Car Blog & Car News
Aston Martin has made history recently – by completing a world first hydrogen-fuelled zero CO2 emission lap of the 24 km Nordschleife circuit in Germany. The lap was completed on Saturday 27th April 2013 with Aston Martin Chief Executive Officer Dr Ulrich Bez at the wheel of the prototype Aston Martin Hybrid Hydrogen Rapide S, […]
Suzuki GB has teamed up with popular workwear clothing manufacturer, Dickies, to find the UK’s Worker of the Year for 2013, with an award-winning GSR750 up for grabs as the prize, complete with Yoshimura exhaust, or an multi-award-winning Suzuki Swift. 2013 marks the fourth year of the competition, which seeks to recognise and reward excellent […]
Apparently, in several parts of the country including Kent and East Sussex, SUV and 4×4 vehicles are being targeted by would be thieves. Five thefts were reported over three days, in Sussex, highlighting the scale of the problem. TRACKER, the UK’s leader provider of stolen vehicle recovery solutions (SVR), urges all car owners to take […]
North Yorkshire’s Croft Circuit has today finalised its calendar of motor sport fixtures for 2013 with the star-studded Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship, its own historic Nostalgia meeting, the Monster MSA British Rallycross Championship finale and Grand Prix plus the Roger Albert Clark Rally headlining the list of high-profile events. In all, Croft will […]
Brake, the road safety charity, is applauding a report out today by the All-Party Parliamentary Cycling Group, ‘Get Britain Cycling‘, calling for action to achieve 10% of journeys in Britain being by bike by 2025. Currently just 2% of journeys are by bike. The report urged government to work towards 20mph being the norm in […]
Motorists may have been heartened this month by the reduction in petrol prices, but road safety charity and award-winning breakdown cover company, GEM Motoring Assist is outlining the importance of fuel efficient driving all year round. No matter what the current cost of fuel may be, it is crucial to follow fuel efficient driving measures […]
Formula E is due to run in 2014 and will feature some top flight racing with, unsurprisingly, electric vehicles at the forefront. Hopefully they’ll fit synthetic noise production units or part of the atmosphere of a racing event will be missing – though that’s by the by. At a recent Formula E press conference, Lord […]
There’s a section of main, well used A road nearby me. I use it on a regular basis as it is the through road to another city and coastal areas. Two sections of it at one point were down to a single lane from two lanes. I could understand this if it was clear […]
Road safety charity the IAM is offering weekly motoring tips from Britain’s top advanced driver, Peter Rodger. This week, with National Drive It day coming this weekend, encouraging people to take to the roads for an enjoyable drive, he is advising on driving in the countryside. Always ensure you can stop within the distance you […]
The order (or rather pre-order) books have opened for the Honda NSX. The cost to pre-order comes in at a not insignificant £5,000 but for that you could well be one of the first to get behind what is sure to be an iconic supercar. The delivery date is set for some time in 2015. […]