CHRISTOPHER WARD’S EXCLUSIVE MORGAN COLLECTION
You don't need to have a handbuilt Morgan to get your hands on a fabulous watch. Due to popular demand, premium British watch brand Christopher Ward, and luxury motor car manufacturer Morgan Motor Company, have announced the exclusive C1 Morgan three-piece watch...
Used Diesel vs Petrol, Motor Easy proves diesel three times more likely break down
Diesel cars are more than three times as likely to break down as their petrol counterparts and are more expensive to fix when they do, according to data from car ownership and maintenance firm, MotorEasy. Based on analysis of 30,000 faults on 3-8 year old cars across...
THE 10 BIGGEST CAR RECALLS EVER
When Volkswagen had to recall many of its vehicles a few years back because of the emission cheating software they had installed, you might have been forgiven for thinking that this was the biggest mistake a car company has ever made. The truth is that car recalls are...
Latest Motoring Podcast
We have been meaning to give a regular mention to our friends at the motoring Podcast. We will try and remember to do this every week, because it contains all the motoring stories we want to listen to, learn about and sometimes pulled to pieces and spat out the other...
MOTOREASY ARE HEADLINE SPONSOR OF NEWSPRESS AWARDS
MotorEasy, one of the leading providers of warranties, service plans and supporting products, is joining the 2018 Newspress Awards as headline sponsor. We like the Newspress awards as Free Car Mag seem to do rather well at the annual event. We are even more pleased...
SEAT Arona – Free Car Mag love it…
Free Car Mag were out and about in the new SEAT Arona today. It was the smallest 1.0 litre engine which was very perky and brilliant around town. More details coming up in the February edition of Free Car Mag. The spoiler alert is that we did rather love it. SEAT’s...
BMW M5 refuel mid-drift to take TWO GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ titles
After eight hours of continual sliding, BMW drives away with the Guinness World Record, now standing at an impressive 232.5 miles of unbroken drifting. This obliterates the previous record by a whopping 143 miles. Enjoy the video.
Cardboard Skoda Karoq designed by kids…
We rather liked the idea of this, but the thing is Skoda, made it come to life. Known for some of the most family-friendly cars in the business, ŠKODA has taken things a step further with the creation of a special one-off Karoq made entirely from cardboard. The...
Performance Car Show – Influencer Central
Whether or not you think this is a good thing, at least we have an excuse to show a sensational picture of a slammed BMW 3 Series. For the very first time, the National Exhibition Centre (NEC) will host a dedicated area for stars of social media and the internet,...
Goblin Works Garage: The Interview
We spoke to the Goblin Works Garage recently and they were a breath of fresh air. Read the full interview in Issue 55. 75 years ago, Goblin – a great British engineering company - was launched, but was forced to close in 1981. Now Jimmy DeVille, engineer, adventurer,...
Wheeler Dealers: the interview
We were luck enough to chat to Ant Instead and Mike Brewer about the brilliant new series of Wheeler Dealers. read it in full in Issue 55. WHEELER DEALERS is back as the new team begin work on an array of second-hand motors in need of a second chance. From their...
Salvage Hunters: Classic Cars: The Interview
We have been interviewing a lot of people on TV recently and it was a great pleasure to speak to Drew Pritchard and Paul Cowland about their brilliant new show. Read the full interview in Issue 55. In Salvage Hunters: Classic Cars antiques supremo Drew Pritchard and...
Diesel is dead, apparently…
Obviously diesel still exists, but less people are buying vehicles powered by it. However, our cartoon dog, Diesel, a cynical scrapyard hound is dead, as far as the mag is concerned anyway. We were going to put him in it, but abandoned that brilliant idea and left him...
Avon Tyres new Official Tyre Supplier to 6th Gear Experience
With six venues across the North, Midlands and the South, 6th Gear offers car fanatics an adrenalin-fuelled experience in a number of high performance cars including the Lamborghini Gallardo, Aston Martin Vantage, Audi R8 and Ferrari 360 Modena. Locations include...
New Mercedes-Benz G-Wagen coming soon…
Mercedes G-Class will be replaced in 2018, and we'll get to the new G-Wagen in days...We love the old ones. Here's a brief history. Germans, very good at coming second. Fortunately they did it in the last couple of world wars and in 1966. When it came to upmarket off...
Fast & Furious Live on Stage
Are you going to a pantomime? It might be fun, but there aren't any cars in it are there? How about a couple of hours of full on automotive fun? Imagine if you could see the Fast & Furious films, but right before your very eyes? All these questions have now be...
Haggle your way to a cheaper Used Car with Exchange and Mart
Right now is a great time to buy a used car. It is cold and it is Christmas. The last thing normal people are doing is buying cars. That means there are deals to be had, provided you have decent negotiating skills. So Exchange and Mart advises buyers that haggling...
Our four best Technocar picks
These days a car isn’t just a device for moving you from one place to another, it has to be a mobile office, club and relaxing zone all in one so the amount of tech has gone crazy of late. There are varying levels of autonomy in cars now, you can turn the volume up by...
ANTHONY JOSHUA LIGHTS UP CHRISTMAS FOR NSPCC CHILDREN
World heavyweight boxing champion Anthony Joshua visited the NSPCC centre Boole House in Coventry, to surprise a group of children with a unique Christmas lights switch-on. Jaguar and Joshua are teaming up to promote the NSPCC’s ‘Light up Christmas for Children’...
T W Steel and Red Bull Holden a proper car watch for Christmas
TW Steel has announced a new partnership with one of the racing world’s most exciting teams, the Red Bull Holden Racing Team. As Official Timekeeping Partner, to celebrate this collision of boldness. The team have torn up the record books for over a decade now as...
