DO FILM CAR CHASES ENCOURAGE RECKLESS DRIVING?
FOLLOWING the announcement of planned driving test changes to help reduce the number of young people being killed in collisions Cooper BMW looked to see if pop-culture plays its part in encouraging dangerous habits. Which let's face it is, nuts, but fun. A film is...
Alfa Romeo Giulia sets new lap record at Silverstone – ‘blindfolded’
Marking 65 years from Italian F1 World Champion Nino Farina registering a lap record at Silverstone while driving the legendary Alfa Romeo 159 which was adorned with the iconic Quadrifoglio badge, the 2016 range-topping Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio can now lay claim...
Robot Cars can be helpful shock…
At Free Car Mag we have been having a go at Robot Cars, but not all technology is bad. Having been rescued efficiently, quickly and politely twice by the AA in 2016 Free Car Mag have a lot of time for this particular rescue organisation. A trial of ‘AA Connect’...
MODERN CARS ARE TOO BIG FOR BRITAIN’S AGEING PARKING SPACES
Britain’s car parking spaces are too small to cope with consumers’ love affair with big family SUVs, leading to nearly £1.4bn of car park prangs every year according to data released by accident aftercare specialist, Accident Exchange. Listen to us discuss the topic...
BENTLEY CREATES LUXURIOUS SEASONAL PICNIC FOR LINLEY HAMPER BY MULLINER
Now this is what you call posh grub, in a posh setting with poshest 4 x 4 on the planet... The culinary team at Daylesford Organic, the award-winning farm and farm-shop collective, has created an organic British picnic to complement the flavours of the season and the...
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find them – Your Fantastical Film for the Weekend
Harry Potter for grown ups? Maybe, it's a film for all the family and Eddie is in it too, so that's a win, win. The year is 1926, and Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne) has just completed a global excursion to find and document an extraordinary array of magical...
The Hyundai IONIQ – The Future Of E-Mobility?
If this is the question you fancied asking, then Jake Humphrey is here to answer it for you... Meet the Hyundai IONIQ, the car lighting the way for the future of electric vehicles. It’s the first car to offer one unique model with a choice of three different designs:...
Jaguar XKSS Prototype Revealed in Los Angeles
Here is the best thing to come out of Los Angeles for some time, although it will actually be coming out of Britain early next year. Yes it's the best Jaguar, since the last one. The first genuine Jaguar XKSS to be built in almost 60 years was given its world debut...
We’re Working on Electric Car 3.0 and it will be a robot…
Padmasree Warrior, NextEV U.S. chief executive officer, discusses the future of electric and autonomous cars with Bloomberg's Emily Chang on "Bloomberg West." Confirmation right here in this interview that future cars really will be robots. NextEV may not even build...
New Gear.Club driving app is the must have addition for your mobile device
At Free Car Mag we can't wait for Christmas, so we've downloaded it right now and it's fabulous. http://www.gear.club/ A highly realistic driving game, developed by Lyon-based Eden Games, it is attracting driving enthusiasts from all over the world after passing the...
Jaguar iPace Concept Celebrity Launch brings crowd to a standstill…
Here is the weird video Jaguar shot before the ground breaking model actually broke cover. Jaguar’s engineering and design teams have torn up the rule book to create a bespoke electric architecture, matched with dramatic design. The result is a no-compromise smart,...
Firestone making noise with Battle of the Bands talent search
For the Free Car Mag punk band, it is sadly a bit too late to enter the Firestone Battle of the Bands competition now, but the prizes are fantastic. The popular tyre brand is again embarking on a nationwide hunt to find the most talented bands in the UK, culminating...
Lewis Hamilton in São Paulo, Brazil with PUMA MOTORSPORT
Lewis Hamilton has been out and about with a spray can recently with some interestingly artistic results. The MERCEDES AMG PETRONAS Formula OneTM Team Driver Helps Create Graffiti Mural Showing His Experiences of Brazil, Alongside Artists Los Kueios+Liam Last night in...
Arrival – Your deep thinking Sci Fi film for the weekend…
At Free Car Mag we do love a bit of serious SciFi and this seems to tick all the boxes, no cars, but really this seems to be a film that you think deeply about about when you leave the cinema... When mysterious spacecrafts touch down across the globe, an elite team -...
EUROPACORP AND LEXUS UNVEIL 28TH CENTURY SPACECRAFT ‘SKYJET’
Lexus has announced the formation of a creative partnership with EuropaCorp the Paris-based film studio founded by the director, screenwriter and producer Luc Besson. One of the early fruits of this collaboration will be witnessed in the new science fiction feature...
Drive Like Trump in a True Brit Rolls Royce Silver Cloud
President Elect Donald Trump may well want to make America great again, but apparently his first car was a Rolls Royce Silver Cloud and it remains one of his favourites. You too can drive like the next President in one of the most affordable yet stylish Rolls Royce...
Car Choice: Replacement Estate car required
Robert Jones's Ford Focus estate car has failed its MOT, he has £7000 to spend on a replacement. A Car for the Head Robert does not make too many demands on a car, wants it to be capable on a motorway run, spacious and with a low loading lip to the boot. When it comes...
The Crown – is choc full of classic cars
We do hope you've all been enjoying The Crown on Netflix. The Free Car mag office is already addicted and chomping through the episodes. We don't just enjoy the top drawer acting and punchy script, no it is choc full of classic cars. Series One Land Rovers, Humbers,...
Le Fantôme: a Jake Scott film starring Mads Mikkelsen and the new Ford Edge.
We love it when car companies link up with top drawer Hollywood talent and then make a very long ad that we can all enjoy. Mads Mikkelsen is in the upcoming Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and our recently recommended weekend film Doctor Strange. This short is directed...
Nocturnal Animals – Your rather intense thriller for the weekend
We haven't seen it, but we understand that it is rather excellent. Based on Austin Wright's 1993 novel, Tony and Susan it is directed by Tom Ford and stars Jake Gyllenhaall and Amy Adams. A "story inside a story," in which the first part follows a woman named Susan...
