Final preparations are being made for the Paisley start of the 2018 historic rally run to Monte Carlo…..and it’s been confirmed there will be the largest number of entries so far with a total of 25 cars setting off for the 1500-mile trip to the South of France. It’ll be the fifth time the town […]
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Following further news coverage of CCTV footage capturing the theft of a car with apparent ease, vehicle security experts Thatcham Research are today offering guidance to worried drivers. The ‘transmitter relay’ attack seen in the footage exploits a vulnerability in a vehicle’s keyless entry system, with criminals amplifying or capturing the signal from a ...
The newly launched Ferrari FXX-K Evo is the third – and latest – car to be confirmed for the main feature at Europe’s biggest pre-season motorsport show, Autosport International. The exclusive Ferrari FXX-K Evo made its world premiere at Finali Mondiali at Mugello last month. Autosport Internationalwill be the first time that an XX Programme car ...
Fans of UK Barn Finds will, we’re sure, be pleased to hear that Drew Pritchard is branching out into a new direction, buying, restoring and selling classic cars. Personally, I’ve been a fan of Salvage Hunters for many years and the episodes where you get a sneaky peek at an old car have ...
From fascinating restoration projects to immaculate, one-owner cars, and from pre-War saloons to classic hot hatches, Barons has a really diverse and interesting line-up in its annual Christmas Classic sale at Sandown Park on Tuesday, December 12th. The sale even includes a Frisky Prince – on what is believed to be the first time one ...
It was the year Wet Wet Wet topped the charts, that Alan Shearer became the UK’s most expensive footballer, that Charles and Di separated, and we all had to pay 15% interest rates as the pound crashed out of Europe. But 1992 was also the year Ford launched one of the best-selling cars ever made: […]
MINI and the X-raid Team have launched into the final preparation phase for the Dakar Rally 2018 with the presentation of their current racing cars. For the first time MINI and X-raid will face the challenges of the most demanding long-distance rally in the world using two different types of drive. In addition to the […]
A Volkswagen customer from York has recently reached half a century of owning and driving a wide variety of the manufacturer’s vehicles. With the total now standing at 16 Volkswagen over those 50 years, Mrs Karin Wilson has been looking back over her half century of motoring, which began when she purchased a cream-coloured Volkswagen […]
On Thursday 16th November 300 of the world’s biggest classic and performance car enthusiasts came together in London to celebrate the winners of the Octane Awards 2017 – the accolade of Car of the Year being won by the 2017 Jaguar XKSS Continuation. Now in their seventh year, the awards celebrate the continued growth of […]
The epic 6,725-hour restoration of the one-off Pininfarina bodied 1954 Jaguar XK120 SE by world-class specialists Classic Motor Cars (CMC) won the Restoration of the Year award at the Octane Awards, presented on Thursday 16th November in London. This is the second time that CMC takes home the Restoration of the Year accolade; having done so [&...