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Brake, the road safety charity, has lent its support to a manifesto on criminal driving, launched at the Houses of Parliament in March 2015 by Leeds North West MP Greg Mulholland. The manifesto highlights serious problems with how the justice system deals with cases of criminal driving, and makes a number of recommendations for urgently-needed change, […]
Nine people have been caught by safety cameras in Scotland exceeding 120mph during 2014, according to the latest figures obtained by leading road safety charity the Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM). The charity made a Freedom of Information request to Police Scotland asking for details of the Top 20 cases of excessive speeding captured on […]
Granted, readers that are familiar with this segment will probably be saying ‘that’s not a roaring, hugely quick sports car’! And of course they would be right. It is however the all new Audi Q7 SUV, available to order from April 2015. Significantly lighter, considerably more efficient, appreciably more technologically accomplished – this is the […]
Jaguar Land Rover seem to be on a roll at the minute with few if any missteps in their current line up of available cars. In this video, Car Buyer gives the new Land Rover Discovery Sport (2015) an appraisal. It’s good looking and the only disappointment perhaps is the lack of new engine. Watch […]
Here are the key points of the 2015 budget and how they may affect you in motoring terms this year: Company car benefit-in-kind tax rates will increase by three percentage points in 2019-20, the Budget papers reveal. Rates up to the end of 2018-19 were announced in last year’s Budget. The Chancellor announced a rate […]
BBC News has a rather fascinating article on how the 30 miles per hour limit came in to force. You can read it here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-31904471. Did you know for example that in 1934 there were one tenth of the cars on the road that we have today but four times as many deaths? Here at Car […]
More than 300 of the world’s rarest, most desirable and valuable classic cars will descend on one of London’s most dramatic and famous venues this autumn thanks to an all-new, must-attend historic motoring event: Classic & Sports Car – The London Show. Brought to you by the experts behind the world’s best-selling classic car magazine, […]
Nissan is recruiting over 25 new apprentices to bolster the workforce at its Sunderland plant in the UK. The company’s five year maintenance technician scheme is widely recognised as one of the best in the industry. Once apprentices have completed their training, they’ll be responsible for keeping Nissan’s production line running smoothly 24 hours a […]
A trio of Aston Martins found at opposite ends of the country are set to appear at the Practical Classics Restoration and Classic Car Show, held at Birmingham’s NEC on Saturday 28th and Sunday 29th March. Dave Whiting’s 1967 Aston Martin DB6 Volante Vantage Convertible will make the journey from West Sussex to be apart […]
University engineering students across Europe now have the chance to land the career opportunity of a lifetime in Formula One, as Infiniti announces the launch of the 2015 Infiniti Performance Engineering Academy. Now in its second year, the one-of-a-kind global search for the world’s best up-and-coming engineering undergraduates offers the unique opportunity to work with […]