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Toyota Motor Corporation announced a global recall campaigns for certain Toyota and Lexus models on 24th February. These recalls do not affect right hand drive Toyota or Lexus models sold in the UK. As part of these global campaigns, Toyota is preparing to voluntarily recall some left hand drive European Lexus RX models to address […]
Today, as the first MP4-12C production cars enter the McLaren Technology Centre, segment-best performance data and full technical specification for the innovative new high performance sports car is confirmed. 592 BHP @ 7,000 RPM 443lbs foot of torque @ 3,000-7,000 RPM Weight of 1434 kgs 24.2 MPG 455 BHP per tonne Top speed 205 miles […]
I’d just finished a telephone call to my mother, stating that, due to my careful driving and relentless efforts to keep my driveway free of snow and ice, I have never been stuck in snow in my current vehicle. So, I jumped in my car, ready for another treacherous (but necessary) journey to the local […]
These days, there are a wider variety of transmissions than just about any other time in history. There’s standard manual (with some cars offering six rather than five gears), there’s CVT (continuously variable transmission), DSG (a semi automatic double clutch setup) and even automatic cars with 8 forward gears! My question is then, would you […]
I’ve recently took a journey which took me quite a way southbound down the country. En route to my destination, I managed to have the misfortune of being in not one, but two average speed camera zones. If you’ve never been through one before, it’s a very simple setup. There are cameras positioned along a […]
Auto Windscreens is predicting a fourfold increase in vehicles that fail their MOT due to windscreen damage caused by the UK’s frost damaged roads. Already nearly 2 million vehicles (8.4%) fail their MOT test in the UK each year due to windscreen damage. The freezing weather has left the UK’s roads exposed to a damaging […]
In a welcome return to the ‘technical’ or explanatory articles, here I take a quick look at suicide doors and the reason why they aren’t used in many cars (yes, they do have some disadvantages. What suicide doors are Suicide – or carriage, rear hinged or reversed doors – are doors that open the reverse […]
There’s nothing quite like repeating a journey day after day to dull your senses. This is especially true if you’re the driver of a journey that you take regularly. This can be dangerous due to being lulled into a false sense of security or driving on autopilot. It’s on just those occasions when you must […]
Or rather, driving any older, powerful sports car is quite like riding a motorbike. What do I mean by that? Power The deliver of power on a motorbike can be quite savage – much like the 4-5 litre V8s that appear in many older sports cars. Both need power meeted out in a sensible way […]
Ultimately, the only thing connecting you with the road is four hand sized bits of rubber close to each end of the car. Of course, I’m talking about tyres here and how important they are to overall performance, ability and safety for the car. Here are some terms that you might want to think about […]