I like to drive using my hands and my feet in a kind of traditional way. That is, the hands control the steering wheel and occasionally help grind through the gears before trying to find a radio station which doesn’t […]
After a record low in the year preceding it, 2011 saw an increase in accident fatalities involving a driver with too much alcohol in his / her blood. The Institute of Advanced Motorists says we should be worried. According to […]
Cars evolve over time, don’t they? This usually happens so slowly that we barely even notice it. Until I recently bought my own retro vehicle it had been years since I had used a wind down window, seen an old […]
Do you have an elderly relative who still drives? I only ask because a judge recently advised people to think hard about whether or not their older family members should still be out on the roads. The piece of advice […]
‘Not a chance!’ – was the general reaction in our office when we first heard the rumours about the Seat Leon FR+ Supercopa deal was coming. Now it has arrived and there is more than a chance – it is […]
Whether you have leased for years or are completely new to it, these top tips should help you navigate the overwhelming amount of information you can find about leasing online. Some simple steps from FVL can help to cut through […]
It’s not that long since Vauxhall gave its Astra a facelift and now they are launching a BiTurbo 2litre diesel model. Available in the five door hatch and the Sports Tourer, the new performance diesel has 195PS and 400Nm of […]
Car insurance premiums keep rising, according to a report. In fact, according to the official figures the average policy costs over £1,000 a year. Can this be true? I don’t doubt the good people at AA Insurance who carried out […]
James Bond, he’s kind of alright, isn’t he? However, the obsession which many people have with 007 is one of the (many) things in life which I can never understand. Personally, I think he drives a more than decent car […]
The French automotive industry is on its ass. The economic crisis, as we all know caused by banks, has hit particularly hard in France with those manufacturers that haven’t got seriously big operations in emerging markets: PSA Peugeot-Citroen and Renault, […]
Volkswagen was one of the first Western carmakers to partner up with a native Chinese manufacturer to produce and sell VW cars in China. Now it turns out that one of their partners, FAW – First Automobile Works – is […]
Beetle lovers will be able to enjoy two engines to the range with either a 2.0-litre 140 PS TDI turbodiesel engine, or a 2.0-litre 200 PS TSI turbocharged petrol engine. The latter is enough to propel this bug from zero […]
What do you have in your front garden? Flowers or a Ford? Rhododendrons or a Rover? It seems that more and more Brits are ripping up their lawns and paving over their garden to give themselves somewhere to park their […]
Now the summer holidays have begun it’s time for the annual summer anti-drink drive PR push to warn motorists from taking a risk with having one too many. And the first outfit to issue a ‘news’ release is the IAM […]