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Well, we can now all breathe a sigh of relief. FOTA, the Formula One Teams’ Association, has signed conditional entry to the F1 2010 season. The Association includes the teams that were previously holding out of signing due to the £40million budget cap, but this seems to have been somewhat placated by a £100million cap […]
Some of you may be aware of Project Splitwheel. The Project was partnered with Caterham Cars and was destined to design, via all members, a new car. Unfortunately, Project Splitwheel now appears to be on hold. This is what they had to say about the pause in activity: “It is with regret that we announce […]
Nationwide Autocentre, which has 223 centres across the UK, was touched by an appeal issued by the NSPCC earlier this year, urging people not to forget about the charity even though the country was struggling through a recession. The company has launched an initiative which will see it donate £10 on behalf of customers paying […]
Is there any stopping this man at the moment when it comes to his F1 racing career? I’d certainly argue not given his current form. I have to say, it’s quite likely that, even if the rest of the field managed to develop their cars to make them more competitive, Jenson Button’s car will still […]
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 […]
Peugeot is delighted to announce that, to celebrate the launch of its brand new 308 Coupé Cabriolet – the convertible for all seasons – it has commissioned BOND, the all-female multi-million selling original electric string quartet, to write and record a new arrangement of classical music’s most popular work – the Four Seasons. The recording […]
After a shaky start, the scrappage scheme is now in full swing. Whilst many will be opting to use their old banger to get money off a small new car (and thus reduce the price by a significant percentage), the real heroes do something else. The real heroes use their old cars to secure money […]
Auto Express has a story on a Le Mans racer being designed by Swedish firm GreenGT. The extraordinary thing however is that they claim the car will be a Le Mans racer – but it is electrically powered! Granted, they’re not saying that it’s going to be running this year, or even the next – […]
The new VW Golf GTI is set to be launched on May 22nd, and to let us all have a taste of the action prior to the big date, Volkswagen have produced a really cool microsite. The site is a Scalextric game on a huge scale, which allows enthusiasts to race online against other players […]
This is a new feature for Car Articles – but it’s something I hope you’ll warm to. Basically, every so often I’ll stick up something rather special – a car that you’d love to have. Indeed, it would be ‘something for the weekend’. In this pilot feature, the ‘something’ in question is the Aston Martin […]