In the annual survey of the top 100 vehicle brands, BMW have regained their crown at the top of the tree. Toyota had held that position in 2011 but various factors have caused their slide such as the manufacturing problems following last year’s tsunami. 1. BMW $24.6 2. Toyota $21.8 3. Mercedes $16.1 4. Honda $12.7 […]

Performance cars come in all shapes and sizes and the Fiat Abarth is no exception. We are enthusiasts and it is great to see what they can come up with. So the idea of a £30,000 500 Abarth may seem extravagant but we love it all the same. The Abarth 695 Tributo Ferrari as it […]

The Land Rover Defender has been with us since the 1950s and remains the most rugged vehicle in the world. So coming up with a redesign is going to be a heck of a job. You need to keep its distinctive looks in order to mark it out as something different and it needs to […]

Plans to raise the motorway speed limit to 80 mph will cost up the £1 billion claim safety campaigners. This is merely a monetary value as the real cost of death and injury can never be measured in such terms. For many years now there has been a concerted effort to increase the limit from […]

VW are to introduce the all new performance Polo R-WRC to this year’s World Rally Championship, with its competition debut in early 2013. But interestingly VW have also bought out the road going concept car. This car is no marketing exercise and you will be able to buy one for the road towards the end […]

Porsche 918 Insurance In a heavily disguised camouflage scheme, Porsche are finally showing the road test version of their 918 hypercar. The car has been seen testing with all sorts of bits hanging off it but now it is starting to look real. Production is set to start in September 2013 and we will be raedy with […]

Hot on the heals of the Abarth 695 Tributo Ferrari, a new 180bhp model has been produced, the Abarth 695 Maserati Edition – and it is a convertible too! Whether we use our Maserati insurance of Fiat Abarth insurance will be open to debate, but will depend on the individual risk factors. This car has […]

It hasn’t taken long but Gazoo Racing have already supercharged and turbocharged a Toyota GT86 up to 320 bhp! We will look at providing Toyota GT86 insurance for modified cars but even we may struggle to place something like this. Luckily (or maybe not) the car is a one off but maybe it will give […]

Our friends at Pistonheads have run an interesting article about how to drive through a stretch of road protected by Specs cameras. These aren’t like Gatsos or hand held devices – they just sit there and record your ‘average’ speed over a given distance. But what is the best way to drive through these. Those […]