New Peugeot Bipper is the tops

The new Peugeot Bipper van has been awarded ‘Best New Van’ award at the 2008 Fleet World Honours.

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Drink driving FAQ

Information and advice on what to do when driving after consuming alcohol; what amounts constitute drink driving; and how drivers can stay safe when drinking.

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The best car safety test crash videos

One of the more fascinating, if morbid, elements of modern vehicle safety testing is the availability of safety test crash videos on the internet. G-Wiz, Brilliance, T3, fortwo - the best safety test car crashes make for compelling viewing.

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Who is The Stig? - the best Stig introduction from Top Gear

MotorTorque has a full list of The Stig's introductions, along with some speculation on The Stig's identity. In the meantime, here are some of our favourites.

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Top Ten Coolest Convertibles

There's nothing remotely practical, about convertibles or roadsters - from the Z4, Elise and SL to the Murcielago, Azure and Jag XK - but that won't matter the first time you drop the roof.

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Top 50 most memorable movie cars

Rotten Tomatoes has published its list of the top 50 most memorable movie cars of all time, with an eclectic list featuring automobile icons from the vast realms of celluloid history.

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Sign of the times

There's now a street in Manchester as infamous as that cobbled one with a pub on the corner, that's overtaking Harold Shipman's former GP surgery in Hyde as Manchester's most notorious address. Although we wouldn't suggest any illegal vehicular manoevres given that the road signs can be a tad misleading.

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New Ferrari California pictures revealed!

The first official pictures and details of brand new Ferrari California GT - the latest addition to the new generation of Ferraris launched in 2004 with the 612 Scaglietti and including the 430 Scuderia.

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Nissan and Playstation launch GT Academy in May

Nissan 350Z racing drivers required! Yup! Nissan and Playstation team up to launch the GT Academy, where talent takes all budding Speed Racers from the sofa to the cockpit of a Nissan 350Z racer. In a few neat moves.

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Do Ford picture a new Capri anytime soon?

With Capri-cious Ford rumours circulating, had the Audi A5, Nissan 350Z and Volkswagen Scirocco better look over collective sports coupe shoulders? Or is idle talk of a Ford Capri resurrection just that.

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BMW M1 Homage breaks cover

As new BMW M1 pops up at posh event in Europe last weekend flashing a clean (and very fine) set of wheels and ample automotive cleavage to the assembled masses, is it time for the Bugatti Veyron, Lamborghini Murcielago, Ferrari 612 Scaglietti, Audi R8 and Aston Martin to move over?

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World Land Speed Record Driver Wanted

WANTED! Heroic all-American boys (20 - 40 - minimum age applies) with a taste for danger and a flagrant disregard for human life to man a one way trip to somewhere of decidedly warmer climes. Applications required for pilot of Supersonic Land Speed Challenger.

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Lotus Exige TriFuel 270E

Methanol is the alco-popular solution to our car to'ing and fro'ing desires. Well, according to the gospel of Lotus Engineering it is, who is lining up this stomach-acidy news just as quickly as we can swallow it. Still, they're grabbing our attention with a 266bhp Exige so what the heck!

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Volvo C30 gets crazy new skin tones

Those crazy swedes - who are normally well versed at mastering the art of understatement - have come a sunder with the Volvo C30. In spectacular fashion.

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Keating Supercars launches

Despite having more power than a fully-loaded F1 weapon the Keating SKR will remain pinned to the tarmac. This, and its stable-mate the TKR were primed and ready for action. Our intrepid man in the realms of the hot seat is about to tell all.

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The best car racing games on the web

Every now and then - lunchtime particularly - you need something to take your mind off Ford´s ongoing financial woes, the problem of biofuels or whether you can afford that nine-year-old BMW. As a result we give you a rundown of the best car and racing games on the web.

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Citroen C2 built in China as Peugeot

Scallies United over Kappa-inspired Citroen C2 built in China that looks suspiciously like a five-door Peugeot 206. Seriously, you best take a look. It's like scandalous imagery, it's wrong on so many levels, but you know you want to.....

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Kahn cossies up to Fords finest engine-smiths

Cometh June, cometh the men. And when they wear Kahn Automotive and Cosworth Engineering lapel badges you have to sit up and take note. But what is mightier? The design quill of Kahn or the performance sword of Cosworth? Well it doesn't matter, because this isn't a dual. It's a union of two almost legendary houses.

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Whatever happened to the British Car Industry?

Good question, and one which Motortorque have gone a long way to answer. Well, as much as you can in the space of an average sized online feature before censorship and the laws that govern pixel-size and DPI come into effect. Even so, these were the findings......

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America Calling

Our very own Ford Focus set for far off shores. Ok. America. We give them a fluorescent orange live wire with a blue oval badge at the helm, they send Rhianna in the return post. Sounds like a fair swap.

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Car park caught in time

No, not a reference to a retro-themed car park complete with taste-free gimmicks, instead a contemporary observation of cars in a city-centre parking lot. Coming. And going. And others. Coming. And going. Yup, look for yourselves - it's a wheeze!

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Sir Stirling Moss Obe To Drive Famous Racing Car Through Bradford

Legendary motor racing driver Sir Stirling Moss is to open the first purpose built conference centre in the country to have a motoring theme

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Revealed: Tfl-commissioned Research Shows £25 C-charge Will Increase Co2 By 182,000 Tonnes

A report from King’s College never publicly released by Transport for London (TfL), and only discovered following a specific request, suggests that Mayor Ken Livingstone’s new emissions-related congestion charge is estimated by TfL’s own consultants to increase CO2 in Greater London by 182,000 tonnes.

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Nissan Gt-r Going Even Faster Than Expected

The Nissan GT-R official order book opened for business on 2 April 2008 and within the first 48 hours nearly 700 customer deposits were received for pre-order reservations. 700 orders received within 48 hours of the order book opening

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Bling-bling Beemers set to hang around for a while longer on Moscow streets. Well, walls.

Moscow Fancy Dress hire shops report shortage of Spiderman costumes as pseudo-superhero's take crash courses in rapid vertical movements to catch BMW M-series' in their webs of deceit. Poor punage we know, but stick with us on this one.........

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Lotus Exige 'S' - No, it's not groovy to be turned out in Union Jack wallpaper, baby!

Some things look pretty damn good draped in a Union Jack. Like Kate Moss for example. Concorde did too for that matter. Naturally, The Shag (nee Jag) uar XK8 driven by Austin Powers bucks that two example trend, yet clearly planted the devils seed in Lotus' mind before opting to Union Jack its otherwise retina-relaxing Exige 'S'.

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The Ford Ka. No, we haven't been expecting you.

“It's in the can” is the oft-used phraseology that interrupts continuity in film-making, and refers to a particular shot, or series of rushes that are considered to be nigh-on perfect in presentation value. It's sometimes alternated with “It's a wrap” by those important movie director types sat on glorified deck-chairs with their mouths surgically-attached to loud speakers. So what's it got to do with a Ford Ka? Jeez, here goes.........

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Mini Cooper drivers are the friendliest lot in cyberspace. For 'friendly' read 'vocal'. For cyberspace read Facebook.

Research proves that women drivers like to chat chuff. If it's about cars, then all the better. Question is laydees, how long does it stay on that subject matter before attention trails off to more pressing concerns. We won't incur the wrath of the womens lib by suggesting anything male chauvinistic though.

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Are car headlights indicating impending doom and gloom?

Indicators. We're not wholly aggrieved, and we're not based in Tunbridge Wells, although fractionally disgruntled we is. And what's put us in a hot funk exactly? We'll tell you what – indicators on contemporary motor vehicles, that's what. They're not what whey used to be. Sorry, that should read – they're not WHERE they used to be. And this peeves us.

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A 77 year old buys a Subaru Impreza WRX STI right? Titter ye not, this septuagenarian 'scooby fan always has a smile on his face

Most people his age might be taking it a bit easy, but one man is holding back the years and the G-Force in his brand new Subaru Impreza.

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Boxing clever or skirting issues? Has the modern day car lost its soul?

Sitting there watching BBC1's Ashes to Ashes the other night got me kinda thinking. Once I'd stopped newly romanticizing over Keeley Hawes' character I concentrated on the undoubted star of the show, a 1981 Audi Quattro. A car with more soul underneath its archetypal white boy exterior than Michael Jackson brandished in his moon-walking prime. Back in the day, leading car manufacturers sure knew how to characterize their products and inject them with personality, making each one uniquely different from the next. Unlike 2008.

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Top Gear does Ground Force

Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond destroy the garden of Olympic Rower Sir Steve Redgrave as part of the BBC's Sport Relief charity night.

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Audi R8 as you've never seen one before

Caught betwixt a rock and a hard place the R8 was left with little choice, other than to scuff itself up a little.

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Famed Italian formations that might have played their last game

Pininfarina played at the top level in the European league for decades, but now its position is under threat due to lack of funds. When and where did it all go so horribly wrong? Daewoo Tacuma anyone?

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Serious health warning – sneezing at the wheel can kill.

Legend has it that Henry Ford once said that you can have one of his Ford Model T’s in any colour you wish, so long as it’s black. Now this fable may have some grounding in reality, as, if you were to carefully examine photographic evidence of most Model T’s, then you would notice that they were conclusively black. And were bought by hillbillies. That said, everything was depicted in black or white back then. Anyway, lets talk about in-car allergies.......

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Are we about to wave Tata to the final piece of our British motor heritage? Er, yes....

Since Ford of Europe have stopped staring out of their classroom window daydreaming about what could have been and more-or-less flogged Jaguar and Land-Rover to that bloke who looks like Chelsea FC Manager Avram Grant, BlogTorque asks is it the done thing?

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Cayenne beauty and the Porsche beast

It's true, an ugly duckling can grow up and become a graceful swan. Providing the automotive tuning house called SpeedART snatch the ugly stick away from the detractors wielding it before the hideousness takes extra hold and gives the duckling a beating it could never recover from

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Today we've been mostly eating.....

As you know by now all Skoda's are made from edible ingredients that leave you a little rotund and slightly plaupy looking. Like marzipan and fondue and liquorice and cream. Well Mercedes have Top Trumped their Czech mates........

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An immaculate CONCEPTion or not?

In case you hadn't noticed we've well and truly kicked off our coverage of the 2008 Geneva Motor Show over at Motortorque.com, bringing you breaking news on all the debut making cars set for production, and those that, well, let's face it – are more likely to be consigned to the cutting room floor. Or whatever the automotive industry equivalent is?

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VW are the latest manufacturer to take a leak

The not-closely-guarded-enough automotive secret that was (notice the tense there) the Volkswagen Scirocco found its way into the public domain only days before its Vee-Dub-inscribed blanket was due to be whipped off at this weeks Geneva Motor Show. Is this a disturbing trend that we should be worried about?

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Black, red, yellow and silver market Ferrari 360 Modena's for the price of a Pontiac Fiero.

We like our fakes here in the UK. Whether that be garish, amateurishly-manufactured Sergio Tacchini shell suits at one end of the spectrum or Rolex wrist watches with minute hands that somehow loose their Blue Peter standard adhesive elements and fall off at the other. Anyone care for a pretend Ferrari then?

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Motoring Big Brother is watching you!

Are you one of the literally ten's of peak-time commuters who pack an inflatable doll on the way to work each morning so as to violate car-sharing lane rules? If so, you best read here....

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Porsche to Ken on C-Charge poll: J'accuse!

Porsche says Transport for London is not releasing the full results of its poll on the popularity of the proposed Congestion Charge rise to £25 for high-polluting 'gas guzzlers'.

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Porsche get ready to 'stare out' Livingstone

So, Porsche GB have dared to take on the fearsome Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone and speak up for the man on the street, the Porsche-driving incarnation that is. Who may in the long term become slightly disillusioned with the German manufacturers insistence on not bowing down to the perceived might of Red Ken and tweaking their product accordingly.

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He's currently No 1 in the registration plate charts

.....is this a classic case of one man having more luca than he could shake a fellow-sheikh at, or just jealousy on the part of the rest of us motoring paupers....

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Interactive Insurers

We don't know about you, but finding car insurance online isn't usually a barrel of laughs. Unless of course you get to chat up virtual people en route to securing some decent cover. Have you had more fun obtaining a quote?

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The Maserati Quattroporte Estate. Hit or miss?

Not content with being one of the purveyors of the world's finest cars, they've gone and mucked their clogs by considering an estate version of the Quattroporte. Which is surely blasphemous in some religion? Find out why here.....

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Idiots caught speeding on Youtube

Boy racers posting videos of speeding on Youtube sought by police.

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One in ten women have had sex in cars

Women are happy to use their cars as a place to hang out, store belongings and much more besides, according to new research.

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List of the cars that beat the Congestion Charge

Looking for a list of the cars that are exempt from the Congestion Charge?

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Best Valentine´s Day gifts for car nuts

Is your loved one a petrol head? Do they lavish attention on their clapped-out Austin Maestros and take their alloys to bed? Surprise them with a Valentine´s Day car gift: classic car hire;a personalised number plate or sports car experience.

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Top ten best cult cars

What are the top ten best cult cars? The kind of cars you expect to see in sci-fi, adventure, action and genre TV and film. The kind with turboboosters, machine guns, forcefields and, er, wings. The kind you probably dreamed of as a child, and still do. So, what is the best? The Batmobile, KITT or General Lee? Or Bessie, or CHitty, or De Lorean...

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Best new cars for 2008 by segment

The New Year always brings a frisson of hope, faith and generally bold disposition, so before they´re all dashed to nothing on the shores of despair we´re giving you a rundown of ten exciting cars to look out for in 2008.

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2007 top ten best-selling cars in Europe

2007 car sales show good news for most European marques, with Volkswagen taking the top manufacturer spot and Peugeot 207 surprisingly rocketing into first place for models.

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Tata launches world´s cheapest car - the 'one Lakh' Nano

The People´s car, the one-Lakh car, the cheapest car in the world, an environmental disaster or a seismic shift in the industry. Call it what you will, its manufacturer call it the Tata Nano, and it costs less than £1,300.

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Clarkson loses cash after publishing bank account details

Jeremy Clarkson has been stung by an online fraudster after posting his bank account details in The Sun in an attempt to prove that the missing government data disc scandal was a ´storm in a tea cup´.

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Battle of the hybrids: Toyota Prius vrs. Honda Civic Hybrid

Dreaming of a green Christmas? Long for increased fuel economy and lower carbon dioxide emissions? We review the best hybrids out of the Toyota Prius and Honda Civic Hybrid to give you the lowdown on the best green vehicles on the market.

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How to get a great deal on a car at Christmas

Car dealerships are not only approaching end-of-year targets, they´re likely to be approaching end-of-quarter targets and a premature Christmas-enforced end-of-month target. What this means to you is red-hot deals on new models that you may not see at any other time of year.

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"Help, I´ve put petrol in a diesel engine" - Frequently Asked Questions

Around 400 people a day risk damaging their car by misfuelling, and filling up with gas is a mistake that could cost thousands. So what do you do if you´ve filled up your diesel car with unleaded petrol?

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Badverts - the Top Ten Worst Adverts

For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.

So for every Honda Cog there's a piece of dross like Citroen's Happy Days advert. For every Singin' In The Rain there's a pompous piece of nonsense like the new Mercedes C-Class adverts. And then there's the adverts Ford didn't want you to see.

All are collected in Badverts - our worst car adverts feature.

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Ashok Leyland And Nissan Agree To Form Partnership For Lcv

Heads of Agreement signed to form three JV companies

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Automotive Logistics Global Conference 2007 Encourages Collaboration Between Logistics Leaders

Event Announcement, Dearborn, Michigan, 25-27th September 2007

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Mazda Launches Improved Dealer Used Car Programmemedia Information

Mazda has radically revised and improved its Approved Used Car Programme bringing benefits to its franchise dealers and consumers from this month.  Now called Mazda ZZ+ – the name builds on Mazda’s established Zoom-Zoom brand strapline – the programme’s relaunch coincides with the establishment of Mazda Remarketing Services – a major development designed to repatriate more ex-fleet vehicles into the marque’s franchise network.

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Suzuki Renames Indian Subsidiary As Plants Are Expanded To Produce 960,000 Units

In the year to March, 2006, the company’s share of the Indian Domestic market stood at 54.6% with substantial exports to countries close to India as well as to Latin America, Asia and Africa.

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Euro Ncap Five-star Safety Rating For Fiat 500

The Fiat 500 has just achieved the prestigious Euro NCAP five-star crash safety rating, (with a total of 35 points), so taking over top spot in its segment for safety.

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Appointments At Psa Peugeot Citroën

Also as of the 1st of September, the Automobile Research and Innovation Department, headed by Pascal Henault, will report directly to the Chairman of the Managing Board. Pascal Henault has also been named a member of the Extended Executive Committee.

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National Travel Survey: 2006

The Department for Transport has today published National Statistics on the travel habits of residents in Great Britain.

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Rallycross To ‘excel’ At London Motorsport Showrallycross To ‘excel’ At London Motorsport Show

Peter Stott, Director of PSM Motorsport Ltd, explains: “Following last year’s successful London Motorsport Show, we were approached by the organisers to host a Rallycross spectacular at the venue. This is going to be a showcase motorsport event for Rallycross cars and we will create an arena based circuit purely for this event. The event will be similar to the stadium masters event for Rallycross that was held in Nantes a couple of years ago, but on a larger layout. It will also have the same class structure as used in the Rallycross Open and Minicross Drivers Association Championships. The total number of cars will be restricted, so drivers will need to enter well in advance to be able to compete. Further information regarding the circuit (which will be made up of a combination of loose and tarmac sections), event format and regulations will be disclosed in the forthcoming weeks."

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Toyota’s World Of Easy Listening

No more earpieces, no more fiddling with the clickwheel as you drive, no more fumbling on the floor to search for your wayward player: Toyota has come up with a perfect integration system that links Apple’s iPod directly to your car’s audio system.

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Own A Ducati From £200 Per Monthown A Ducati From £200 Per Month

With an on the road price of £11250 and a 25% deposit, potential customers can purchase this 160bhp 1098 base model for a monthly repayment of £200 per month over 36 months 14.9% APR Typical and have a Guaranteed Future Value (GFV) of £3,937.50 , that can be used towards their next purchase.

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Special Production Tyres For Concept Vehicle

Concept vehicles are a main attraction at International Motor Shows and this month, Frankfurt will be no exception. The tyres on these concept cars are an integral part of the look and feel of vehicle and Continental has a specialist team of designers working on these eye-catching designs.  

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Stunning Aston Dbs To Debut At Mph ‘07

The curvaceous supercar, which made its spectacular screen debut with Daniel Craig in the driving seat for Casino Royale, will be paraded in the show’s live motoring theatre. The spectacular action-packed live theatre show features stunts, demonstrations and hilarious commentary by Clarkson and MPH legend, Richard Hammond. This unique format gives the audience a chance to hear cars like the six litre V12 DBS for the first time.

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Road Pricing For Lorries – Only If It Saves Money, Says Industry

The Freight Transport Association says that road pricing can only be acceptable to industry if the benefits it delivers in terms of reduced journey times and improved journey time reliability exceed the cost to operators.

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Four Stars In Euroncap For New Twingo

New Twingo has scored four stars and 28 points out of 37 in the passive safety tests conducted by the independent organisation EuroNCAP. 

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Caterham Academy 2008 – The Fast, Fun & Affordable Series Almost Fullcaterham Academy 2008 – The Fast, Fun & Affordable Series Almost Full

Talk of any motor racing aspirations is often met with the noise of air being sucked through teeth followed by index finger rubbing thumb - the silent gesture for ‘that’ll be expensive’. But the Caterham Academy bucks this trend, offering novice drivers affordable close racing across the UK’s best venues in identical cars.

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Volvo Helps Prevent Rear-end Impacts With New Collision Warning And Auto Brake Technology

Adaptive Cruise Control and Distance Alert – to help the driver maintain a steady distance to the vehicle in front.Volvo continues to address the problem of rear-end impacts by introducing Collision Warning with Auto Brake, a warning system that automatically pre-charges the brakes if a rear end collision with a moving or stationary vehicle is imminent. This technology will be unveiled at the Frankfurt Motorshow on 11 September and will be introduced as an option along with Adaptive Cruise Control and Distance Alert. The option will cost £1,300 and will be available in the Volvo S80, V70 and XC701 at the end of 2007.

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Carrera Cup Contest Heads To Scotlandporsche Carrera Cup Great Britain

Steven Kane and James Sutton will continue their battle for the Porsche Carrera Cup GB title in rounds 17 and 18 at Knockhill (Fife) next weekend (1/2 September). After a troubled weekend last time out at Brands Hatch, Kane’s once-healthy points’ lead has been slashed to just four points heading for the challenging Scottish track.

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Land Rover Employees “making A Difference”land Rover Employees “making A Difference”

Today’s donation will be used for the purchase of a non-invasive ventilation system (NIV) for the respiratory ward.

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Dodge To Reveal New Seven-seat Crossover At Frankfurt

The Dodge Journey is a seven-seat vehicle that combines the space and practicality of an MPV with the style of an SUV and the ride, handling and fuel efficiency of a family saloon.

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Cooper’s Discoverer Stt Opens Adventure 4x4 Choicemedia Information

Cooper Tire’s rugged Discoverer STT 4x4 tyre opens the door for vehicle choice in the adventure 4x4 market, according to top UK off-road driving centre, Kankku.

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Iconic Black Cabs Used To Promote Birmingham  

A venerable West Midlands institution and globally iconic vehicle is being used to spread the word about what the region has to offer.

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Leading Global Motorsport Body In Race To Tackle Climate Change

Leading global motorsport body in race to tackle climate change

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The Peugeot 308 Hybrid – The Environmentally Friendly Car For The Next Generation

Emits only 90g/km of CO2

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The Peugeot 308 Sw

Stylish, adaptable and environmentally friendlyFrankfurt Motor Show will see the international launch of the new Peugeot 308 hatchback and also the first glimpses of another member of the 308 family, in the shape of the 308 SW Prologue concept car.

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Avis Looking After The Environment Since 199828 August 2007

The CarbonNeutral® Company works with Avis to help it measure and reduce its CO2 and then offset (or neutralise) any unavoidable emissions – this means that every tonne of CO2 Avis produces is offset through climate-friendly or forestry projects.

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Motorsport - Allan Mcnish - Mosport (alms Rd9) - Race Report (26 Aug)28/08/2007

The Flying Scotsman’s diesel-engined Audi was delayed with a gearbox issue with 10mins remaining in the 165mins race at Mosport near Toronto.

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Motorpoint Enjoying Strong Demand For New Regi57ration28 August, 2007

The retailer currently has five locations across the UK in Burnley, Derby, Glasgow, Newport (South Wales), and more recently in Peterborough, providing a large range of competitively priced cars and commercial vehicles, ranging from stylish cabriolets to family people carriers. This weekend, customers will collect nearly £7 million worth of vehicles from the Motorpoint sites, and the Vauxhall Astra, Volkswagen Golf, and Renault Scenic models are proving to be the most popular buys, as the new plates are introduced. With buoyant demand so far this year, annual sales for 2007 are estimated to amount to a total of 47,000 units.

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The New Jaguar Xfjaguar Xf – Technical Data - File Size: 41kb.

INTRODUCTION

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New Jaguar Xf Prices Announced – Residual Values Best-in-classfor Immediate Release 28 August 2007

Available to order now, the XF makes its public debut on September 11 at the Frankfurt International Motor Show. UK dealers will have demonstrators in showrooms early next year and the first UK customers will receive their new XF in time for the March 1 registration.

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Manheim Fuels The Petrol/diesel Debate With Its Latest Market Analysis24 August 2007 For Immediate Release

WITH ITS LATEST MARKET ANALYSIS

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Manheim’s Market Analysis Provides Update On Dealer Used Car And Fuel Type Trends24 August 2007 For Immediate Release

Trading conditions reported in the latest edition of Manheim Market Analysis show the volumes of dealer part-exchanges to be fairly static, but with some seasonal pressure on values in the second quarter of 2007.

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Strength In The Used Car Market Send Date:24-aug-2007 16:53

The latest figure from Manheim Auctions shows the underlying strength of the UK’s used car market. Despite recent gloomy reports of cars with unrealistically high reserve prices being held in stock for long periods, the Manheim report paints an entirely different, and according to the BVRLA’s own detailed information, a far more realistic picture.

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Jaguar Communications Team On The Move

GAYDON, August 24, 2007 – Jaguar’s global communications team has finally forsaken its Browns Lane offices in Coventry and will now be located at Gaydon in Warwickshire.

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Gm Takes New Combustion Technology Out Of The Lab And On To The Road

GM takes new combustion technology out of the lab and on to the road GM’s brand new HCCI combustion technology debuts in two driveable concept cars

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Peugeot Expert Van Cops It At Wroughton Show

Peugeot Specialist Fleets take orders from Police

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Itv’s Used Car Roadshow Needs You!

The most popular motoring show on satellite TV is filming at The National Motor Museum, Beaulieu as part of the World famous International Autojumble on September 8th and 9th and wants members of the public to come along and join in.

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Nissan Qashqai – A Popular Choice With Female Drivers

NISSAN QASHQAI –

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Major New Hi-tech Aftermarket Facility For Windrush Volkswagen In Maidenheadfor Immediate Release August 24, 2007

As part of a range of improvements in its 25th anniversary year, Windrush is making major changes to its Maidenhead Volkswagen dealership.

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1 In 5 Teen Drivers Admit Driving On Drink Or Drugs

Tel: 01484 559909 / 07976 069159 (out of hours)

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Fashion Capital Of Italy Says ‘bienvenuto’

TO BRITISH STYLE ICON

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Vauxhall Antara – Fun, Flexible And Fuel-efficient

Clever features such as "Flex-Fix" bike carrier

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Aston Martin Dbs Meets Dbr9 At The Nϋrburgring

The DBS was in Germany for a final sign-off drive at the Nϋrburgring’s Nordschleife circuit at the same time as the Aston Martin Racing DBR9 and other customer race teams were enjoying an exclusive Aston Martin test session on the Grand Prix circuit, creating an ideal opportunity for the two cars to meet.

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Window Shopping Takes On A Whole New Dimension At The Goodwood Revival For Immediate Release: 24 August 2007

Located within the infield of the Goodwood circuit, this architectural treat will replace the hugely popular Revival ‘Period Garage,’ which will be retained but moved to the other side of the track for 2007 as a fully-functioning workshop.  The key new Revival attraction will be known as the Shell ‘Woad Corner’ showroom, with the Goodwood installation being the first to showcase several planned developments across Europe designed to recreate the glamour and romance of motoring in the 1950s and ‘60s.

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Blow To Lorry Driver Facilities On A14

The Freight Transport Association has expressed dismay at the sudden closure of Alconbury Truck Stop on the A14 from Friday 31 August 2007.  The privately operated site provided secure facilities for 215 lorries and was a permitted parking area for hazardous loads which are obliged to park in appropriate locations offering security and safety for the load.  As the truckstop is a commercial operation, the Highways Agency and the district council have been powerless to prevent its closure.

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Frankfurt Launch For Ford Econetic Range Of Ultra-low Co2 Modelspress Release 07/078

These cars will use the latest common-rail diesel powertrains with features engineered to reduce CO2 emissions. The first to be launched in early 2008 will be the Ford Focus ECOnetic, which promises to deliver best-in-class CO2 emissions for conventional powertrain technology at just 115g/km.

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Freelander 2 Gets Sleek Premium Pack For 2008 Under Strict Embargo Until 24 August 2007

The new Premium Pack delivers both exterior and interior enhancements to the top specification Freelander 2 HSE.  Vehicles with the new pack are distinguished by a distinctive rear spoiler, body-coloured lower sections of the bumpers and doorsills and stylish tungsten coloured door handles.  The pack also includes 10-spoke Chrome Shadow 19 inch alloy wheels giving the Freelander 2 an even sportier stance.

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Reckless Road Skills Tops List Of Motorists’ Pet Hates

MSN Cars survey reveals 57% of drivers detest driving in the UK

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Ford Verve Concept Hints At Small Car Futurenot For Publication Before 00.01 Hours 24 August 2007

Ford Verve Concept hints at the new design direction for future compact cars and the company plans to closely gauge public reaction while their designers work behind the scenes creating Ford’s next supermini generation.

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Totally New Impreza – An Icon Reborn

Totally new Impreza with roomier five-door body plus multi-link rear suspension for outstanding ride and refinement

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More Engine Choice For The All New Volvo V70 And S80 Models For Immediate Release

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