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BEN, the automotive industry charity has moved its ever popular summer event from the last Saturday in June to the first Saturday in July. The new date is 4th July 2015 and there will be an extraordinary array of vintage, classic cars and motorcycles departing from Ascot Racecourse in convoy through scenic Windsor Great Park […]
Breakdown cover specialist GEM Motoring Assist is encouraging drivers to put safety first on motorway journeys. The advice follows a recent crash on the M4 in south Wales which left 28 people injured. GEM chief executive David Williams MBE offered some reassurance for drivers: “Motorways may be the fastest roads we use, but they are statistically […]
Everyone knows that cars are, generally, going up in size rather than down. This is for a number of reasons but not least due to safety. Larger size cars can be more difficult to park, especially when car parking spaces have remained the same for a long time and in some car parks in fact […]
The Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM) is warning that despite 50 years of seat belt laws, far too many drivers and passengers are still putting themselves and others in great danger by not wearing seat belts. The first seat belt law came into force in January 1965, which saw all new cars in the UK […]
Rather than amend the information, I’ll pass it on as I received it directly from Suzuki below: Following a condition experienced when carrying out an emergency braking test by a journalist from Autocar magazine on the 30th January, Suzuki carried out an immediate investigation into the cause of this condition. As a direct result of […]
Granted, some will be of more interest than others. You can’t argue with a list though that features every new car coming out for 2015 and 2016. We’re very happy to see that somewhere has done it even if they beat us to the punch! See the full Autocar list here.
Beaulieu, the home of the National Motor Museum, is proud to announce a busy schedule of Simply Rallies for 2015. Ten Simply Rallies, which have become a highlight of the events calendar for many enthusiasts, will be taking place this year. Each rally is set to its own motoring theme, with three brand new themes […]
There are few things more exciting than a new supercar, whether you ever get to see it in person let alone drive one! In this case, it is the new McLaren 675LT that is being teased. The two initially at the end stand for ‘LongTail’, harking back to a supersports GTR model that McLaren raced […]
Yes, yes, Kadjar is a very strange name. But, that’s because it’s not actually an English word but two separate French words! The name KADJAR is built around KAD- and -JAR. KAD- is inspired by ‘quad’ – representing a go-anywhere four-wheeled vehicle and -JAR recalls the French words ‘agile’ and ‘jaillir’ representing agility and suddenly […]
If you’re in the market for a rugged estate rather than a larger bodied SUV then you could do far worse than consider the Volvo XC70. Not only does it have a fantastic quality interior but the exterior will be capable on the school run or down some rutted track that you plug at the […]