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Here’s the press release packed full of all the information on what is sure to be one of the best motorsport events of the calendar in 2013: Dates have been announced – and tickets are on sale – for the 2013 Silverstone Classic powered by the AA. Firmly established as the world’s biggest classic motor […]
The above image is from the 2012 ALD Automotive / Shell FuelSave MPG Marathon and it shows the Ford Fiesta entry on the start line. This car managed an absolutely staggering 108.78mpg over a 370-mile route involving tough, real-world driving in challenging weather conditions. It is the Ford Fiesta ECOnetic 1.6 TDCi. The MPG Marathon […]
This is the Hyundai ix35 Fuel Cell – which is currently on tour around the country at various destinations. It has already been to Cardiff and London and I was wondering if you have driven it? The tour is also visiting Bristol and Swindon, because Hydrogen infrastructure is already set up in both cities. Hyundai’s […]
The dates for next summer’s National Motorsport Week have been announced. Now entering its third year of joint-promotion by the two leading bodies in UK motor sport – the Motor Sports Association (MSA) and Motorsport Industry Association (MIA) – National Motorsport Week 2013 will run from 29 June to 7 July 2013. The high profile […]
Here’s the story direct from the lion’s mouth – over to Beaulieu for the announcement: Glorious sunshine, soaring temperatures and packed event fields combined to make this year’s autojumble, held on the 8th and 9th September, one of the most memorable and enjoyable to date. Motoring enthusiasts from all over Europe and beyond flocked into the picturesque […]
The Fiat Panda 4×4 features as a world debut at the Paris Motor Show 2012 – and what an attractive proposition it is! It is now a third generation car and a successor to a motor that first appeared almost thirty years ago. Best of all, it’s being called a ‘Super Panda’ – now if […]
Ghostbusters, Mission Impossible and Quadrophenia fans should vote now if they want to see their favourite classic film top the tables. Classic motoring fans have less than two weeks to vote for their favourite classic motoring movie and be in with a chance of winning a weekend break, stunt driving course, cinema passes and tickets […]
The provisional dates have been announced for the Dunlop British Touring Car Championship. To make sure you don’t miss out, I have published them here: Round Date Circuit, County 1 Sat 30/Sun 31 March Brands Hatch Indy, Kent 2 Sat 20/Sun 21 April Donington Park, Derbyshire/Leicestershire 3 Sat 4/Sun 5 May Thruxton, Hampshire 4 Sat […]
The first ever Car-Fest, brainchild of car-nut DJ Chris Evans, is being held on Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th of August at Laverstock Park Farm, near Basingstoke. For full details, please go to: www.carfest.org. At the heart of Car-Fest, which will be held at Laverstock Park Farm, home of ’79 Formula One World Champion Jody […]
In case you missed the earlier announcements (both on this site and others), Top Gear Live 2012 is coming very soon – in fact it is running from 25th to 28th October 2012 at the Birmingham NEC. Clarkson, Hammond, May and The Stig will all be there in person (though who the latest variant of […]