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Recommended? Yes Pros: Simple to use, TV function, Clear maps, Lane departure, Foot navigation, Lane Guidance system, Safety camera, Traffic warning Cons: Unnatural sounding nav voice, At times confused warnings, Fiddly when in a rush to put on windscreen Price: Around £170 Time Spent: Three months Introduction With a much greater choice in the sat […]
Hot on the heels of the previous coverage of the Mitsubishi ASX, here’s another article. To support the launch of the new crossover vehicle, Mitsubishi have released a new online game which offers you the chance to win a brand new ASX. Players are set various ‘missions’ and ‘mini-games’, which unlock product features and accumulate […]
Whilst Toyota has had a run of bad press and luck recently with some vehicle problems, the Hilux is known for the opposite – being practically indestructable, whatever is thrown at it. In this case, the mighty Hilux took on the ice and fire of Iceland’s Eyjafallajökull volcano, just hours before its eruption brought chaos […]
Cars are expensive purchases for almost all of us. Anything that has three or more zeroes tends to make you think before you dive in. However, when you’re looking at a gleaming new set of wheels, you can quite easily get emotionally involved in the purchase. This is why it’s so important to know what […]
The Mail Online is reporting that drivers have been hit by speeding fines to the tune of more than £1 billion. Police forces around the country could, until 2007, keep some of the money raised by this system. This of course provides an incentive for a force to put more cameras up. My question is […]
How do you feel about the fact that there are perfectly good cars (some of which will no doubt have done fewer miles than you’d expect due to their age) up for scrap? The Mail Online is reporting that 400,000 vehicles have been scrapped through the government scrappage scheme and almost all of those are […]
From the 29th – 31st May 2010, the National Motor Museum, Beaulieu is playing host to Trucks & Troops. Staged by the South Hampshire Area of the Military Vehicle Trust the show is a celebration of the development of military transport, combat vehicles and soldiering through the ages. Over 250 military vehicles will be on […]
The Mail Online is reporting that petrol prices may be rising to record levels soon – which will obviously have a massive knock-on effect for motorists who visit the pumps on a weekly basis. I filled up a little earlier in the week and paid just under 120p per litre – a staggering amount which […]
Announced April 1st at the New York International Auto Show in New York City’s Jacob Javits Center, the annual World Car of the Year awards recognize the year’s most outstanding vehicles based on merit, value, safety, environmental impact, significance, and emotional appeal. The VW Polo surpassed 29 other cars to become the the 2010 World […]
In March, I had the pleasure of attending the MCN Scottish Motorcycle Show. Let’s get the scoring/review out of the way first of all – I can heartily recommend the show if you have an interest in bikes, although there wasn’t too much going on in terms of live events outside. However, if you have […]