Radical SR3 SL Reviewed By Autocar

December 3, 2011

I just love these super small, super performance, road legal race cars. The ‘SL’ in the name stands for Street Legal. Radical produce the sort of car that very quickly sorts the men from the boys, as well as putting hairs on your chest when you try to power around a corner. It’s fairly unlikely [...]

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BTCC Points System Changing In 2012

December 2, 2011

The Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship has revealed its extended points scoring system for 2012. From next season, the top 15 finishers in each race will score outright championship points. The 15 highest-placed independent runners will also score in the Independents Trophy. Previously, only the top ten in both championships were awarded points. The [...]

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The 2011/2012 Chevrolet Range

December 1, 2011
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The Chevrolet range just keeps getting better here in the UK and the 2011 model deals at the moment are no exception. I’ve taken a look at three vehicles I think are particularly pertinent to us at the moment, including a cheap to run car, a handsome hatchback and a rugged SUV. Read on for [...]

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Bad Winter Driving In 2011 – Part 1

November 30, 2011

As I write this it’s late on 30th November 2011, but I couldn’t not write about the two most terrible examples I have seen of driving so far this winter (and I’m sure it’ll get worse as conditions deteriorate). The first was on a dual carriageway approach to quite a fast roundabout. There were a [...]

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MonkeyPlate – Social Media For Cars

November 28, 2011

If you’ve never heard of it, here’s the skinny on this exciting new way to get in touch with other petrolheads: Launched in October 2011, monkeyplate.com is a clever website that lets car fans connect in the real world and share online, with the innovative use of customised stickers displayed on members’ rides. An online [...]

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Honda Civic 2012 Reviewed By EVO

November 27, 2011

The Honda Civic is an extremely well known sight on British roads. Honda is releasing a new variant of the ever popular hatchback for 2012 and it appears to have had a minor facelift of the more aggressive sorts. Not necessarily a bad thing you may say. But, what about the rest of it? Watch [...]

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Are You Watching Top Gear USA?

November 26, 2011

If you’re currently watching the US version of Top Gear showing on the Beeb, I’d love to know what you think. At first I must say I was rather less impressed than I was hoping, however, as time has gone by I’m actually quite warming to the American trio that is Tanner Foust, Rutledge Wood [...]

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Keep Your Car In Shape With Turtle Wax This Winter

November 25, 2011

Winter can play hell with the finish of your car. How best to look after that oh so tricky paintwork? Turtle Wax may just have the answer: With winter just around the corner and temperatures set to plummet, against the backdrop of ever-increasing motoring costs, Turtle Wax, the UK’s leading car care brand, is urging [...]

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Is Running A Car Simply Too Costly?

November 24, 2011

Here’s the latest from Blablacar regarding the true cost of running a motor in the current economic climate: With 90% of Brits feeling that the overall cost of running a car has become increasingly difficult to manage, people are resorting to sometimes desperate measures to manage these costs according to new research from carpooling experts [...]

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Vauxhall Astra VXR 2012

November 23, 2011

This is the new Vauxhall Astra VXR, set to be released next year. It is in effect the most powerful Vauxhall ever built (no, the VXR 8 doesn’t count, it’s actually a Holden rebadged). The car is powered by a 2.0-litre turbocharged direct injection engine, producing 280hp of power and a mighty 400Nm of torque, [...]

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