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Renault Sport has shown just why their hatchbacks keep winning awards in a number of categories – the new limited edition Mégane Renaultsport 265 Trophy set a new benchmark time for a production-specification front-wheel drive car at the Nürburgring’s infamous Nordschleife circuit. The time set was an extremely quick 8 minutes and 8 seconds. Laurent […]
A friend of mine has a Subaru Impreza WRX and another a fast Ford. Yet another has a supremely frugal Fiat 500. My question is, do you sacrifice not just speed but responsiveness to fuel economy? My friend who had an RX-8 wouldn’t buy anything with less than 200 horsepower!
As per this article from The Mail Online, ministers are considering a change in the law that means anyone dropping litter from a vehicle could be liable to pay a fine of £80 – however it’ll be the driver that gets billed for it! This may not be the case if a passenger can be […]
You’ll not have to wait much longer for the eagerly awaited GTC, as the latest car from Vauxhall will be arriving soon. The first production version of the Astra GTC will receive its world premiere at the Frankfurt Motor Show, on September 15th, with first cars appearing in UK showrooms late autumn this year. This […]
The British GT3 Championship is something that I’ve been to see live – it’s a great spectacle. This shocking crash is from Oulton Park 2011 and it’s quite some shunt. Luckily everyone made it out of the car.
It’s amazing how differently your car can handle in wet versus dry conditions. The tread in your tyre suddenly has to work in order to provide a rubber to road connection that it didn’t have to do previously. And yet do you even consider this when the rain starts to pour down? I can certainly […]
MSN has an excellent new article that looks at the common tricks that car thieves up and down the country use to steal our motors. As always, Car Articles best advice is to make sure your motor is secured at all times – even if you’re only nipping to buy a pint of milk.
The Telegraph looks at the £13.4 billion pothole debacle that’s ongoing in the UK and how one political party is blaming the other – without actually getting to grips with or bothering to fix the problem. My suggestion is, rather than finger pointing, they should actually get on with the repair of the road network […]
So which would you choose? Both the Virage and the Mercedes SLS AMG are tested here by Auto Express. I prefer the styling of the Virage but the SLS does have more power… Decisions decisions!
Here’s the latest press release from Netcars.com on our car buying habits: It’s enough to put the brakes on any relationship – five per cent of married men say they spent longer looking for a new motor than did searching for a wife, according to a new survey. More than one in ten males also […]