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The deadline is fast approaching… have you entered the IAM RoadSmart competition to become the charity’s Younger Driver Ambassador yet? The coveted internship runs from September 2017 to July 2018 and the job will be fully salaried and come with a company car. The ambassador will be travelling the country spreading the road safety message […]
The Volvo XC60 as most people know it has been around for nine years now. Interestingly, it has sold in increasing numbers, to the point where the previous year it sold more than it had at any other point. What do we take from that? Quite simply that as reviews have gotten around and people […]
In a rare departure for our ‘Something For The Weekend’ series, we at Car Articles have decided to turn our focus to a car not yet on release. The reason for this change is that we have such high hopes for the Arteon and what it should mean for Volkswagen. Whilst the German marque had […]
The Fast Car Festival returns to Donington Park on Sunday 2nd July 2017. The show mixes hypercars and race cars through to hot-hatches and highly modified examples in a static and track display. For 2017, the show builds on last year’s event with more impressive features including a Motorsport Paddock, 200mph Club and an area […]
Prompted by the huge success of last year’s concours event, The Warren Classic and Supercar Show will take place again for 2017, being held on Sunday 24th September within the scenic surroundings of the exclusive The Warren Golf & Country Club, located near Maldon in Essex, and convenient for London, the Kentish ports and the […]
The SEAT Ateca FR is the sporty edition of the really rather good new SUV from the Spanish marque. The update will see a choice of four different powerplants; namely two diesels and two petrol variants. The range begins with the 1.4 Eco TSI 150 PS, available with six-speed manual or DSG-auto transmission. Well worthy […]
Renault UK has revealed new research that explores the importance of family time in the car as a place of honest conversations and storytelling. The study found that the family car is becoming a travelling confessional with over half (54%) of kids are more likely to open up about topics such as what happened at school and trouble with friends […]
We at Car Articles quite often go on about the desire for a well rounded car. We all want something quick, economical and everyday usable. However, it is a massive challenge to car designers to meet such a wide ranging brief. This is why we so so many segments and so many SUVs. The 2017 […]
When you think about it, tyres are pretty much up there as one of the most significant parts of your vehicle. Why is that? Well simply put, you have four little contact patches that actually touch the road at any given time. Your tyres are it. Yet strangely they seem to frequently get neglected, with […]
A British Army Air Corps’ fully operational Land Rover equipped as a camouflaged mobile radio unit will be on show as part of an impressive line-up at Beaulieu’s Simply Land Rover on Sunday 25th June. Now in its fifth year, the celebration of one of the oldest and best-loved off-roading marques attracts every derivative of […]