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GEM Motoring Assist, the road safety organisation and breakdown cover company, is delighted as a national campaign is launched by ITV’s Daybreak to stop mobile phone use while driving. This week, the weekday breakfast show is running a ‘Phone Free Zone’ campaign and is actively encouraging people across the country to pledge their support. Similarly […]
The second member of Europe’s new Nissan Nismo range has been revealed – the 370Z Nismo. And what a piece of kit it is! This Nismo is a six speed manual only, with 344PS and 371Nm of torque from a wonderfully sonorous 3.7-litre V6 engine. The car features extensive engineering and styling enhancements including: – […]
The UK’s first learner driver to complete the practical driving test in an electric vehicle has passed first time, driving a Vauxhall Ampera. Navdeep Singh, 18, from Hull, successfully drove the cutting edge extended-range electric vehicle and passed the test with flying colours. He learned to drive the award-winning Ampera with RED Driving School, where […]
Kumho is the exclusive tyre supplier for the hottest official MINI ever – the John Cooper Works GP! Each of these 218hp pocket rockets will be shod with Kumho’s road-legal, semi-slick ECSTA V70A tyres, in a new 215/40 ZR17 83W size especially developed in conjunction with BMW for fitment to the new MINI GP. The […]
Over one and a half million hydrogen powered vehicles could be on UK roads by 2030 according to a joint Government-industry study that was recently published. The forecast is made in an interim report commissioned to evaluate the benefits of hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) and ensure the UK is well positioned for their […]
Some cars are just meant to be a cabrio. Granted, the hard top variant will always be stiffer and perhaps purer, but the cabrio represents a body type that just suits some cars. The Citroen DS3 is exactly that. The picture above (granted it’s in a boring colour) demonstrates exactly what I mean. DS3 Cabrio […]
Rolls-Royce Motor Cars has announced that the company is seeking candidates for its Apprenticeship Programme. The successful applicants will join the programme in September 2013, working alongside skilled craftspeople in leather, wood, paint, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, assembly and finesse roles. Torsten Müller-Ötvös, CEO of Rolls-Royce Motor Cars said, “We are delighted to announce the […]
Top Gear isn’t exactly a hard sell to those who car anything about our four wheeled guilty pleasures. Throw in some light comedy, some celeb car laps and some madcap moments and it makes for a show that the whole family can enjoy. We’re now up to series 19 and it seems to be, for […]
Kia will be unveiling the Cee’d GT And Pro_Cee’d GT at the 2013 Geneva Motorshow. They are the most focused performance Kia cars yet and the turbocharged 1.6-litre GDI petrol engine will produce 201 bhp and 265 Nm of torque. Acceleration will be a warm 7.9 seconds to 62. The pro_cee’d GT is anticipated to […]
Auto Express is running an excellent feature that includes a run down of the cars that are coming our way during 2013. Some of them you’ll be familiar with such as the latest Volkswagen Golf (seventh gen) or the new Honda Civic diesel, but are you aware of the Dacia Duster? Have a look and […]