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Motorists Call for ban on Drinking?

Forty per cent of the UK’s motorists think there should be a total ban on drinking before driving. A recent survey by an Insurance Company who only cover non-convicted drivers (and will remain nameless!), has revealed that 34 per cent of motorists don’t know how many units of alcohol are in an average strength pint […]
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Next Defender To Be Confirmed By 2013

61 years of mud-plugging draws to an end for hardiest Landy. Land Rover remains committed to replacing the Defender in its line-up, and will have to define its replacement in the next three years. It told Australian website GoAuto Newsthat modern safety and emissions laws are making the rugged Defender untenable, and the car’s current […]
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Range Rover – Car of the Decade

Online magazine poll puts Rangie ahead of Veyron, GT-R and Tata Nano… A top ten list of anything is usually good for a punch-up, and the result of Autocar magazine’s top 10 cars of the decade survey looks as if it might deliver the goods. According to their online reader poll that ran for two weeks […]
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Range Rover Evoque

JLR has announced a £30k ‘indicative’ starting price for the new Range Rover Evoque, along with a jolly set of pictures showing the car in its final production form. Available in 4×4 or with front-wheel drive only, the Evoque will also come in a trio of optional trim levels, ranging from a relatively restrained approach […]
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VW Golf GTi Edition 35

To us, hot hatches still have to be a little bit sensible – they are often a daily driver, after all – and the Golf just doesn’t quite match up to expectations. Even tickling the throttle on longer journeys we’re lucky to muster anything better than an mpg figure in the high 20s, and even […]
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Kit Car Event Brands Hatch

As any petrolhead knows, seeing high performance cars sat idly on static display just doesn’t compare with being able to see, hear and feel them being driven in the manner for which they were intended. Combine that with the current boom in both track days and kit cars designed for track day use and you have the […]
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Ferrari F355

The Ferrari F355 was first shown to the world at the 1994 Geneva Motor Show and it immediately became the most desirable supercar this side of the McLaren F1. It went on sale shortly afterwards in Berlinetta coupe and GTS targa guises, with a full convertible Spider arriving a year later. Prices started at £83,031 […]
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Lamborghini Aventador Insurance Information

Lamborghini has finally revealed its new Aventador LP700-4 supercar, the long-awaited (and much teased and leaked) successor to the venerable Murcielago. But although the Aventador makes its physical debut at the Geneva show, customers will have to wait until late summer to get the cars on their driveways. Oh, and they’ll have to hand over […]
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Range Rover Evoque SD4 2.2 Dynamic Coupe

Yummy mummy must-have or a worthy baby Range Rover? The Range Rover Evoque deserves your close attention, whether you’d ever actually be seen dead in one or not. This is an important car for Jaguar-Land Rover, for the industry – for British design and manufacturing. So it’s satisfying to hear that it’s actually pretty damned […]
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Honda Civic Type R

Honda Civic Type-R (EP3) The engine is insane – easily the most impressive four-cylinder normally-aspirated production engine at the time, alongside Honda’s other high-revving motor in the S2000. It is like an effusive, bubbly, fun child – brilliant when you are in the mood, but a pain when you are not, and incapable of doing […]
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BMW Z3 M Coupe

Mad looks, lairy handling and rare with it, the BMW Z3 M is an acquired but tempting choice. Contemporary cult classic or quirky oddball, the BMW Z3 M Coupe divides opinion. Whatever your view, there’s no doubt this M car provided a shot in the arm for BMW fans when it was revealed at the 1997 […]
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Porsche Classic Cars

40 years of 2.7 RS celebrated by both Porsche and independents alike. If there’s one brand you can’t escape in any of the Techno Classica’s 20 halls it’s Porsche, and specifically 911s. Sure, there are 356s, 914s and others but 911s of all hues and types dominate and if you’re in the market for a […]
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Classic Volkswagen Golf

Surrounded by Gullwing Mercedes, classic Ferraris and all manner of glitzy displays you might think VW would struggle to make much of an impression at Techno Classica. But, together with other group brands Audi, Lamborghini, Bugatti, SEAT and Skoda it’s brought out some seriously cool – and quirky – cars. There’s a unique Golf on […]
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BMW M Car Insurance

40 years of M cars and some very tasty Alpinas make it worth the trip to Essen alone. One of the things that makes Essen special is the cooperation between manufacturer classic departments and the enthusiast-run clubs that are a big part of the German car scene. Beautiful E21 320 part of 3 Series display. Which […]
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World’s fastest Nissan R35 GTR

With 1,250hp this Shropshire lad’s certainly no slouch. If somebody asked you where the world’s fastest Nissan GT-R came from, you would probably suggest some deeply deranged tuning works in Japan, or possibly a Californian custom shop. You would not think that the Shropshire town of Telford would be in the running. Keith Michaels currently insure […]
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