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  HRDC To Revive Willhire Racing From the 1980s 2 Apr 2013 (News)
   1980 and 1994. Over the years, the race included both sports and saloon cars, although in later years it ran FIA GpN cars running in the National Saloon Car Cup, which was run by the BRSCC. Thurgood, himself a veteran of the first three Willhire events, is upbeat about the project
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  A Grand Monday: Mercedes-Benz E300D 10 Sep 2018 (News)
  saloon for not much outlay. It has 270,000 miles on the clock, by which time most other cars would be well and truly dead, but with the 3.0-litre diesel engine so beloved of German taxi drivers under the bonnet, it’s actually hardly run in.  It’s not without its blemishes
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  Huge Hoard of '60s and '70s American Classics Found Tucked Away in Thailand 4 Jun 2016 (News)
  More than 100 non-running 1960s and 1970s American Cruisers have been found stored in custom built open sheds in Thailand, near Bangkok. Mostly GM, some Lincolns, didn't see a single MoPar. From what I can gather, a collector has been picking them up from the streets
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  Honda Civic in record-breaking 100mpg real world run 8 Jul 2015 (News)
  An entirely unmodified Honda Civic Tourer has achieved more than 100mpg over thousands of miles, breaking a world record
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  The 'Beast of Turin' lives again 1 Dec 2014 (News)
  at Goodwood Festival of Speed earlier this year , but faced a number of teething problems and wasn’t able to be run. It’s great news for owner Duncan Pittaway, who has spent the past 12 years restoring the car, including rebuilding a seized engine. All Duncan needs to do now is drive
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  Anglia Car Auctions to sell Jeremy Clarkson's Jag 9 Aug 2013 (News)
  A 1999 Jaguar XJR once run by Jeremy Clarkson of Top Gear fame is to go under the hammer at Anglia Car Auctions, King's Lynn as part of its classic sale on Saturday 24th August.  Anglia Car Auctions has a history with Top Gear because 4 years ago Carkson, Hammond
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  Geneva Motor Show 2013: Peugeot/Citroen announces ‘Air’ hybrid 19 Feb 2013 (News)
  mode designed to comply with proposed CO2 free future town centres. The system, called Hybrid-Air, combines a 1.2-litre three-cylinder petrol engine with an air compressor, which compresses air as the engine runs. The air can then be used to assist in turning engine, specifically
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  DVLA plans to increase range of electronic services to increase efficiency and cut bureaucracy 13 Dec 2011 (News)
  that the demands and expectations of customers are changing. The aim is to build service channels around what customers want (speed, accuracy and convenience). At the same time the DVLA must reduce its running costs. The key elements that will allow us to achieve this are doing things online, rationalising our
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  Disco 4 Gets Bradford Bling Treatment 22 Jul 2011 (News)
  this is one Discovery that will never venture off road, nor is likely to take well to speed humps and speed cushions on the school run. Instead, it substitutes the usual fare of Ferraris and Aston Martins with a 7 seater showboat as at home on the motorway or the coastl highway in Dubai as outside
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  Land Rover to showcase hybrid plug-in 'Range_e' 16 Feb 2011 (News)
  on a Range Rover Sport, the Range_e is fitted with a 3.0-litre TDV6 diesel with an eight-speed ZF automatic transmission. Matched with a plug-in parallel diesel hybrid system it offers a premium SUV that can run as a pure electric vehicle. The Range_e is the first capable 4WD model from Land Rover to achieve
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  Lexus RX400h and GS450h hybrids available for hire 7 Feb 2008 (News)
  that they are able to run solely on electric power at lower speeds meaning that no fuel is used and are therefore emission free. In addition to offering green vehicles for hire, Green Motion also abides by its own all embracing environmental policy which incorporates all aspects of their business from
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  Up to £2,025 Off Hyundais from Hyundai 8 Jul 2006 (News)
  www.hyundai.co.uk is offering summer deals to run throughout July, August and September. Getz Supermini, Matrix and Trajet MPV and Coupe customers can save as much as £2,025 on the cost of a new car. Super Getz
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  The 10 least reliable post-manufacturer warranty cars 31 Jul 2017 (News)
  Which models prove the least reliable once their manufacturer warranty runs out? We list the worst 10.
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  Top 10: Nineties hatchbacks for less than a grand 21 Sep 2016 (News)
  Classic cars from the Nineties have been on the up for a while, but there are still some accessible bargains around, especially if you go for run-of-the mill family hatch, which, let’s face it, is where the nostalgia lies...  We pick out our top 10 on-the-cusp classics – buy
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  Top 50 Christmas Gifts 2014 5 Nov 2014 (News)
  We bring you the run down of the 50 best Christmas gift ideas. We've got everything from track experiences to scale models and from handy tools to a V12 coffee machine. We've even picked some favourites and bundled them up for a prize. Click through our gallery for our 2014 Christmas
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  Geneva Motor Show 2014: Top 10 estate cars 4 Mar 2014 (News)
  Estate cars continue to be popular, so there were a few new announcements at the 2014 Geneva Motor Show – whether concepts, fire-breathing performance machines or more mundane, run of the mill models destined to move furniture, dogs and gardening equipment. We count down through
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  Focus On: Wallis and Son 19 Apr 2017 (News)
  Started in 1937, Wallis and Son is celebrating 80 years in the business. The Cambridge garage is now being run by a Elliot Wallis, the third generation of the Wallis family. The entrance, with a 1985 Porsche 911 Carrera and a 1990 Ferrari 348 makes a good first impression
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  Seven out of 10 new car buyers to pay more road tax after 1 April 18 Jan 2017 (News)
  The majority of new car buyers will lose out when new road tax rules come into force on 1 April. Figures show that new 2017 VED rules - which only affect new cars bought after 1 April - will add more than £500 to the long-term running costs of Britain’s most
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  One-off Daewoo Musiro concept car comes up for sale 30 Apr 2015 (News)
  . Had it gone into production, the Musiro would have been powered by a 2.0-litre (150bhp) straight-six engine and would have featured a paddle-shift gearbox. But, of course, this was a one-off concept car created solely for motor show use – which meant no engine, no running gear, no steering
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  New 'smart' motorways to cut journey times by 15 per cent 17 Jul 2014 (News)
  The Government suggests ‘smart’ motorways, which convert the hard shoulder to a running lane, will boost capacity by a third and improve journey times up to 10% on the M1 and 15% on the M3. Construction wlll begin on the M1 between junctions 28 and 31