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Save A Mint With The New Value-Packed Volkswagen Polo Match

Save A Mint With The New Value-Packed Volkswagen Polo Match

Volkswagen's Polo range now offers customers even greater value for money, thanks to the addition of a new Match model which replaces the existing SE and Moda trim levels and provides £650 worth of equipment - but with a pricetag that means it costs £215 less than those models. Prices for the Polo Match start at £ ... Continue reading

Calling All Classic Cars To Beaulieu Simply Classics 2011

Calling All Classic Cars To Beaulieu Simply Classics 2011

On Sunday 28th August, the first ever Simply Classics event will be taking place within the Beaulieu attraction. This promises to be a great day out for all classic car and bike enthusiasts, providing the opportunity to admire a stunning line-up of classic vehicles and motorcycles. ... Continue reading

More Power, Reduced Co2, An 8-Speed Transmission And Improved Interior Features For The Range Rover Sport In 2012

More Power, Reduced Co2, An 8-Speed Transmission And Improved Interior Features For The Range Rover Sport In 2012

The exceptional 3.0-litre SDV6 diesel engines in the Range Rover Sport now offer even greater efficiencies, with reduced CO2, improved fuel economy and an increase in power for 2012. The output of the 245hp engine has been increased to 256hp whilst CO2 emissions have been reduced from 243g/km to 230g/km. ... Continue reading

Abarth Punto Evo Now Available In Esseesse Form

Abarth Punto Evo Now Available In Esseesse Form

The wait is over. Abarth's sparkling Punto Evo model has just been given a further boost with the option of the tuning brand's esseesse conversion. ... Continue reading

MAN Versus MiTo: Former European And Commonwealth Champion Iwan Thomas Tackles The Alfa MiTo

MAN Versus MiTo: Former European And Commonwealth Champion Iwan Thomas Tackles The Alfa MiTo

In anticipation of the forthcoming domestic season, Alfa Romeo, Official Car Supplier to UK Athletics (UKA), has staged a racing athletics challenge, pitting MAN (former European and Commonwealth 400m Champion, Iwan Thomas) against MACHINE (Alfa MiTo) in a 3.8-mile race around central London's bustling city streets, st ... Continue reading

Transport Minister Opens Green Charging Facility At CEME

Transport Minister Opens Green Charging Facility At CEME

The Transport Minister, Norman Baker MP, today opened a new solar assisted electric vehicle charging facility at the Centre of Engineering and Manufacturing Excellence (CEME) in Rainham, East London. Ford Transit Connect Electric vehicles were the first users of the facility, known as eTap, installed by Essex-based com ... Continue reading

Uk Market Leader Ford Increases Car Sales And Share For Second Consecutive Month

Uk Market Leader Ford Increases Car Sales And Share For Second Consecutive Month

Ford car sales beat the downward market trend in June and again boosted its UK leadership with increased sales and share, compared with June 2010. The Ford Fiesta and the Ford Focus were once more the number one and two bestsellers in June, and for the year to date, with the Ford Transit continuing its 46th year as the ... Continue reading

Ford Of Britain 100: Image Of The Week - 27/52

Ford Of Britain 100: Image Of The Week - 27/52

To celebrate the centenary of Ford of Britain in 2011 the company is exploring its photo archive to reveal rarely seen images. ... Continue reading

Rolls-Royce Motor Cars And Joseph Perillo Open New Chicago Dealership

Rolls-Royce Motor Cars And Joseph Perillo Open New Chicago Dealership

Rolls-Royce Motor Cars and Joe Perillo, Dealer Principal and General Manager of Gold Coast Exotic Imports, LLC, recently announced the official opening of Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Gold Coast in Chicago, IL. ... Continue reading

Classic Nostalgia - Re-Live The Fifties On Sunday, 24th July 2011

Classic Nostalgia - Re-Live The Fifties On Sunday, 24th July 2011

Shelsley Walsh nestles in the magical Teme valley in Worcestershire and speed hill climbing has taken place there since 1905. It is English countryside at its most beautiful and a surprising place to see racing cars at flat out speeds. ... Continue reading

Seat celebrates a glorious goodwood debut!

Seat celebrates a glorious goodwood debut!

Seat is celebrating a stunning debut at the 2011 Goodwood Festival of Speed with young and young-at-heart alike flocking in their thousands to see the sporty Spaniards' exciting array of exhibits and activities. ... Continue reading

Ferrari Charity Auction In Tokyo: Over 500,000 Euros Collected

Ferrari Charity Auction In Tokyo: Over 500,000 Euros Collected

Over 200 passionate clients and collectors participated in today's charity auction at the Italian embassy in Tokyo to collect money for the city of Ishinomaki, which was severely hit by the earthquake in Japan last March. ... Continue reading

Kankunnen Turns Up The Heat At Goodwood With Bentley's Record Breaking Continental Supersports

Kankunnen Turns Up The Heat At Goodwood With Bentley's Record Breaking Continental Supersports

Juha Kankunnen, the four-time world rally champion, turned up the heat at this year's Goodwood Festival of Speed when he was reunited with his world ice-speed record breaking Bentley Continental Supersports convertible. ... Continue reading

Chris Evans And His 'Magnificent Seven' At The 2011 Goodwood Festival Of Speed

Chris Evans And His 'Magnificent Seven' At The 2011 Goodwood Festival Of Speed

BBC Radio 2 presenter, Chris Evans, concluded his annual charity drive and dine event with a full throttle assault on the hillclimb at Goodwood, raising £1.1million for Children in Need. ... Continue reading

New Range Rover Evoque Starts Production

New Range Rover Evoque Starts Production

The new Range Rover Evoque passed an important milestone today when the first production vehicle was driven off the line at Land Rover's Halewood manufacturing plant in Liverpool. ... Continue reading

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