NEGOTIATE WHEN BUYING A NEW CAR & SAVE ON AVERAGE £1000
It might not come naturally to Brits, but the power of negotiating could save car buyers on average £1,046 on the advertised price of a new car, with men claiming an average saving of £1,184 and women £891 According to a new Opinium survey of 2000 UK drivers...
A THIRD OF CAR BUYERS ARE BEING MIS-SOLD FINANCE & INSURANCE PRODUCTS
Car Salesmen can be very persuasive indeed, especially if they are called Swiss Toni, appearing with Reeves and Mortimer. Research from the Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI), the professional body for the automotive sector, has found that finance and insurance...
KONG: Skull Island Your Giant Monkey Movie for the Weekend
Tom Hiddlestone, Brie Larson, John Goodman, Samuel L. Jackson and an abnormally large gorilla, that sounds like the perfect night out for us. Free Car Mag will be going ape at our local local fleapit this weekend watching KONG. Pictures and Legendary Pictures' "Kong:...
Fiat 500 Film is Fab
When we were wandering around Geneva show, our favourite film was this one and it is easy to see why. Fiat is celebrating the 60th anniversary of its iconic Fiat 500 with a 90-second film by surrealist British animator Cyriak. The animation, which portrays how the...
Geneva Motor Show Gallery
Here are Andrew Elphick's greatest pics, choc full of new cars, classics, bits of lego and overpriced sunglasses. Enjoy!
McLaren 720S from Geneva to your game screen with Project Cars 2
The billiant news is that the McLaren 720S that debuted at the Geneva International Motor Show today will be available in Project CARS 2 for the PS®4, Xbox One, and PC, in late 2017 and here's the proof. After months of close collaboration between specialists at...
Geneva Motor Show – The quirky stuff we love.
Andrew Elphick has been lurking around the Morgan stand... The Porsche stand ... The Mercedes one to look at a large concept... And a handy sized Smart Eco Friendly Toyota.. Classic Swiss made Monteverdi And tuning company AC Schnitzer...
Exclusive Pictures from Geneva before the Show opens!
Andrew Elphick has scooped the Geneva Motor Show with these behind the scenes images that you won't be seeing until the press day tomorrow. See the latest David Brown Speedback and Noble plus the usual odd offerings by Sbarro (above). Peugeot getting ready to cash in...
It’s trebles all round as the Peugeot 3008 wins European Car of the Year
Andrew Elphick reveals The winner of the “Car of the Year”-Award 2017 as the Peugeot 3008. The Jury is made up of 58 journalists from 22 European countries. The final vote took place this afternoon, live from the Geneva International Motor, in the presence of...
Rover 3500 wins European Car of the Year (or not)
As our correspondent Andrew Elphick waits for the announcement, he is not only waiting for them to put on some light, but he may also have slipped through a time portal and wound up in 1970s Geneva and the brilliant news that the Rover SD1 rules the waves, before...
Free Car Mag at the Geneva Motor Show
Over the next few days Free Car Mag will be out and about in Geneva covering the odder aspects of the World's most significant Motor Show. Andrew Elphick will be taking a sideways look at what is going on and will be sending words and pictures in the direction of Free...
Fast & Furious – coming soon to Free Car Mag
I know that we've only just released the latest Free Car Mag, but we are already getting super excited about the next one which will be choc full of Vin and the gang. Bet you can't wait... On the heels of 2015’s Fast & Furious 7, one of the fastest movies to reach $1...
KIA SUPPORT SURREY CAPTAIN GARETH BATTY
Kia Motors (UK) Limited, which recently announced an extension to its partnership with Surrey County Cricket Club until 2020 is supporting club captain, Gareth Batty during his testimonial year. During the year Batty, who joined Surrey in 1999 after two years with his...
2017 Kia Niro “Hero’s Journey” Starring Melissa McCarthy
A breaching whale. A falling tree. A charging rhinoceros. These are just some of the extreme challenges Melissa McCarthy faces in Kia Motors’ Super Bowl ad for the all-new 2017 Niro crossover. Debuting online today, “Hero’s Journey” is scheduled to air in the third...
Logan – Your thoughtful comic book film for the weekend
Free Car Mag is a teeny bit tired of the comic book inspired Hollywood film fare recently. There's a load of CGI and a baffling plot and that's it really. Logan though seems delightfully deeper. The last of the Wolverines which sadly means it is the last time we will...
Motorists can’t afford to fix problems so drive on, say Motoreasy
Nearly one in five UK motorists admit to driving their car despite knowing it needs repairs because they can’t afford the bill, according to new research by car maintenance and ownership service, motoreasy. The claim comes at a time when the Government is considering...
Prime Suspect 1973 – fantastic news for classic car spotters
1973 is Free Car Mag's favourite year. It where our comic superhero Spencer Haze was around, so we can expect fags, boozers, fighting and epically cool classic cars. So we will be watching every Thursday on ITV at 9pm. See you there. Adapted from Lynda La Plante’s...
Lethal Weapon on ITV
Any Free Car Mag film night is incomplete without at least one of the Lethal Weapons. What is now so exciting is that we now have a designated Lethal Weapon TV night thanks to ITV. We have made a date for Friday at 9pm. Also, car fans the amount of supercars and...
BE AFRAID – NISSAN CONDUCTS ON-ROAD AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE TESTING IN LONDON
Robot Car Wars is back. Due to popular demand, our cute logo is back to warn you that there are robot cars on the loose right now and they may be coming to a City near you. As part of its commitment to creating a zero-emission, zero-fatality future for mobility,...
Who Dares Wins Ant Middleton points forces in the right car buying direction
Free Car Mag loves Ant Middleton and the Who Dares Wins show although I doubt that the office would survive more than a few minutes of episode one. We would though do anything that Ant told us. Right now he has some great news for those who currently serve us in the...
