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The Ford Focus RS continues to impress the critics, with the award of another major title – the Nuts magazine Car of the Year 2009 trophy. This latest prize joins the Scottish ‘sporting’ Car of the Year 2009 award presented earlier this month, and is set to accelerate orders for Ford’s definitive hot hatch. More […]
It’s been discussed in some circles now that the way to make roads safer is to actually reduce the number of signs, passive safety measures and other street elements. Apparently, the idea is that we’re all so used to seeing various things on the road that we begin to ignore them and fall into a […]
Just the other week, I wrote a post about vulnerable road users and the importance of awareness on the road. You can read it here. Tonight, after a particularly long and gruelling day at work, I decided to whip off the all-weather cover and get the bike going for a few miles’ jaunt. All was […]
The trailer above is from the movie ‘Love The Beast’, written, directed and starring Eric Bana. It’s a documentary about his very own Beast, a 1974 Ford Falcon XB Coupe. The car has been in his life from the age of fifteen – and it was still going strong thanks to several rebuilds, until the […]
In aid of the NSPCC, Jaguar is giving away the first Jaguar XJ in a prize draw competition. Esther Rantzen recently visited the Jaguar dealership in in Luton to back the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. The Jaguar Prize Competition aims to raise £1m for the NSPCC’s helplines, including ChildLine. This all-new luxury saloon, worth more than £62,000, […]
No doubt none of you have missed the fact that the price of petrol has continued to rise over the past few months. The Mail Online is reporting that it is not just possible but likely that we’re going to see a price of £5 per gallon by Christmas. To further put the boot in […]
Vulnerable road users rely on others to use careful observation when driving. So, what types of road user should we consider as ‘vulnerable’? There are actually quite a few groups I think who would match this description including pedestrians, motorcyclists, cyclists, scooters used by the elderly or disabled and others. One thing that driving in […]
There are some wild rumours going around about just where Jenson Button is going to end up for the 2010 F1. Stories persist that Button had expectations of his salary going back up to £8 million – the mark that he was at prior to Honda bowing out of F1 before Brawn swooped in. Apparently […]
Yesterday, I posted a video of what the new S60 might look like. Today, I have great pleasure in showing you. The above images are official folks, so what do you think? I’m impressed I must say. It looks very sporty indeed. Almost M5 in presence, the profile looks sleek and purposeful. Here’s the official […]
The list of candidates had originally been 33 cars long but that was whittled down to 7 on November 2nd. The winner will now be selected from one of the following: Volkswagen Polo Toyota IQ Skoda Yeti Peugeot 3008 Opel/Vauxhall Astra Mercedes-Benz E-Class Citroen C3 Picasso Interestingly, none of the BMW models eligible made the […]