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Here’s some useful tips from GEM Motoring Assist with regard to olympic travel: With thousands of people descending upon the capital, planned road closures, public transport delays, and overcrowding; the majority of journeys in and around London will be affected throughout July and August. So, for an easy way into the Games take GEM’s useful […]
Auto Express has now revealed their list of the best new cars for 2012 – head over to their site and see if you agree with the official top picks. As always, the Car Articles awards will appear toward the end of the year but it’s always interesting to see if you agree with the […]
Few cars attract as much excitement as a new Ferrari – the FF is no exception and is perhaps the most radical of recent times. Not only does it sport an extremely complex four wheel drive system, it also offers a shooting brake style that compliments the practical (yes practical) elements of this car. This […]
Some things in life do not come as a surprise – and for me at least the fact that Jeremy Clarkson is at the top of the BBC pay scale is one of those facts. Simply put, Top Gear is a show and format familiar quite literally around the world, and I say that in […]
This is the all-electric Audi R8 e-tron – and to demonstrate true electric power performance it has set the lap record for electrically powered production vehicles at the Nurburgring Nordschleife. The racing driver Markus Winkelhock set the record at 8:09.099 minutes for the 12.92-mile track. “The R8 e-tron has given a magnificent demonstration of its […]
The Ford B-Max for 2012 comes with some superb features – not least including some truly premium ideas in what is a compact car. The sales speak places it in the ‘multi-activity vehicle market’, which is really the old MPV (multi purpose vehicle) segment. What does that mean though? It’s a car that is suitable […]
One of the criticisms that was levelled at the original McLaren MP4-12C on release was that it was a little bit ‘generic supercar’ in appearance. You can say anything but that about the Spider version of this superb British sportscar. Cutting the roof off has turned a great looking purposeful machine into an automotive vision. […]
Isn’t that thing spectacular? It is the Jeff Koons BMW art car and it features at a landmark car park in Shoreditch for two weeks only from 21 July to 4 August. It is the first time that the BMW Art Car Collection is on show in the UK. The collection began 35 years ago […]
A survey carried out by Motorpoint, the UK’s leading Car Supermarket has shown that a staggering 83% of British motorists believe that car manufacturers are exaggerating the efficiency levels of their vehicles. The Car Supermarket giant conducted the poll on their website – www.motorpoint.co.uk– and received over 2,000 responses from visitors to the site. Over […]
For most people, buying a car is a compromise of many different things. Here’s a list I considered off the top of my head recently: Safety Cost to buy Type of fuel Maintenance costs Insurance costs Body shape Toys Interior space Performance Security Brand reputation Reliability Deals offered The ‘X’ Factor So, can you add […]