Loves cars, especially old cheap ones. Drives a fossilised Land Rover and original Mini Cooper. Incredibly, has won awards for journalism and books.
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 quarter of the big game and finds McCarthy – who is
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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 native Yorkshire – and then re-joined the club in 2010 – will
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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 see Hugh Jackman’s lovely claws.
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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 extending the start of MoT testing – which checks the road
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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 classics on screen
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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 bestselling novel, Tennison, and produced by independent production
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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, Nissan today showed to the
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New research from Asda Money suggests there is a need for UK drivers to sit a second driving test once they’ve been driving for a decade or more, with a large majority not understanding basic road signage. To understand just how well British drivers understand the signage they regularly see on the roads, Asda put
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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 armed forces and
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The last few days have been pretty dismal weather wise and we asked the experts Swinton Insurance about the best way to cope with adverse conditions. What sort of damage can a storm do to my vehicle? Following a storm, it’s important to inspect your vehicle at the earliest available opportunity to see if it
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