Elstree 1976 – Stars Wars behind the scenes
If you are a bit let down by the repeated attempts to reinvent the original magical sci-fi experience, then true fans will adore this film. Documentary maker Jon Spira tracks down some minor actors who appeared in the orginal 'Star Wars' movie, from Darth Vader to...
Nissan Set Drift Record
Nissan has set the GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS title for the fastest drift using the specially tuned MY16 Nissan GT-R NISMO by entering a drift at a speed of 304.96 km/hr. Masato Kawabata, the Japanese drift champion and title holder for the D1 Grand Prix series, set the...
Havana Motor Club
Havana Motor Club - Official Trailer from Bent Jorgen Perlmutt on Vimeo. Here is a fantastically evocative film about real people using real classic cars in extraordinary circumstances. HAVANA MOTOR CLUB tells a personal, character-driven story about Cuba's vibrant...
Land Rover Reborn
If like the staff of Free Car Mag you have ever dreamt of owning brand new Series One Land Rover... Land Rover Classic’s expert team has drawn on decades of experience to hand-pick 25 Series I chassis from Land Rover’s global network. Each model will undergo a...
PRINCE HARRY UNVEILS THE INVICTUS GAMES UK TEAM AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE
Patron of the Invictus Games Foundation, Prince Harry, unveiled the UK Team for the 2016 Invictus Games, sponsored by Jaguar Land Rover. Jaguar Land Rover are the presenting partner of the Invictus Games as well as the proud sponsor of the UK Team – continuing their...
London Motor Show – Getting Bigger
We can't wait to see any hint of the new TVR at the new London Motor Show which has continued to grow and now the Battersea Park Evolution event, just a month away, has attracted 35 car brands and over 130 different models, some to be seen in the capital for the very...
Ben Hur is Coming
BEN-HUR is choc full of chariots rather than cars, but we can't wait to see the race when the film comes out on the 26th August. BEN-HUR is the epic story of Judah Ben-Hur (Jack Huston), a prince falsely accused of treason by his adopted brother Messala (Toby...
Mazda MX5 – When a Sprint Champion went Drifting
2014 European 100m champion and all-round good guy James Dasaolu spent a day in the all-new Mazda MX-5 learning how to drift. Not an easy skill to master, but professional racing driver and master driving coach Mark Hales was the man for the job. The day wasn't...
Eddie the Eagle’s Van – Update
We have just got our hands on the documentation for the fantastic Eddie the Eagle Van giveaway. It has only had four owners and is currently residing at Elstree Studios, where the winner will have to collect it from. ENTER WIN EDDIE THE EAGLE'S VAN
Hot Wheels – the ’80s are back…
With the news that Hot Wheels are bringing back '80s cars in their '80s packaging, a picture of that would be really boring. Well quite interesting to us in the Free Car Mag office, but we thought it would be much better to watch the brilliant Slow Mo Guys do a few...
Japfest 2016
We are looking forward to the 24th April and Japfest which is a jolly exciting event. In particular we enjoy the Drift Kings, run in association with the British Drift Championship (BDC), is expected to be the eye-catching show stopper this year at the new iconic home...
Tesla Model 3, Everyone wants one…
Well in the space of 24 hours more than 276,000 customers have signed up for The Model 3 which will have enough power to accelerate from 0-60mph in under six seconds, be able to cover at least 215 miles on a single charge, offer space for five in comfort.
Queen’s Bentley up for Grabs
The Queen’s Bentley Mulsanne limousine has gone on sale for just under £200,000 on Auto Trader. This rolling piece of history was reserved for exclusive use by the Monarch during a two-year period from 2012 to 2014 when the Bentley was retired from Royal duties. The...
Dream Garage
We love these films about people who love BMWs. At age 17, The Collector was homeless. Today, he owns one of the most significant collections of classic BMWs on the planet. Located in a secret warehouse in Southern California, his collection consists of 45 cars,...
BTCC off to a flying start
Halfords Yuasa Racing scored its first one-two of the new BTCC season as reigning champion Gordon Shedden led home team-mate Matt Neal in the second contest at Brands Hatch. You can watch all the races over the weekend at the ITV website.http://www.itv.com/btcc/races...
Johnny Herbert confronts Fernando Alonso
Formula 1 suddenly gets interesting and quite funny. No cars involved.
Vauxhall Adam with Zero Running Costs
After a significant investment and several years of highly secretive research and development, Vauxhall today releases first pictures of the ADAM C, the world’s first full-size production kinetic car. The ADAM C is powered by a state-of-the-art kinetic mechanism...
Skoda Dog Brolly
Make no bones about it - ŠKODA is set to become the saviour of soggy hounds across the UK thanks to the introduction of a new dog umbrella. The latest addition to ŠKODA’s celebrated range of Simply Clever options means that the nation’s mutts no longer have to risk a...
Honda’s Emoji Plates
Honda today unveiled plans to introduce emoji registration plates for car buyers in the UK, releasing images of the world’s first official emoji number plate on its race car for the road, the Honda Civic Type R. Honda’s plans for emoji registration plates are in...
Chris Hoy’s Le Mans dream comes true
"Absolutely delighted to announce that I will be competing at this year's LeMans 24hr race!!" Read our brilliant interview with Sir Chris in issue 18
