7 million UK cars "illegal"

7 million UK cars "...

Filed under: Latest News According to a survey by Britannia Rescue of just over 2,000 motorists, almost a quarter (23%) of motorists admit their cars have a defect which renders them illegal and 14% say their vehicle is in urgent need of repair . The most common issue is bald tyres ,...
World’s smallest car resurrected

World’s smallest ...

Filed under: Consumer The world’s smallest ever production car, the Peel P50, has been brought back to life as a zero emissions electric runabout. It gives eco savvy urbanites the opportunity to abandon the G-Wiz and explore new heights of automotive silliness. Measuring at 137cm...
Infiniti M30d GT Premium: Road test review

Infiniti M30d GT Premiu...

Filed under: Road Tests The Infiniti brand has been around since 2009, but despite more dealerships, their cars are still a relatively rare sight in the UK. The M saloon is possibly the company’s most serious attempt at taking on established European rivals and this is the second...
Crash: dust-blinded WRC rally driver demolishes his car

Crash: dust-blinded WRC...

Filed under: Latest News One of the attractions of rallying, apart from the superhuman skill of the drivers, is seeing what happens when things go wrong. Fortunately the incredible strength of the cars means that serious injuries are mercifully rare (notwithstanding F1 driver’s...
Over 1m ‘clocked’ cars found in 2011

Over 1m ‘clocked&...

Filed under: Consumer The car history checkers over at HPI Check have said that more than one million of the cars it looked at last year had an inconsistent mileage reading, suggesting they’d been clocked. The surprising number shows that, far from being an dying issue limited to...
Obscure Atalanta Marque Being Revived By British Restoration Shop, “New” Sports Tourer Coming in 2013

Obscure Atalanta Marque...

A collaboration between a wealthy enthusiast and a restoration shop in Cheshire, England, has resulted in the revival of the little-known, 75-year-old Atalanta brand. The reborn Atalanta Motors will build and sell a “new” Sports Tourer, a model which first debuted in 1937 and was...
BMW Updating 7-series for 2013, ActiveHybrid 7 to Get Improvements

BMW Updating 7-series f...

We’ve learned that BMW is updating the 7-series for 2013, and that the refreshed sedan will go on sale in July. For now, the company is keeping a tight lid on what changes we can expect besides the typical midcycle styling nip and tuck—revised lights and fascias are a given....
2013 Dodge Charger NASCAR Sprint Cup Car Unveiled

2013 Dodge Charger NASC...

With the Charger’s unveiling at Las Vegas Motor Speedway Sunday morning, Dodge became the third of the four NASCAR Sprint Cup manufacturers to reveal its 2013 Cup car. The new car’s body shares far more with the roadgoing Charger that before; it’s part of bringing back the...
Cristiano Ronaldo’s Lamborghini Aventador gets towed

Cristiano Ronaldo’...

Filed under: Humour Cristiano Ronaldo doesn’t have a lot of luck when it comes to his cars. A couple of years ago he famously crashed his Ferrari 599 while going through a tunnel in Manchester. And now he’s had to suffer the dreadful, awful, life-changing shame and disgrace...
Lotus F1 Team Evora GTE: 444 HP and Drenched in Carbon Fiber [Geneva Auto Show]

Lotus F1 Team Evora GTE...

What would Kimi Räikkönen drive? That may or may not be the burning question of the day, but the Geneva auto show provided an answer: On at least some occasions during 2012, the 2007 Formula 1 world champ will show up in an extensively carbon-fibered limited-edition Lotus Evora GTE....

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