Toyota Prius Sells More Than 2 Million

October 18, 2010

Toyota is celebrating another milestone for Prius, with worldwide sales passing two million since the original hybrid was launched in 1997. Across three generations, approximately 2,012,000 units have been sold in more than 70 countries and regions, up to the end of September this year. UK sales during the same period were 38,600. Whilst this [...]

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Fifth Gear Breaks Seven Speed Records In Skoda Fabia vRS

October 17, 2010
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In the latest series of Fifth Gear, they’ve yet again been up to their old tricks and broken several records. The most recent of which is Jonny Smith’s multiple record breaking during a recent episode, where seven national speed records from 5km – 100km were broken. Thanks to its state-of-the-art direct injection, supercharged and turbocharged [...]

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Keep The Street Lights Lit – It’s Common Sense

October 16, 2010

GEM Motoring Assist has some good advice for councils. Yes, we may need to save money, but don’t turn out the lights, as it will drastically reduce road safety: In response to the news that several councils are running trials to turn off or dim street lights in a bid to save money, road safety [...]

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Fifth Gear New Range Rover Video

October 15, 2010

The Range Rover can be seen everywhere – it’s a really versatile vehicle that combines power, rugged ability and comfort. It’s spacious and built like a tank so you should never have any problems with it. This Fifth Gear video shows the latest version, which comes with the highest MPG to date.

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Jason Plato Takes 2010 BTCC Title

October 14, 2010
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Silverline Chevrolet driver Jason Plato has won the British Touring Car Drivers’ Championship, making it the perfect end to the Cruze’s first ever season in the series. The remarkable achievement came with a textbook display of driving at Brands Hatch in the last meeting of the season, which started with a lap record and a [...]

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Mercedes-Benz Recall

October 13, 2010

In yet another recall, this time affecting Mercedes-Benz cars, more than 22,000 vehicles are potentially suffering problems. It affects C-class and E-class models, some of the more common on British roads. Take a look at the full information from Yahoo to see whether your car is affected. Details will also be made available in due [...]

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Aston Martin Cygnet – Not A Joke!

October 12, 2010

The Aston Martin Cygnet, the car that Aston hopes will be a more mass market offering (but will still likely be priced ‘exclusively’ for what it is, which is a small city car) has been confirmed as entering production. Is it the ‘luxury solution to urban mobility’ that Aston Martin is pushing it as, or [...]

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Do You Route Race?

October 11, 2010

A recent study by Manheim Auctions has shown that many of us in the UK are guilty of ‘route racing’. If you’re not familiar with the term, it is when a driver of a vehicle decides to attempt to ‘beat’ the time to destination given on the sat nav in the vehicle – either by [...]

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Autocar Drives The Britcar 24hr At Night

October 10, 2010

It’s not every day when you see true racing action like this at night – this is the Autocar coverage of their driving the Britcar 24 hour race. It’s a great championship that sees all sorts of cars take to the track to compete in 24 hour endurance event that tests skill, car performance and [...]

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Classic Car Owners – Not Drivers Who Need All The Mod Cons

October 9, 2010

A survey, by specialist insurance broker Footman James, found that over a third of the classic owners surveyed would not miss any of the comforts associated with driving a modern car when they switch over to their pride and joy but did have concerns about their classic’s reliability. Whilst 17 per cent missed power steering; [...]

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