Car Blog & Car News
So, the time of year has rolled around again when I must once again give some money to the government by paying my (painful, it always is) car tax. So, how is it this time around? It’s £96.25 for 6 months, or £175 for the year. This is for a car that emits 182 g/km […]
As promised earlier in the week, here are some excellent pictures taken by Mr Jonny White, at the Goodwood Festival of Speed. It really does show off the quality of metal on display. All pictures courtesy of Jonny White. As you can see from the images above, it is clear that over the weekend, Goodwood […]
Or rather, driving any older, powerful sports car is quite like riding a motorbike. What do I mean by that? Power The deliver of power on a motorbike can be quite savage – much like the 4-5 litre V8s that appear in many older sports cars. Both need power meeted out in a sensible way […]
Most American cars are a bit rubbish. A bit wooly. Like they were made in a massive country where people have massive, oversized roads and no corners. The Dodge SRT-10 (or Viper as some markets have named it), does have something massive. A whopping engine up to 8.4 litres in displacement size! Insane! This is […]
This great looking new car is the Peugeot RCZ, set to go on sale from Spring 2010. A direct rival to the likes of the Audi TT and BMW Z4, the RCZ will be unveiled at the 63rd Frankfurt Motor Show in September 2009. The 308 RCZ began life as a concept car, which was […]
If, like me, you watched the coverage of the Goodwood Festival of Speed because you couldn’t make it over the weekend, then fear not. A very special photographer by the name of Jonny White has kindly offered to provide images for the event, which I will endeavour to upload this wekeend for your viewing pleasure. […]
After noting my particular dislike of public transport and the fact that buying a new (albeit faster) car won’t help me get into the town centre, I decided to try a new mode of transport – a motorbike! Don’t worry, you’re still on Car Articles, but I guess I’m a bit of a Richard Hammond, […]
I’m not sure I should be linking to this, but I assume that as it’s listed under the ‘Freedom of Information’ section then it’s fine to point to the Health & Safety Executive’s investigation into Richard Hammond’s crash (link goes to the downloadable PDF). It’s really interesting the way that it’s put together, especially from […]
Both are phenomenal cars – one more of a race car for the road with a very simple setup, the other a truly breathtaking, complex piece of machinery. So, which would you have? There’s no doubt that the F40 is a legend of a car, yet I couldn’t quite muster up the same sort of […]
It’s been announced today that Asda has taken a dramatic move to cut prices on both diesel and petrol – reducing them to 99.9p/l. This is good news for the consumer whatever car you drive, as cheaper fuel is a benefit to all. The price cut has happened on all 176 forecourts, so it doesn’t […]