Car Blog & Car News
You’ll want to read this from the British marque. Check out the official Aston Martin website to read about three exciting new vehicles coming our way. Aston Martin will have a total of 10 cars available to buy but the highlight to me is the new Virage. A true paragon of design, the Virage seems […]
The HYbrid4 combines the fuel efficient 2.0 litre HDi 163 bhp diesel engine and a 37 bhp electric motor – an ideal combination for a hybrid vehicle as it provides excellent out of town fuel consumption of 74.4 mpg, and CO2 emissions of 99g/km on the Combined Drive Cycle. Should you get one? Well, in […]
Here, Chris Harris takes the latest McLaren road car for a spin – the MP4-12C. This review is extremely good and is well worth watching if you have any interest in cars at all. The MP4-12C proves that McLaren is still up there with Ferrari, Lamborghini etc and that their engineering is second to none.
The Mail Online has an article that states 9/10 parking tickets that are issued end up quashed – so why bother issuing them in the first place? It’s an extremely good question. Tickets have their place, no doubt. When a car is causing a minor obstruction or has been left in a dangerous place then […]
Abarth one make Trofeo racing series begins this year, with the official start being Easter Monday. The Trofeo series proved to be a remarkable success in its debut GB race season last year – featuring at top race tracks around the UK and in Italy – and a second season has long been anticipated. “We […]
Toyota Motor Corporation announced a global recall campaigns for certain Toyota and Lexus models on 24th February. These recalls do not affect right hand drive Toyota or Lexus models sold in the UK. As part of these global campaigns, Toyota is preparing to voluntarily recall some left hand drive European Lexus RX models to address […]
The previous generation BMW X3 wasn’t all that well received – not in the least a certain Mr Clarkson who tore it to bits as being not very good off road and not particularly great on road either. Will this new generation model fair any better? Find out in the Fifth Gear review.
Last night, I had the misfortune of having to travel into the city centre in a car when it was slap bang in the middle of rush hour. This shouldn’t have been a problem as I was travelling IN to town and not OUT. However, as per usual, you cannot predict the state of British […]
There’s a new fast Ford coming and this one is an evolution of the Ford Fiesta S1600. This pint sized pocket rocket will provide the same quality as the current version with the biggest improvement being to speed. Here’s the official information from Ford: Priced from £15,895 on the road, and limited to just 500 […]
James May provides yet another insightful article at The Times Online, discussing why we’re so obsessed with performance figures. To a degree, I’d say he’s right, especially with so many cars with similar levels of performance these days. Perhaps we’re almost reaching a plateau, where the next development in supercars won’t be to hit 0-60 […]