The Car Years is back on ITV 2
Free Car Mag adore this programme and are jolly glad that it is back for another instalment. It features Vicki Butler Henderson (Fifth Gear, Top Gear) and Alex Riley (The One Show, The Classic Car Show) return to champion the very best cars released from a moment in...
Honda S800 where Brown Car Guy meets a hero
I’ve been waiting to drive a Honda S800 for over 35 years, ever since I saw it in dealership in London as a teenager. It was a Japanese MGB, miniscule yet maverick, mini yet clearly mighty. That’s down to the motorcycle derived engine. A 791cc four-cylinder producing...
Kia Picanto Driven
The current Kia Picanto has been around since 2017, but last year it received a facelift and tweaks to its drivetrain. What we have here on test is a 1.0-litre 3-cylinder car with just 66bhp, claimed to be capable of 100mph (though you'd need to be going downhill,...
Jaguar F-Pace 400e PHEV driven by Brown Car Guy
I'm going to be making a very special exception in this review. Normally I don't like plug-in hybrids. What's the point? Electric cars must be plugged-in of course, but it's frankly a nuisance. Hybrids should have the advantage of self-charging. So why put up with the...
ORIGINAL MODERN CLASSICS AT MANOR PARK CLASSICS
Free Car Mag love classics and Manor Park’s near-unique recipe of operating from its purpose-built Cheshire premises, giving buyers five days of flexible viewing beforehand, and allowing access to the physical sale to online and ‘phone bidders proved yet again to be a...
Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio driven by Brown Car Guy
I first drove the Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio at the launch in Italy four years ago, around the Balocco test track in Vercelli. Frankly I loved it. Instantly accessible speed, reassuring but entertaining dynamics and as for those knuckle-biting sexy looks... well...
2021 Land Rover Discovery Review by Brown Car Guy
The current Land Rover Discovery arrived in 2017 and was the first in the lineage not to use old-skool body-on-frame construction. It is now based on the same platform is its more opulent Range Rover and Range Rover Sport siblings. Which of course makes it less Farmer...
Alfa Romeo Stelvio Veloce Reviewed by Brown Car Guy
This isn’t my first time reviewing an Alfa Romeo Stelvio. I reviewed both the 510bhp Quadrifoglio and 280bhp 2.0-litre turbocharged four cylinder when they first came out about four years ago. For the latest model year generation, the Stelvio has received a few...
1971: THE YEAR HOLLYWOOD WENT INDEPENDENT
Park Circus and Cinema Rediscovered are delighted to announce the launch of 1971: The Year Hollywood Went Independent, a brand-new season of films to be launched at July’s Festival (to be held in Bristol from 28 July – 1 August), and which are available for cinemas...
Brown Car Guy drives the MG ZS EV
The MG ZS EV is, as you’ve probably guessed, the fully electric version of the formidably priced, practical and appealing ZS compact family SUV. It’s a little more expensive, whereas the regular ZS starts at just over £15k and tops out at around £20k, this starts at...
GR Yaris Circuit Pack reviewed by Kiran Parmar
Every now and again a new car comes along that creates so many ripples of excitement in the automotive world that we, at Free Car Mag, couldn’t wait to find out more about this special vehicle. Allow us to introduce to you, the GR Yaris – a four-wheel drive,...
Brown Car Guy drives the new Audi S3
Audi S3 Saloon Review This decent looking little Audi executive class saloon has a bit of a wild streak. Note the ‘S’ ahead of the 3 rather than ‘A’. That means it has 310bhp, Quattro all-wheel drive and 0-62mph in under five seconds! Thanks to a turbo 2.0-litre...
Radford Returns with Motoring Legends
Celebrated coachbuilder Radford is being brought back to life to once again play a leading role in creating bespoke global luxury cars. The marque is being revived to create contemporary luxury commissions true to classic timeless designs, bringing a modern and...
McLaren 620R driven by Brown Car Guy
About as hardcore as a road car can get, superb at the right place and time says Shahzad Sheikh If you've only just managed to get your head around McLaren's unique model range structure, go full face-palm now, because the arrival of recent new offerings from the...
Isuzu D-Max driven by Brown Car Guy
Trucking just got more stylish, and safer says Shahzad Sheikh From quarries to corner shops, from lugging loads to ferrying families, from off-roading to wind boarding, Isuzu has got a pickup truck for you - meet the all-new 2021 D-Max. A new platform and, most...
BMW 5 Series Lights revamp, which works for all cars…
By Kiran Parmar Having recently said goodbye to my faithful Mitsubishi Lancer which I kept for thirteen years; I have a new daily driver that is my dad’s 2003 BMW 530d (e39). My dad purchased it back in 2006 from BMW North Oxford Garage with only 16,000 miles on the...
Citroen Ami reviewed by Brown Car Guy
By Shahzad Sheikh The Citroen Ami is like no other car. And that’s partly because it isn’t quite a car. Technically it’s a Quadricycle – a four-wheeled vehicle with limitations on performance (can’t exceed 28mph) and weight (must be well under 500kg). In many European...
UK to launch first EV Battery Gigafactory
Electric vehicles are fast becoming a big deal. The government has pledged that the sale of new diesel and petrol vehicles will be banned by 2030, and adoption of new electric vehicles is increasing, year-on-year. Millions of UK motorists are, over the course of the...
Fiat Stilo with the Schumacher connection on Car & Classic
Clio Williams, Honda Civic Jordan, Arrows Escort Cosworth – car makers have often tried to build what is often a tenuous link between the road and F1. One F1 driver who wasn’t afraid to put his name on the tin boxes of the period was Michael Schumacher. After an XR3i...
Bangers and Classics Podcast
Bangers and Classics, the brilliant mind altering Podcast featuring James Ruppert and David Milloy explaining life, the universe and everything to do with the wonderful world of motoring... Does the world need another Podcast with a couple of idiots talking about...
