Peugeot 208 R2 rally car unveiled

Peugeot 208 R2 rally ca...

Filed under: Motorsport Peugeot pulled out of endurance racing earlier this year , citing costs, but now it’s back in motorsport…and back with the new 208 supermini. [Insert something about 205 GTI here.] The 208 R2 is the first of three competition cars due to come from...
Win a Porsche track car

Win a Porsche track car...

Filed under: Motorsport , Latest News UK motor charity SKIDZ is raffling off a track-prepared Porsche 968 to raise money so that the next generation of young mechanics can be trained up. 500 tickets are being sold, for £25 – and the winner will even get a Porsche experience...
Jason Plato and British Touring Cars: Better Than F1?

Jason Plato and British...

Filed under: Comment After 14 record-breaking years in the British Touring Car Championship (on and off), we probably shouldn’t be surprised at Jason Plato’s latest exploits in the opening races of the 2012 season – fourth, third and first – but it’s hard...
F1 racer announces new sponsor…Angry Birds

F1 racer announces new ...

Filed under: Motorsport The Caterham Formula One team has announced that driver Heikki Kovalainen will be sponsored by Angry Birds for the coming season, wearing the novelty helmet above. For those of you that haven’t caught onto the merrily macabre mobile avifaunal extermination...
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...
Video: Watch a Bugatti Veyron hit 253mph

Video: Watch a Bugatti ...

Filed under: Motorsport The title says it all really. Some chaps in lands far, far away decided to use the mythical hypercar’s special ‘Speed Key’ to unlock the Veyron ‘s full potential and hit its magical 253mph top speed. Yes, we know Top Gear did it a while...
Video: Watch a Bugatti Veyron hit 253mph

Video: Watch a Bugatti ...

Filed under: Motorsport The title says it all really. Some chaps in lands far, far away decided to use the mythical hypercar’s special ‘Speed Key’ to unlock the Veyron ‘s full potential and hit its magical 253mph top speed. Yes, we know Top Gear did it a while...
Video: Watch a Bugatti Veyron hit 253mph

Video: Watch a Bugatti ...

Filed under: Motorsport The title says it all really. Some chaps in lands far, far away decided to use the mythical hypercar’s special ‘Speed Key’ to unlock the Veyron ‘s full potential and hit its magical 253mph top speed. Yes, we know Top Gear did it a while...
Video: This man is much, much braver than you

Video: This man is much...

Filed under: Motorsport Remember when you were a kid and you used to ride your bike in as many weird places as you could? The thrill of balancing it right on the edge of a kerb or making a silly jump was , at the time, hard to beat. Unless you’re this chap. He’s decided to...
Video: Caterham group to move to new Oxfordshire home

Video: Caterham group t...

Filed under: Motorsport The Caterham Group, comprising of the Caterham F1 Team, the GP2 team Caterham Racing and Caterham Cars have announced plans to relocate from their current site in Norfolk to a new home in Leafield, Oxfordshire, in August 2012. Team Principal Tony Fernandes...

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