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Friday, October 10, 2008
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 Millbrook is a tough place to take a car. Hidden in the natural contours of rural Bedfordshire, this motor industry test centre has 45 miles of roads and tracks with challenging bends, steep hills and specialist surfaces. This is where car manufacturers go to test their as yet unannounced new models in well concealed privacy. It is also where The Caravan Club stages the rigorous testing for its annual Towcar of the Year awards. |
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Wednesday, September 10, 2008
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 The UK is the most camera ridden country in the world and more than 6,000 of them are fixed speed traps. Factor in a welter of mobile sites and average speed SPECS areas and you can see why the authorities rake in more than £120m a year. With over two million tickets being issued every year, Dave Pollard says it’s time to defend yourselves… |
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Wednesday, September 10, 2008
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 (10 YEARS ON) Back in 1998, John Kendall and the late, great, Phil Llewellin decided to mark the summer solstice by reaching all four corners of the UK in 24 hours. Ten years on, Keith Adams tries the same in the new Citroën C5 Tourer and comes up with a surprising result. |
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Wednesday, September 10, 2008
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 Just got back from Mars? If so, you may not have heard that the global economy is slowing down, yet car makers are still churning out new motors at a terrific rate, and they all need to find buyers. As demand lags ever further behind the available supply, the deals just keep getting hotter. |
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Wednesday, September 10, 2008
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 2.0 and 2.2 litre HDis and TDCis, are the power sources at the heart of a wider range of cars than any others in history. |
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Thursday, July 03, 2008
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 Destination: The Loire Valley, France Car: Jaguar XF 2.7 V6 Diesel Premium Luxury Price: £37,500 Distance: 550 mile round trip Av. fuel consumption: 36.7mpg |
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Thursday, July 03, 2008
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 Graeme Kidd looks over the busy market for SatNav devices, offers some advice on making the best choice for your budget and circumstances, and puts up a couple of recommendations. |
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Friday, June 20, 2008
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 Of all the extreme places you can go in a diesel car, Riksgransen has to be one of the toughest; not at this time of year, when it is still daylight at midnight and the only ordeal is clouds of marauding mosquitoes, but in winter, when it’s an entirely different story... |
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Wednesday, May 28, 2008
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 We have two days to cross Europe in a Subaru Legacy Boxer Diesel, and what better way of seeing how many countries we can tick off using just one tank of fuel, and as cheaply as possible. You’ll be surprised just how many… and how little it all cost. |
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Wednesday, May 28, 2008
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 The days when ‘discount for cash’ or an HP agreement were the only real routes to enjoying your own car are long gone. Ownership is no longer the only option, whether you’re looking for a new motor as a private or business user. Graeme Kidd looks at the options. |
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