Toyota has started the next revolution for UK motorists
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THE other day I got to try out a real technological groundbreaker – but it wasn’t a car. Nope, I was playing Pong on an Atari – it wasn’t t...
Showing posts with label motoring. Show all posts
Showing posts with label motoring. Show all posts
Thursday, August 20, 2015
Friday, August 14, 2015
Not everything about the Calais crisis is bad news for motorists
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CALAIS used to be about cheap booze and going on holiday. Yet you’d be forgiven for thinking it’s now a rolling news story rather than somew...
Thursday, August 13, 2015
The C4 Cactus is far from perfect - but at least you remember it
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EVERYONE has a favourite Citroen. Whether you ask your mum or your best mate – or even your best mate’s mum – I reckon anyone with even an o...
Wednesday, August 12, 2015
MG needs to get back to its sports car roots
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OPAL FRUITS, Stephen Fry’s tweets and Top of the Pops . It’s funny how you only really start appreciating some things when they’re gone. In ...
Thursday, July 23, 2015
Forget the silly name - the Nissan Qashqai is a deserving cash cow
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THE Nissan Qashqai is a bit like the geeky kid everyone seems to have gone to school with. Studious and destined to go on to greater things,...
Thursday, July 9, 2015
Get your entries in for the 2015 Ormskirk MotorFest!
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CLASSIC CAR owners have until the end of the month to get their entries in for this year’s Ormskirk MotorFest. This year’s event takes place...
Wednesday, July 8, 2015
Transatlantic 175 set the template for Liverpool car shows
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AT LAST. After what feels like an eternity, Liverpool’s had a proper car show we could all enjoy! I know that Transatlantic 175 – as a celeb...
Wednesday, July 1, 2015
The Skoda Yeti - brilliant and fast when you least expect it
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THE Skoda Yeti was the fastest thing on wheels when last weekend’s Goodwood Festival of Speed drew to a close. It was a weird moment of moto...
Friday, June 19, 2015
The inconvenient truth about electric car sales
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HERE’S some shocking news you probably weren’t expecting – sales of electric cars have gone through the roof! That’s the message from the De...
Thursday, June 18, 2015
The answer to car accident cold callers is in the air tonight
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IT MIGHT be the middle of summer but it’s a frosty January night that’s haunting me at the moment. Regular readers might remember that about...
Thursday, June 4, 2015
Why Britain needs the Mitsuoka Roadster - even if you hate it
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APOLOGIES if you’ve come here expecting a thorough dusting down of the new Vauxhall Astra . As family-friendly hatches go it’s hugely import...
Wednesday, June 3, 2015
TVR is back - but patience is a virtue
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IT'S GREAT news that TVR is back . After so many rumours and false starts it finally looks as though things are looking up for my favou...
Monday, June 1, 2015
Vauxhall unveils new Astra
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VAUXHALL has unveiled its new Astra, which will go into production here in the North West later this year. The seventh-generation model – wh...
Saturday, May 23, 2015
The Twingo is the modern day Renault 5
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SOMETIMES you can have too much technology for your own good. Take my mobile, for instance, which for the past few days has been at the mend...
Saturday, May 16, 2015
Why it isn't hard to get a go in your favourite car
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FORGET swimming with dolphins or selfies in front of the Taj Mahal. Surely the ultimate red letter day has to be driving your favourite car....
Thursday, May 7, 2015
The best BMW for BMWness is the...
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ENJOYED a brief but brilliant bit of petrolhead bonding the other day. Heading home over the M62 I got overtaken by a chap in an E30 BMW M3 ...
Wednesday, May 6, 2015
Happy birthday, Classic Car Weekly
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THIS week marks 25 years since Classic Car Weekly was launched - and I've been involved in helping to create the 104-page anniversary i...
Tuesday, May 5, 2015
In praise of proper, traditional car shows
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WE LIVE in troubled times, if the seemingly constant threats of Greek financial meltdown, terrorist attacks and Katie Hopkins turning to Twi...
Thursday, April 23, 2015
Volkswagen pays homage to the 1980s
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A SPORTY new version of Volkswagen’s Scirocco will land in the manufacturer’s showroom’s next month. The Scirocco GTS, might not be as quick...
Wednesday, April 22, 2015
Why Britain needs a scrappage scheme rethink
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SO THERE’S an election coming up. Among the things I’ll be asking candidates who come a-knocking to pledge their support for is turning the ...
