Car Blog & Car News
We’re in recession territory now and its official. Just look at the rising level of inflation – not very good at all. However, it’s not all doom and gloom now is it? The great news is that petrol has (in some areas at least) gone down to 99.9p per litre. This cost actually can be […]
Lewis Hamilton had what looked to be the race in Japan sown up with a fantastic pole position from the qualifiers, but sadly this wasn’t to be. He finished outside the points in 12th place as he didn’t recover from a collision with Felipe Massa in the early stages of the race. Unsurprisingly for the […]
The new Ford Fiesta is a great looking car and by all accounts is just a brilliant all-rounder. This is confirmed in the fact that it is one of the few cars that will be seeing a global release – making it almost as significant as the Ford Model T (albeit not as groundbreaking). What […]
Welcome to the modern age. It’ll take you a long time to get where you’re going and when you do, unless you’ve been totally fastidious in your driving, there’s a good possibility you’ll have a few more points on your license. Why is that? Well, there’s a network of new cameras coming and they NEVER […]
Navevo, the UK’s leading specialist GPS software developer, has today announced the launch of BBNav, the first dedicated Blue Badge sat-nav solution, specifically designed to support disabled drivers and those caring for the disabled, such as their families or carers. To assist Blue Badge holders in finding suitable parking locations and points of interest, Navevo […]
It has been reported today that councils apparently spend more on pothole compensation claims than they do on repairing the roads that we drive on. The story goes that about £53 million was paid out to motorists in England and Wales last year, according to councils whose staff spent 40,801 days dealing with claims. This […]
Known as the Sports Tourer, it will be available to UK buyers in the second quarter of 2009 and will feature two new engines – a more powerful turbodiesel and a smaller capacity turbocharged petrol unit – in addition to the five powerplants available from launch in the saloon and hatchback models. An ecoFLEX Sports […]
As I’ve previously mentioned here, I wasn’t able to take part in this years’ Racing Driver Of The Year event due to health problems, much to my huge disappointment. However, someone other than yours truly had to win, and the honour this year went to none other than James Corte. Here’s what Vauxhall had to […]
In what some consider to be a move of madness, a city centre road has been stripped of every marking and road sign in a bid to make motorists drive more carefully. Pedestrian crossing have gone, as have white lines indicating lanes, in the hope that drivers will slow down to get a better idea […]
I received an email from Aston Martin today, which had some more information on the One-77: Over the coming months we will share more details about the Aston Martin One-77. From its conception, through to the first test drives, and its breathtaking performance, you will be able to follow the whole story as it unfolds […]