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Road safety charity the IAM is offering weekly motoring tips from Britain’s top advanced driver, Peter Rodger. This week, he is advising on lane discipline on the motorway. It is especially important to check all of your mirrors regularly when on the motorway, particularly before making any manoeuvre or lane change. Signal early to give […]
Breathtaking. That’s the only way to describe the new Porsche 911 RSR. It is quite some car. The video may be wonderfully dramatic but it poses some genuine questions, including a poser of how do you keep re-inventing whilst staying true to yourself or your product? Mind you, with 50 years of development the 911 […]
BBC News is reporting that the four largest car manufacturers in Japan (namely Nissan, Toyota, Honda and Mazda) are recalling vehicles, estimated to be totalling 4.3 million, over airbag problems. UK cars possibly affected and subject to recall are: 76,000 Toyota vehicles, including Corolla and Yaris 60,000 Nissans, including X-Trail, Patrol, Almera, Almera Tino, Terrano […]
This is the seventh generation Volkswagen Golf GTI. It is available with prices starting at £25,845 on the road – just £195 more than the previous model despite substantial enhancements. For the first time it is available from the factory with two power levels: the standard 220 PS GTI and the GTI Performance, a £980 […]
Renault is once again backing an award-winning safety scheme aimed at reducing the number of serious road accidents in the UK’s fastest county. Safety initiative CarKraft, based at the home of the British Grand Prix, is helping to cut successfully the number of people killed and seriously injured in Northamptonshire, and this year’s programme gets […]
BMW may well have created the ‘Sports Activity Vehicle’ segment with the X5, but this X4 concept blows just about everything else out of the water. With sweeping coupe styled lines and a mean front end, this car is being billed as a ‘Sports Activity Coupe’. For traditionalists, yes it does have four doors. However, […]
Whilst cars continue to become ever more technical, there are some simple things you can do to make sure that your car stays as it should between servicing intervals and yearly MOTs. Here are my top five tips to ensure that your car continues to run as it should (as well as look good): 1) […]
If you are an avid James Bond fan, be sure to put Sunday 26th May in your diary, as this will be your opportunity to meet Bond actor, Richard Kiel. Richard, who played Jaws, one of the most famous Bond villains, will be visiting the BOND IN MOTION exhibition at the National Motor Museum, Beaulieu. Richard starred in […]
Young drivers need more guidance and support in the first six months of obtaining their license, according to road safety charity IAM (Institute of Advanced Motorists). Last month, the DfT announced a green paper would be published this summer looking at ways to improve the safety of young drivers. The announcement includes the possibility of […]
America produces some wonderful cars and most major US manufacturers offer a performance variant. The latest Chevrolet Camaro takes this to the extreme and presents the most potent Camaro package ever. “As the ultimate track-capable Camaro, this car restores the mission of the original Z/28, and serves as a testament to the expertise of Chevrolet […]