Bulldog BDX vs The Garage
Welcome back to Free Car Mag product tests. In particular welcome to our hands on grapple with Bulldog BDX. We’ve heard an awful lot about the product over the years but because we are lazy and had to work through a job lot of well known, but far less cool, or...
Alcosense Plus Tested
It is now time to put the Alcosense Plus to the test and that means the fun part which is having a drink. First things first and it is essential to set the Alcosense up. That requires the installation of three AAA batteries. Simply slide the back cover and that is...
Breaking Motoring News 3
The Alliance of British Drivers, The Motorcycle Action Group and Fair Fuel share all the important stories about motoring, the environment and politics whic affect us all on a day to day driving basis. Here are the headlines and the links you need to find out the...
Breaking Motoring News 2
The Alliance of British Drivers, The Motorcycle Action Group and Fair Fuel share all the important stories about motoring, the environment and politics whic affect us all on a day to day driving basis. Here are the headlines and the links you need to find out the...
AVI-8 x Airfix
How many Airfix models did Free Car Mag make back in the day? Hundreds, possibly thousands, mostly badly, but the amount of fun we had was incredible. Here is a wonderful tribute which is perfect in every detail, something we can wear while making a mess in our grown...
Mazda2 vs Mazda2 Hybrid
Mazda2 vs Mazda2 Hybrid: A Side-by-Side Comparison Review It’s not often you do a comparison test of a make and model of car against the same make and model of car. In this case, we’re talking about the Mazda2 versus the new Mazda2 hybrid. Except that apart from the...
2024 Volkswagen ID.7 Review
2024 Volkswagen ID.7 Review – Biggest ID EV Yet! Meet the newest, biggest and fanciest member of Volkswagen’s all-electric ID range of passenger cars. The ID.7 rolls out at nearly five metres long, sets a new benchmark for luggage capacity and yet achieves a drag...
Tragedy of the Triumph Dolomite
Triumph could have become a British BMW. Sadly they failed to do this with a model that was only mildly less disastrous than the Snag, sorry Stag. First of all Triumph created another new model out of two existing ones. The basis of the new Dolomite was the 1500’s...
On Test: AlcoSense Pro
Free Car Mag have from time to time experimented with some of the simple alcohol test kits and although they can be useful there are certainly some limitations. Fortunately AlcoSense have sent us their Pro digital breathalyser to test. As a rule in the Free Car Mag...
Bulldog BDX on Test
There is complete chaos in the Free Car Mag Garage. It is badly operated by the grease monkeys who claim to be affiliated to the cult of Bangernomics. They leave abandoned projects in the way and often give up far too easily when there is the slightest problem. What...
Orient Mako 20th Anniversary Edition
Free Car Mag have a lot of time for Orient watches and here's another wonderful piece which is great value despite being a limited edition. Orient is launching a commemorative 20th anniversary model from its iconic diver designed Orient Mako series. The...
RANGE ROVER SV ‘BURFORD EDITION’
Free Car Mag are sad to report that Range Rovers are no longer farm friendly hose down interiored work horses, but it has been that way for some time. They are perfect though for special editions. Read on... More than half a century ago, Range Rover defined the luxury...
Q Timex Falcon Eye Chronograph
Some retro wrist action is all Free Car Mag ask for and Timex have certainly delivered with the Q Timex Falcon Eye Chronograph. This pays homage to its predecessor, the Q Timex 1979 Reissue by mirroring some of the most quintessential details that you already know and...
Mercedes-Benz G-Class
The Mercedes G-Wagen is more adorable as a basic military vehicle from 1979, now it seems to just do lots of posing in urban areas rather than being in the mud, where it belongs. Never mind, here's absolutely everything you need to know about he latest one. The...
Toyota Landcruiser the all new 2024 Model
Free Car Mag are huge fans of the Toyota Landcruiser, quite possibly the most durable and reliable model range ever built. Here is everything you could possibly need to know. The all-new Land Cruiser 250 is the latest generation of a model that across more than 70...
VW Golf 50th Birthday
Free Car Mag are big fans and long time owners of the world's best range of practical hatchbacks. It should have been Car of the Year in 1974, but that was the complicated, flakey, if beautiful Citroen CX. This year, 2024 the World Car of the Year is a Battery car the...
Porsche Vibes by Michael Köckritz published by teNeues
Free Car Mag love a Porsche. We've driven loads and owned a few and loved every motoring moment. Now here is a publication that might well be our book of the year. We've had an advanced peek at Porsche Vibes and we rather enjoyed it. If you like Porsche or know...
Mini Specialist gives Top Buying Tips
Inspired by his favourite film, The Italian Job (1969), Phil Mires started dealing in classic Minis in 2021 at the age of 26. Three years on and he has notched up more than 50 sales totalling around £700,000. Phil, from Ottershaw in Surrey, had already made hundreds...
Breaking Motoring News 1
The Alliance of British Drivers, The Motorcycle Action Group and Fair Fuel share all the important stories about motoring, the environment and politics whic affect us all on a day to day driving basis. Here are the headlines and the links you need to find out the...
Car Makers Enter Robot Race!
The staggering recent advances in Generative AI has brought us to the cusp of a radical sea-change in how we use and interact with technology going forward, and that includes a realisation of science-fiction dreams (or is it nightmares?) – the Robot Revolution says...
