Ford Offers Some Scary Destinations For Halloween

October 30, 2011

With Halloween fast approaching, you may be wondering as you’re driving down a deserted country lane just where the name ‘Black Cat Drive’ or ‘Bats Lane’ could possibly come from as witches and vampires are roaming abroad. To this end, Ford has plundered data from its sat nav systems to come up with the UK’s [...]

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Forza Motorsport 4 – Quick Thoughts

October 29, 2011
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Format: Xbox 360 Price: Around £40 Review score: 9/10 I’ve long been a fan of the racing series Forza Motorsport on the Xbox and then Xbox 360. The latest variant, Forza Motorsport 4, demonstrates that it is more than deserving of the name. In order to establish a difficulty setting, the game throws you in [...]

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A Birthday Drive For 2011

October 28, 2011
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Well, it’s that time again. I’m another year older though it could be argued no more wiser than I was previously! Nonetheless, I like to consider around my birthday what I’d like to drive, for one hour, on any track or road. This year, as the picture shows, I’d like to drive the McLaren MP4-12C. [...]

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The Michelin Primacy 3 – A Safer Tyre For You

October 27, 2011

Michelin is launching its new Primacy 3 car tyre, which will be available in the UK and Europe from February 2012. The tyre is set to open a whole new era in road safety. Compared with its four market-leading competitors, the Michelin Primacy 3 delivers the best grip when braking on dry or wet surfaces [...]

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Volkswagen Completes WRC Test In New Polo R WRC

October 26, 2011

The World Rally Championship is currently seeing a renaissance in both the cars that are running (super aggressive super minis anyone?) and and overall popularity. Volkswagen is not a manufacturer to miss out and has prepared a Polo R WRC car, which should be sitting on the starting line some time in 2013. The test [...]

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Top Gear Drives Some Hot Hatches In Lucca

October 24, 2011

Wouldn’t you just love to whizz around the Italian city of Lucca as the lads are doing here? If so, which of the 3 hot hatches would you choose between the Fiat 500 Abarth, The Renaultsport Clio and the Citroen DS3 Racing? My money would be on the Fiat 500 Abarth, it is the only [...]

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Former Transport Secretary States “Buy Electric”

October 23, 2011

Auto Express has covered the comments made by Philip Hammond regarding the increasing fuel prices. His educated (cough) suggestion was “People should look to new technologies. Electric cars are very cheap to run and allow motorists to drive guilt free.” Now, as everyone who is a regular reader of this blog will know, I’m not [...]

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Porsche GT3 RS vs McLaren MP4-12C Compared By Autocar

October 21, 2011

Which of these two performance cars would you buy? The McLaren P4-12C is a superbly clinical driving experience but the Porsche GT3 RS is the choice for rear wheel drive purists. For those lucky people who genuinely have this decision to make, perhaps the video from Autocar will help you choose.

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New 2012 Honda Civic Is One Of The Safest Cars Ever Made

October 20, 2011

Honda make some great cars without a doubt. The new 2012 Honda Civic (it is the ninth generation) is sure to prove just as popular as the previous incarnation. However, one area where it has leaped ahead is in safety. Often overlooked in our buying decisions but never forgotten by manufacturers or legislators, the Civic [...]

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Matt Neal Crowned BTCC 2011 Champion

October 19, 2011

In one of the closest final events of the 2011 motoring calendar, the BTCC boys really took it to the wire. A number of names were in contention coming in to the final race, including Matt Neal, Mat Jackson, Gordon Shedden and the ever present Jason Plato. Neal won the opening race, with Shedden taking [...]

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