Love in the 80’s was the Ford Fiesta XR2 [Guest blog]
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There was only one car for the thrusting young buck in the 1980s… a Porsche. If, however, you were a thrusting young provincial journalist the…
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There was only one car for the thrusting young buck in the 1980s… a Porsche. If, however, you were a thrusting young provincial journalist the…
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Thanks to the films, James Bond is now chiefly associated with Aston Martins, but, when he made his debut in Casino Royale, he drove a…
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According to recent reports, the next president, whoever he or she may be, will be getting a brand new limo.
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There has been some surprise, and complaint, from environmental groups that the Department for Transport has ruled out any consideration of emissions in its plans…
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Motorway service stations are toilets. And I don’t just mean the reputation they have for being dirty and unappealing places to linger, let alone eat.…
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The wettest winter on record. That much is uncontested. But the variety and force of the weather this winter has presented us with has been…
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It proved to be a tale of two trade shows for Apple. The iPhone and iPad maker shunned the tapas on offer in Barcelona at…
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A few years ago, a friend of mine – the kind of creature who enjoys little more than stripping an engine to the core and…
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The news that the Government plans to have new “stealth” speed cameras approved and rolled out on the M25 by the end of this month…
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Cuba! Land of fine cigars, the mojito, the Buena Vista Social Club, Marxist dictatorship and incredibly old cars. The last of these, of course, is…
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If you don’t live in London, look away now. If you do, you’ll know exactly what we’re talking about: the awful frustration caused by a…
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21! Traditional age of majority, of maturity, of the key of the door, of grown-upness. That is, unless you’re Top Gear, the BBC’s motoring programme,…
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You may have heard that drinking and driving don’t mix. I certainly hope so. There have been adverts to that effect. One report on 30…
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They know how to make road safety ad’s in New Zealand. First they produced this series of cautionary, but essentially light-hearted warnings about the dangers of…
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The announcement that the Highways Agency is considering reducing the speed limit on a section of the northern part of the M1 to 60mph received…
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Mark Simpson on the motorway drivers we all love to hate.
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It’s surely no coincidence that the year after releasing Driving Home for Christmas (in December 1988), Chris Rea had a hit with The Road to…
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Aaah.. new car smell. We all know what it is, that plasticky tang that wafts into your nostrils as you climb into a freshly made…
