BENETTON Rebels of Formula 1
Unconventional, flamboyant, ground-breaking, colourful, controversial — the Benetton Formula 1 team was all of those things. Defying perceptions as the rebels of Formula 1, Benetton achieved great success, particularly in the two glorious seasons of 1994 and 1995 when...
Are Buyers Ready for the Electric Revolution?
Last weekend saw World EV Day, and just over a decade on from revolutionary electric cars like the Nissan Leaf and Tesla Model S going on sale, the car industry as a whole has caught up and there is now more choice than ever for those wishing to switch to electric....
BYD Dolphin Review – A Splash of Affordable Electric Driving
In the ever-evolving world of electric vehicles, BYD has dived into the market with its latest offering, appropriately enough called, the Dolphin. This all-electric C-segment hatchback is making waves with its affordable starting price of just £26,000. One of the...
How not to drive a Car Magazine
Basically this is a collection of all the Free Car Mag covers in one place so I can look at it when I’m in an old gits home, but there is the story of how the mag happened and why you should never start a magazine, plus a brief history of British Car Magazines,...
Is it the end of ICE?
Shahzad Sheikh takes the time to ponder what is around the corner for the cars we love. During my recent stint as host of the Tech Hub at the British Motor Show, one of the sessions we ran was ‘Is it the end of ICE?’. Not referring to the frozen crystal cubes dropped...
The Classic Valuer: are Ferrari’s Really Worth More In Red?
The experts at The Classic Valuer, answer one of the most important questions when comes tomes to our favourite Italian supercar. Rosso corsa. Resale red. It’s the easy choice. But is it the right choice financially? For years, when a customer sat down in front of the...
Pininfarina on your wrist – by Globics
Free Car Mag continue to adore watches, especially when they are clever ones like this which is also classically beautiful, but what else would you expect from Pininfarina? Pininfarina Hybrid Smartwatches by Globics introduce their first hybrid smartwatch collection...
ULEZ and Asthma facts laid bare by the ABD
The Alliance of British Drivers have located the research that links to the asthma concerns surrounding the ULEZ expansion. https://www.abdlondon.uk/ulezasthma.pdf https://www.abdlondon.uk/toxicair.htm
Industry ‘Experts’ to talk to the Lords
There does not seem to be anyone on the sceptical side of the electricity car debate at all. None will stand up for the ordinary motorist they just exist as businesses, pressure group or academic to make money from them. They are part of the promotion of electricity...
Ultra Low Emissions Charges are Unenforceable
LEZ Signs are Unlawful and therefore Ultra Low Emissions Charges are Unenforceable. London Scaffolder Boss Noel Willcox contacted Howard Cox as FairFuelUK’s founder and a London Mayoral Candidate to tell me he had won a Court ruling that Low Emissions Signs in London,...
Grab a piece of Fun at Car & Classic
Fancy a supermini so that you can use it for shopping and local errands. Don't want to pay thousands for soemthing which is characterless, dull and absolutely not fun? Well Car & Classic have the answer and it says Fun on the Nova tin, so it must be true. Take a look...
Tell the House of Lords what you think of Electricity Cars
This is really important. You can have your say on where the Government is going with their decision to get rid of petrol and diesel cars. Quite what good it will do and whether they will actually listen is quite another thing. One would like to believe that if they...
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...
