s an extremely good question. Tickets have their place, no doubt. When a car is causing a minor obstruction or has been left in a dangerous place then [...]

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Abarth 2011 Trofeo

February 27, 2011
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Abarth one make Trofeo racing series begins this year, with the official start being Easter Monday. The Trofeo series proved to be a remarkable success in its debut GB race season last year – featuring at top race tracks around the UK and in Italy – and a second season has long been anticipated. “We [...]

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Toyota Recalls Do Not Affect UK Models

February 26, 2011

Toyota Motor Corporation announced a global recall campaigns for certain Toyota and Lexus models on 24th February. These recalls do not affect right hand drive Toyota or Lexus models sold in the UK. As part of these global campaigns, Toyota is preparing to voluntarily recall some left hand drive European Lexus RX models to address [...]

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Fifth Gear Reviews BMW X3

February 25, 2011

The previous generation BMW X3 wasn’t all that well received – not in the least a certain Mr Clarkson who tore it to bits as being not very good off road and not particularly great on road either. Will this new generation model fair any better? Find out in the Fifth Gear review.

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On Dangerous Manoeuvres…

February 24, 2011

Last night, I had the misfortune of having to travel into the city centre in a car when it was slap bang in the middle of rush hour. This shouldn’t have been a problem as I was travelling IN to town and not OUT. However, as per usual, you cannot predict the state of British [...]

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There’s A More Powerful Ford Fiesta Coming…

February 23, 2011
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There’s a new fast Ford coming and this one is an evolution of the Ford Fiesta S1600. This pint sized pocket rocket will provide the same quality as the current version with the biggest improvement being to speed. Here’s the official information from Ford: Priced from £15,895 on the road, and limited to just 500 [...]

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Are You Obsessed With Performance Figures?

February 21, 2011

James May provides yet another insightful article at The Times Online, discussing why we’re so obsessed with performance figures. To a degree, I’d say he’s right, especially with so many cars with similar levels of performance these days. Perhaps we’re almost reaching a plateau, where the next development in supercars won’t be to hit 0-60 [...]

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Latest Fifth Gear Web TV News

February 20, 2011

Graham runs through the latest car news in this video from Fifth Gear. It’s certainly worth a watch, not least because of the information on the newest monster car from Gumpert…

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Something For The Weekend – February 2011 No.2

February 19, 2011
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Lamborghini keeps producing special editions of the Gallardo and with very good reason. However, the Spyder is probably the best ‘standard’ production version. What would you rather have – this or the Audi R8 Spyder? The Lamborghini Gallardo represents a supercar that has it all – minus a roof that makes it just that more [...]

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