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Well, here we are, a new year is upon us already. We’re set to see some amazing cars in 2014 – everything from the official reveal of the new Ferrari LaFerrari all the way through to the more mundane (but sure to sell by the bucket loads) Nissan Qashqai. Rumours abound of a new car […]
So, you’ve got a significant amount of disposable income to spend on an extremely quick, very aggressive coupe. Santa has clearly been very good to you indeed. Perhaps Autocar has been just as good in testing Jaguar XKR-S GT, the Aston Martin V12 Vantage S and the Mercedes C63 AMG Black Series. Just which of […]
The new Aston Martin Vanquish, Ferrari F12 Berlinetta, Jaguar XKRS GT, McLaren 12C Sprint and Telsa Model S will converge on Birmingham’s NEC to headline the supercar presence at the Performance Car Show on 9-12 January 2014. Boasting almost 3,000bhp between them, the cars will take the spotlight on the stand of automotive magazine Autocar, […]
The BMW 3 Series in now in the fifth incarnation. Whilst the visual jewellery and front end are new, the car is instantly recognisable. This latest variant from BMW does not disappoint, and certainly not in 320D form. Compare and contrast a sprint of less than 8 seconds to sixty along with 60 MPG and […]
I would like to take this opportunity to wish the readers of Car Articles a happy Christmas. I hope that you all got the presents you want and more importantly got to spend time with those you love. We’ll be taking a couple of days off to enjoy the festive celebrations but we’ll be back […]
Road safety charity the IAM is offering weekly motoring tips from Britain’s top advanced driver, Peter Rodger. This week, as we plan our journeys home for Christmas, he is advising on driving on the motorway in the dark. Rodger offers tips on driving on the motorway at night: Driving in the dark can cause extra […]
So, what makes a GT car? A useful passenger space? A boot? Some performance? Well, how about the proposition of the fastest production Ferrari ever. The F12berlinetta is a ludicrously wide, insanely fast car that is capable of munching miles with aplomb. Alternatively, stick to the back roads and the ferocious 6.3-litre V12 engine has […]
How many of us choose the winter to buy a used car? Probably not that many I’d suppose. However, I’ve managed to do it myself twice now. Both occasions have been out of necessity rather than design I’m sad to say. Luckily though, I managed to pick out a gem – or at the very […]
In this video, XCar awards a car the 2013 Affordable Car award. What do you make of the video? Is there anything in there you don’t think should be included, and if so why? Can affordable also be fun? You decide. As always, comments are invited in the section below.
The latest Volkswagen Golf (seventh gen) is the prize winner for the 2013 Car Articles Economical Car Of The Year 2013. A recently undertaken independent test verified an astonishing capacity for this car to return 97 miles per gallon. Match this with a great chassis, a reasonable level of standard kit including DAB radio, new […]