VW ID.Buzz Review – from Hippy to Hipster
Everyone remembers the original Volkswagen Campervan, Minibus, Transporter, Type 2, to pick just three of its names. I say remembers, but some of its adopted keepers may not remember it because of, let’s say, recreational substances they might have been using, in fact...
BMW i7 xDrive60 M Sport
Look past that infamous elongated signature BMW kidney grille and this might well be the most elegant and handsome BMW 7 Series since the late 1990s E38 iteration of the flagship. The latest G70 looks the part, although the shock of just how humongous this thing is,...
ULEZ Dilemma
Kiran Parmar has made a very brave decision On 29th August, the Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) is expanding across all London boroughs which will apparently bring clean air to five million more people according to the Mayor of London. This deeply unpopular scheme is...
Cool Recipes & Camping Hacks for VW Campers Cook Book of the Year
Free Car Mag loves cooking and this looks like our cookery book of the year. It's enough to make us go out and get a VW Transporter, but apparently there work just as well with our old Lorry. Combining his love of vintage Volkswagens and good food, Dave Richards has...
Fabulous Classic Fiestas at Car & Classic
Car & Classic, the biggest classic and niche vehicle marketplace in Europe, has reported a substantial increase in Ford Fiesta searches over the weekend when the last Fiesta rolled off the production line (7/9 July). Car & Classic reveals that news of the last Ford...
ULEZ with a twist
how to design a ULEZ.and not lose elections. Would have allowed me to keep my Mondeo... https://www.ft.com/content/c476db8d-ab81-4936-855c-89033d60abc2
For Flux Sake’ – Motor Racing Book of the Year
Ian Flux is a motorsport legend. If it had four wheels and an engine, chances are he’d get a podium finish against all the odds. Flux was no boring robodriver he embraced everything that racing success could offer both on and off the track. Cheeky, but always...
Yuri Bezmenov predicted Demotorization in 1984 and the tyranny of woke
In case you wondered why our car national car industry has been undermined and destroyed, electricity vehicles have become the only acceptable way forward, and climate change is now a religion, one man explained how this would happen in 1984. Few listened. Yuri...
Jazz Glasses by Black Eyewear
Black Eyewear is the creation of optician and lifelong jazz devotee, Robert Roope. It was the late 60s, Roope was living in Copenhagen. He was a regular at the world-renowned jazz club Jazzhus Montmartre. These are the sort of glasses that every Free Car Mag reader...
Car & Classic asks Artificial Intelligence to imagine classic car owners’ ideal home
The biggest online classic and specialist vehicle marketplace in Europe, Car & Classic, has ventured into the digital world of AI by briefing a generative imaging AI programme to imagine in what kind of property owners of specific classic cars are likely to live. Of...
Hyundai Ioniq 6 Reviewed
The Hyundai Ioniq 5 broke the mould with its retro-futuristic styling that fused imposing boxy lines with charismatic angles and detail touches like matrix lighting. The family SUV was going to be a hard act to follow. To go one-up in terms of number sequence, ie...
Toyota GR86 Review
Don’t bother reading this review. This car won’t appeal to you. At least that’s what the market research must be telling the car industry. Apparently, nobody wants small, fun, front-engined, rear-driven, impractical sports cars, powered by an ‘old-fashioned’ petrol...
We build a Lego Land Rover
Free Car Mag’s editor was given Lego Technic Defender on the occasion of a significant birthday by overly generous family members. However, because he is certainly inept and definitely lazy, it stayed in it’s box for a few years. Luckily the Free Car Mag product...
Bag a Convertible at Car & Classic
Car & Classic - the largest online marketplace in Europe for classic and specialist vehicles - may give the widest choice of convertible fun, reaching beyond the UK for one’s dream car. The MGB is the epitome of British classic sports car fun, and for decades was the...
How to Choose the Right Car For You
Buying a new car is exciting but for most of us, it’s a major purchase, and deciding which car to go for isn’t always easy. Here are some tips on how to pick a car that works well for you and your family so you’re not left feeling like your car is more of a hassle...
Orient Star ISO Diver
Free Car Mag have quite a few divers in our watch collection but none are quite as stylish as the new ISOs... An impressive fusion of timeless design and superior watchmaking, this new Orient Star 43.6mm mechanical sports diver watch offers several distinctive...
Multi Year Calendar Watches from Orient
Free Car Mag are the world's biggest watch fans and we rather adore this great value model which is never going out of date, well not for a few years anyway. Here are the details. The new Multi Year Calendar models feature a one-of-a-kind display incorporating year,...
Classic BMW up Shelsley Walsh Hill Climb
Shahzad Sheikh was invited by Motul, the global French company that makes oil and lubricants for cars, and has traditionally had strong motorsports connections, to take part in a session with the Shelsley Walsh Hill Climb Driving School located in Worcestershire,...
Classic Austin Healey 3000 & 100/6 Converted to Electric
Revival Autos in London gives new lease of life to vintage British Roadsters A pair of stunning and beautifully restored Austin Healeys sit awaiting my attention. The Blue car is a 1965 Healey 3000, and the white car is a 1957 100/6. It’s a bright sunny day, we’re in...
Most stolen cars in UK according to Confused.com
As car theft continues to rise in the UK, with over 130,000 cars being stolen in the last year, how likely is it that your car could become a target? Confused.com car insurance experts have analysed DVLA data to find out the most stolen car makes and models in the UK,...
