Month: October 2013

Sam Frank Manflu – it always strikes me at this time of year and, last week, it duly struck. Remember those good old-fashioned colds which used to make you a […]

Land Rover is extending the customer appeal of its family of luxury vehicles with the launch of a new long-wheelbase Range Rover (above) and the addition of an exclusive specification […]

Britain’s largest car producer, Nissan, has teased the 2014 Qashqai ahead of its launch in little over a week’s time. Nissan says the launch of the car that it describes […]

Prime Minister David Cameron joined 600 apprentices and employers from a wide range of UK businesses at MINI’s factory in Cowley to unveil an initiative to reform the way apprenticeships […]

The Guild of Specialist Engineers has set up a new apprenticeship programme, which will see many more young people in the UK working with historic transport. The Guild has recently […]

John Slavin Caterham has opened the order books for its latest take on the classic Seven sports car. Powered by a 660cc three-cylinder Suzuki turbo engine with 79bhp, the emphasis […]

Keith Adams Fifteen years ago this week, car show fever was sweeping across the land. Birmingham’s NEC played host to the British International Motor Show, and it was an absolute […]

Dan Powell Charles Morgan has vowed to appeal a decision to remove him from the board of the Morgan Motor Company Limited. Issuing a statement on his personal blog, Charles […]

Three Range Rover Diesel Hybrid prototypes have traversed 13 countries over 53 days from Solihull to Mumbai. It is the world’s first ever hybrid expedition along the Silk Trail. Hostile […]

Peter Barratt and the Team United America Wrenchers had just two days to turn four barn find wrecks into at least one race car for the LeMons race in Houston. […]

Keith Adams Love-it-or-hate-it, Christmas is fast approaching, and that means most of us are thinking of anything but buying a new car. Well, I say ‘most of us’ – if […]

Martyn Kelham As a kid I always dreamed of adventures in cars – I had a little Post Office Telephone Dinky Morris Series E van that I imagined I travelled […]

Keith Adams According to our archive, it’s 50 years since the Rover P6 was first launched. Again, it’s another of those birthdays that catches the more casual car enthusiast by […]

The Land Rover Defender – one of the few genuinely classic cars you can still buy new – is to go out of production in 2015. The iconic off-roader, which […]

Dan Powell The RAC believes that the average price of petrol and diesel will drop by as much as 4p per litre in the coming weeks, following a fall in […]

Mike Humble A few years back, when I was buying and selling buses and coaches, I got itchy feet and missed the frantic bustling environment of a proper car showroom. […]

Toyota has launched a search for Britain’s most promising young talent to join its UK operations. Recruitment is under way for its student placement scheme, giving undergraduates a great opportunity […]

MG has improved its MG6 GT and Magnette diesel range by cutting CO2 levels to 129g/km. The improvements mean both MGs are an attractive proposition for fleet managers, with tax […]

Keith Adams The London Taxi is heading down under, thanks to a deal struck with the authorities in Perth, Western Australia. A test sample of 98 used white factory demonstrator […]

Mike Humble I simply adore a car that requires a squirt of juice and a dab of throttle to operate. It is, after all, what we all need in a […]

The Leyland Princess website, which is celebrating its 10th birthday, has pulled off quite a coup for its stand at the 2013 Lancaster Insurance Classic Motor Show held at the […]