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Jaguar and the Historic Sports Car Club (HSCC) have announced further details of the Jaguar Heritage Challenge race series, including event dates, classes and eligible cars. Entrants and drivers can visit http://www.hscc.org.uk/jaguar-heritage-challenge – a new web page dedicated to the series for further information and to apply for an entry. This exciting new racing championship […]
The choice of SUV to buy is now staggering. The market is huge and more new cars seem to arrive in this segment than just about everything else. That’s good news for those who want maximum space inside, but historically it has come with the cost of higher emissions, higher fuel consumption and everyone turning […]
To further tempt customers away from diesel power, Audi has unveiled a new 3 cylinder engine for the A1 supermini. The first petrol unit with this configuration ever to be installed in an Audi model, the latest A1 variant promises to bring 67mpg-plus economy, peppy performance and the premium hallmarks that distinguish every Audi within even […]
There are a number of things to look for when choosing any car, but the primary of which (unless you’re seriously rich and can have a car in each cateogory) tends to be that it does everything you need with little in the way of compromise. The family car can be a particularly difficult model […]
If you saw the most recent episode of Top Gear (as aired for the first time on 8th February 2015), you’ll have chortled at the antics of Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond as they created ambulances to rival the NHS wagon as currently used to transport the ill to hospital. Well, the three […]
Once again, rather than risk diluting the message, here’s the facts straight from Suzuki: Following a condition experienced when carrying out an emergency braking test from high speed by Autocar magazine on a private road test facility on 30th January, Suzuki carried out an immediate investigation into the cause and is now in a position […]
One of the things that can make a or break a car is colour choice. If we said Ford Focus ST most people will bring to mind the bright orange one that was shown in the Top Gear review. Likewise if we said Maserati MC12, it’s the famous blue and white livery that comes to […]
BEN, the automotive industry charity has moved its ever popular summer event from the last Saturday in June to the first Saturday in July. The new date is 4th July 2015 and there will be an extraordinary array of vintage, classic cars and motorcycles departing from Ascot Racecourse in convoy through scenic Windsor Great Park […]
Breakdown cover specialist GEM Motoring Assist is encouraging drivers to put safety first on motorway journeys. The advice follows a recent crash on the M4 in south Wales which left 28 people injured. GEM chief executive David Williams MBE offered some reassurance for drivers: “Motorways may be the fastest roads we use, but they are statistically […]
Rather than amend the information, I’ll pass it on as I received it directly from Suzuki below: Following a condition experienced when carrying out an emergency braking test by a journalist from Autocar magazine on the 30th January, Suzuki carried out an immediate investigation into the cause of this condition. As a direct result of […]