So What Did The Budget Do For Us?

April 23, 2009

How about irreparable damage?  The worst news of the week was the 2 pence per litre rise from September on fuel duty, so do expect prices to go back to the beyond £1 per litre that we saw not so long ago.  Wasn’t much of a respite that we got now was it?
VED doesn’t look [...]

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Lamborghini Murciélago SuperVeloce

April 22, 2009

Someone just dropped me an email with a link to this video so I thought I had to share it

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Jaguar XF Tops UK’s Biggest Driver Satisfaction Poll

April 21, 2009

Readers of Auto Express magazine have voted the new Jaguar XF Britain’s best car in the 2009 Driver Power survey.
The results revealed that the XF secured the overall number one spot with drivers praising the Jaguar’s combination of luxury, comfort and driving dynamics.
Mike O’Driscoll, Jaguar’s Managing Director, said:  “Securing top place in the UK motoring [...]

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A Track Day At Elvington Circuit (Part 3)

April 20, 2009

This is part 3 of my track day experience, you can read part 1 here, and part 2 here.
I was due to drive the Ferrari F430 Spider convertible, but unfortunately due to timings I couldn’t actually make it for this one.  Instead though, I was offered the Ferrari Challenge Stradale – a lightweight, extremely powerful [...]

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F1 Driver Standings So Far – And Race Outcome Prediction For China

April 18, 2009

01     Jenson Button 15
02     Rubens Barrichello 10
03     Jarno Trulli 8.5
04     Timo Glock 8
05     Nick Heidfeld 4
06     Fernando Alonso 4
07     Nico Rosberg 3.5
08     Sebastien Buemi 2
09     Mark Webber 1.5
10     Lewis Hamilton 1
Not exactly what you’d have thought at the end of last year is it?  Where are the Ferraris in this mix?  Nowhere to be seen, [...]

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The Carmony Blog

April 18, 2009

The good folk over at Carmony have recently launched a new blog with some quite interesting articles – naturally the blog itself concerns motoring!  I particularly liked their post on The Highway Code.  Something I think I’ll feature fairly soon myself as we don’t talk about it enough I find, especially given some of the [...]

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Ferrari 599XX

April 18, 2009

It’s always an epic event when Ferrari shows off a new car – or rather piece of automotive history in the making, as their vehicles tend to be.  The showing of the Ferrari 599XX was no different.  Based on the 599 GTB Fiorano but with a huge amount of changes (along with the requisite power [...]

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Ron Dennis Quits F1

April 17, 2009

In a move that’s no doubt going to be seen by some as a ‘falling on the sword’ tactic to take the heat from the team, Ron Dennis has spectacularly quit Formula One after more than forty years in the business.
Dennis insisted that his decision had nothing to do with the recent scandal that’s rocking [...]

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Some Cars Are Cheaper New Than Used

April 15, 2009

In a demonstration of how odd the car market has become, new research from Parkers has shown that some cars are actually cheaper to buy brand new than they are second hand.  Price cuts continue to be offered at dealerships, whilst a shortage of quality stock (being created by more people holding on to their [...]

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A New SEAT Game For The iPhone

April 14, 2009

If you like your cars virtual, then you may want to check out the new game for the new SEAT Ibiza Cupra (look out for my coverage soon, it’s an interesting, nippy little car).  Here’s the release for the game:
Fancy a spin behind the wheel of the all-new, mould-breaking Ibiza Cupra? Well, it’s virtually possible, [...]

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