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In the words of Alan Partridge, “Britain has some of the safest roads in Europe“. Whilst that might still be true, if you travel up North to my neck of the words you’d very quickly discover that the local neighbourhood has some incredibly massive potholes AND speed bumps. Granted, one is accidental, the ohter is […]
A new SEAT press release has highlighted a couple who love cars even more than I do. So much so in fact, that they opted for a motorsports-themed wedding! A motor-mad couple have made their beloved SEAT the centrepiece of their entire wedding. Stephanie Garner and fiancé Peter Janes, both 34, were so in love […]
The police are getting in on the act of the new Jaguar XF – and who can blame them! The XF is currently being evaluated as a pursuit vehicle and produces 271bhp from a 3.0litre diesel, so it should be able to keep up with just about anything else on the road. There’s also the […]
Some of you may be aware of Project Splitwheel. The Project was partnered with Caterham Cars and was destined to design, via all members, a new car. Unfortunately, Project Splitwheel now appears to be on hold. This is what they had to say about the pause in activity: “It is with regret that we announce […]
Nationwide Autocentre, which has 223 centres across the UK, was touched by an appeal issued by the NSPCC earlier this year, urging people not to forget about the charity even though the country was struggling through a recession. The company has launched an initiative which will see it donate £10 on behalf of customers paying […]
Peugeot is delighted to announce that, to celebrate the launch of its brand new 308 Coupé Cabriolet – the convertible for all seasons – it has commissioned BOND, the all-female multi-million selling original electric string quartet, to write and record a new arrangement of classical music’s most popular work – the Four Seasons. The recording […]
Auto Express has a story on a Le Mans racer being designed by Swedish firm GreenGT. The extraordinary thing however is that they claim the car will be a Le Mans racer – but it is electrically powered! Granted, they’re not saying that it’s going to be running this year, or even the next – […]
The new VW Golf GTI is set to be launched on May 22nd, and to let us all have a taste of the action prior to the big date, Volkswagen have produced a really cool microsite. The site is a Scalextric game on a huge scale, which allows enthusiasts to race online against other players […]
The government’s scrappage scheme is good news for 300,000 or so people. Well, supposedly good news. They get money off a new car, so that their old scrapper takes the final journey it will ever make. There it’ll probably lie rusted, dead and at the bottom of a pile of a bunch of other (likely […]
These tips come from the Institute of Advanced Motorists. With the summer holiday season beginning it’s time to consider the preparations you need to make if you are planning to drive abroad. Whether you will be driving in your own vehicle or hiring, road traffic regulations can vary widely from country to country and getting […]