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Goodwood is delighted to announce the provisional dates for both the Festival of Speed and Revival meeting in 2015. The Festival of Speed, which celebrates the very best from the past and present of motoring and motor sport, will be held on 25-28 June, 2015. As has become tradition, the event will open with the […]
The Volkswagen Golf R has been voted the best performance car to have in the wet according to Autocarmagazine. With November signalling the start of the three wettest months on the calendar, and a general decline in road conditions, driving a higher performance car can be something of a handful for many owners. Last year, […]
What Car? is asking its readers to vote for the car they believe will be the most exciting of 2015, as part of the 38th annual What Car? Car of the Year Awards, in association with Warranty Direct. Readers can vote at http://www.whatcar.com/readeraward until 00.01 on December 1, with the HPI–sponsored Reader Award winner being announced at the UK’s most prestigious […]
The Audi RS6 and Mercedes R-Class are more likely to suffer suspension damage than any other cars in the UK, according to a new study by Warranty Direct. Fiat’s six-seater Multipla and the Jaguar XK sports car are the next most vulnerable, with 29 and 28.5 percent of Warranty Direct customers claiming for damage to […]
Volvo, ever the innovators in the area of vehicle safety, have gone another step in attempting to wipe out road deaths. The latest technology being trialled is 360° view, designed to provide the driver with a full view around the car to eliminate any blind spots that the vehicle may have. The technology trial was […]
The new Small Family Citroën C4 Cactus received four stars, a creditable result against Euro NCAP tougher requirements. The small off-Road 4X4 Nissan X-Trail and the Business and Family Van Mercedes-Benz V-Class both achieved Euro NCAP’s maximum five star overall rating. The X-Trail was rewarded for crash avoidance systems such as Autonomous Emergency Braking and Lane Departure Warning, included in the rating as from 2014. The […]
Leading road safety charity, the Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM) has revealed that overseas drivers have escaped 23,295 speeding offences since January 2013 – the equivalent of £2.3 million worth of speeding tickets. The figures were revealed following a freedom of information request to police authorities, which asked how many overseas motorists had been caught by […]
Here at Car Articles we have regularly commented that SUVs are just about the most popular class of vehicle that are currently being manufactured. It seems that just about every other day we have an announcement of either a new model or alternatively a refreshed and updated car. We hope then that the Fiat 500X […]
The Mail Online has reported that significant discounts are available on the right new car – some as much as a third! The information comes from What Car? research indicating that mystery shoppers that haggled hard could save thousands on some popular marques. The BMW ActiveHybrid 7L M Sport came top in money saving, with […]
Nobody wants to be left stranded on the hard shoulder, but if you don’t take care of your car there’s every possibility you will be. Here are the latest tips from The IAM (Institute of Advanced Motorists) to guide you through looking after your car, because basic maintenance goes a long way. Charged battery A […]