Issue 253 Out NOW!

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.

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…

(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.

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.