I’ve been running around in a hire car for the last two months, which you’ll immediately think is a rather expensive way of running around. In fairness, you’d be right, but it’s not quite as clear cut as you might imagine. I was short of a car for a fewContinue Reading
Drive the Kia Ceed from the factory back to the UK? Sure. Where’s it built? Slovakia…Continue Reading
Europcar delivered its Volkswagen Golf to me, presented spotlessly clean and with just a couple of hundred miles on the clock. You might be wondering why I’ve even got a hire car. Those that know me will know there’s usually an array of cars on the driveway, with anything fromContinue Reading
Last year saw adventurer Chris Ramsey take his Nissan Leaf across continents to complete the Mongol Rally. This year there’s another Nissan going, but it’s arguably a less appealing proposition. The infamous rally, starting this week and continuing until mid-august, has been entered by the Tiki Tourers in a 17-year-oldContinue Reading
The war of words between North Korea and the USA has intensified over the last year. President Trump certainly hasn’t held back on his views of the Korean peninsula’s secretive state, but announcing that he has a bigger and more dangerous nuclear button, and that the USA meet them “withContinue Reading
It’s a guilty pleasure, but who of us hasn’t dropped into a McDonald’s drive-thru on the way home from work?Continue Reading
Despite little support from the classic car community, the government is introducing new MOT rules for cars over 40 years old.Continue Reading
Bridgestone has a gripping tale to tell.Continue Reading
If you want to know what lengths manufacturers go to ensuring its new cars are able to withstand the punishment of the M25, look no further than this video from Seat.Continue Reading
Green Flag is offering car drivers the chance to get down and dirty, and win some cash in the process.Continue Reading
Kids get all the fun. While we get to drive the new Skoda Karoq, it’s the youngsters that get to play with it. Or, specifically, play with a Kid Karoq made entirely from cardboard.Continue Reading
The average car on UK roads is around seven years old, and over that time it’s likely that deposits will have built up in the vehicle’s engine, reducing efficiency and increasing emissions. This can be minimised by using premium fuels (we’ve seen the evidence ourselves after using Shell’s V-Power petrol)Continue Reading
It’s a month since the driving test changed, something most of us won’t actually be aware of. Once you’ve passed your test, it becomes an irrelevance, a piece of history that you probably try to forget.Continue Reading
Can you make a dash cam stand out from all the other dash cams? Garmin thinks so…Continue Reading
If you’ve ever driven a horrible Honda or a scary Skoda, you’ll appreciate that motoring can sometimes be an expensive business.Continue Reading
Citroen’s quirky C4 Cactus gets quirkier…Continue Reading
September sees the biennial staging of one of the biggest and most prestigious international motor shows; the Internationale Automobil-Ausstellung, or the Frankfurt Motor Show to everybody else. The show slogan this year is ‘Future Now’ with many world premiere public launches of new cars as well as the latest mobileContinue Reading
