Millennium Falcon manual is a festive treat
Filed under: Accessories Ok, so it's not technically to do with cars, but this is still a Christmas gift that is sure to bring a smile to any Star Wars fan.Haynes has created an officially licensed...
View ArticleVW Star Wars and Kia ads make YouTube top ten of 2011 (video)
Filed under: Latest News Two car company videos have made YouTube's 2011 top ten list of most popular UK advertisements, with Volkswagen's awesome 'The Force' in at number four and Kia's cat on a...
View ArticleRed Bull clips Webber and Vettel's wings
Filed under: Formula One Red Bull has clipped Mark Webber's wings as the Australian attends his regular outdoor adventure challenge in Tasmania this week. The event has not been run since 2008, when...
View ArticleGrosjean signs deal to be Raikkonen's teammate - report
Filed under: Formula One Lotus has decided to pair Kimi Raikkonen with new GP2 champion Romain Grosjean next year. That is the exclusive claim of the Italian news source Italiaracing, citing "more than...
View ArticleSwizz Beatz Lotus Evora: a successful creative union?
Filed under: Latest News One of the most bizarre unions of this year has to be Lotus hooking up with Music producer Swizz Beatz, and this special Evora is the result. Bet you thought it would have a...
View ArticleSUV buyer sues dealer for 'dead body smell'
Filed under: Humour Ah, there's nothing so lovely as that new car smell. Except when your new car has a whiff of dead body about it. That's what happened to Margarita Salais, who has filed a lawsuit...
View ArticleI should be so lucky: Kylie's Lexus sold at auction
Filed under: Comment Almost a year ago, I reported about an unlikely alliance between Lexus and Australian songstress Kylie Minogue. Besides fronting the advertising campaign, Kylie herself had her own...
View ArticleFerrari Tailor-Made launched: your tackiest desire fulfilled
Filed under: Consumer Ferrari has launched a customisation programme called Tailor-Made, offering buyers the chance to have their every creative whim catered for before taking delivery of their new...
View ArticleWorld's snappiest learner has L plates on Bentley
Filed under: Humour Most of us learn to drive in a crappy Nissan Micra or something, but a teenager in London has been seen getting out of the driver's side of a white Bentley Continental GT. He's...
View Article8,000 drink drivers mistakenly given back licences
Filed under: Latest News In a large and especially badly timed blunder, it's been discovered that over the last two decades, thousands of convicted drink drivers were given back their licences without...
View ArticleMotorway training for learner drivers. Finally!
Filed under: Latest News At last, learner drivers will be allowed on the motorway, hopefully reducing the number of idiot middle lane hoggers, tailgaters and brake tappers that ensure the road network...
View ArticleLotus confirms Grosjean as Raikkonen's teammate
Filed under: Formula One As predicted by international publications ahead of the official announcement, Lotus on Friday confirmed Romain Grosjean as Kimi Raikkonen's teammate for the 2012 season. The...
View Article'New' Kovalainen plans for return to top team
Filed under: Formula One Heikki Kovalainen has admitted a return to a "winning" team could be on the agenda for the not-too-distant future. But the Finn has this week rejected recent speculation that,...
View ArticlePeugeot iOn: Road test
Filed under: Road Tests The iOn is Peugeot's entry into the rapidly evolving electric car market. Think it looks familiar to the Mitsubishi i-MiEV? Well, you'd be right as the iOn is the result of...
View ArticleNew Pirelli calendar has no tyres, only naked ladies (NSFW)
Filed under: Consumer The first shots of the Pirelli 2012 calendar have been revealed, featuring a very undressed Kate Moss. Since its introduction in 1964, the Pirelli calendar has become an iconic...
View ArticleGeorge Harrison's Aston DB5 sells for £350,000
Filed under: Latest News An Aston Martin DB5 once belonging to Beatle George Harrison has sold at auction for £350,000. Sold at an event called Coys True Greats, held at Westminster's Royal...
View ArticleFerrar-ink: F430 Scuderia gets amazing tattoo
Filed under: Latest News French artist Philippe Pasqua has created an amazing tattooed Ferrari by covering the car in skin-tone leather then getting to work inking it, Japanese style. The inked Ferrari...
View ArticleShiela's wheels fall off: ban on women-only car insurance
Filed under: Latest News A European Court ruling has banned the 'bonzer car insurance deals' that women currently have access to, deeming that they breach sex equality laws. The move is aimed at...
View ArticleVideo: Nissan Juke-R on the track
Filed under: Videos Another week, another video of the Nissan Juke-R doing its thing. This one at least shows the car, in full, going very fast around a track. There isn't much left to say about the...
View ArticleTrack pack for Nissan GT-R supercar slayer
Filed under: Consumer Amazingly, Nissan has found some time during its hectic making videos of the Juke-R schedule to think about the car that's stuffed inside the Juke-R, the GT-R. The company has...
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