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Free Car Mag would like to congratulate Peter H who won our watch competition. Peter was certainly surprised. “Well blow me! I never win anything… Thanks!” He has a wonderful timepiece. Mondaine has once again focused on what really matters – the simple unity of eminent timeless Swiss design with innovation, craftsmanship and functionality. All
Read More: Mondaine Watch Competition – we have a winner!
In the current issue of Free Car Mag we managed to overlook the Toyota Hi Lux in our roundup of motors for Santa to use at this most important time of the year. When it comes to reliability and practicality the Hi Lux would be the very best present delivery option. We sincerely apologise. Here
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New research from BCA, the UK and Europe’s largest used vehicle marketplace, reveals how the most popular colours for used cars have changed in the last five years. The analysis of vehicles sold by BCA this year shows black topping the colour chart, accounting for 26% of the total sold and overtaking silver which was
Read More: BLACK IS BACK FOR USED CAR BUYERS IN 2016
Christmas presents can be so disappointing. Auntie Flo meant well with that cardie and slippers, but what we really wanted for Christmas was a model that we could build. So here’s some great news. Trouble is it will cost you over a grand. Eaglemoss Collections, the UK’s leading publisher of partworks and collections, is launching
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A new study by Hankook Tyres has revealed that 1 in 10 UK car drivers have never checked their tyre pressure and almost half of drivers surveyed are unaware of the legal limits for tyre tread on their vehicle. According to a new study by Hankook, 1 in 5 drivers in the UK are only
Read More: Check Your Tyres says Hankook but 1 in 10 never do
Free Car Mag has well know reservation about robot cars, but this looks like fun as a sort of full scale Scalextric. The robot car looks really cool too. Roborace names Michelin as its official tyre partner. Michelin has been working secretly at its testing facilities and sharing over 125 years of its expertise with
Read More: Roborace announces Michelin as official tyre sponsor
At Free Car Mag we sometimes wonder if collectively we are not just a bit funny in the head. Why else would we find this video so brilliant. Here is an old fashioned ’70s/’80s forecourt which seems to have been left to rot. There is a lovely Morris Marina, a Morris Oxford and a Wolseley.
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Formula 1 really is rather dreary compared to the super exciting world of the FIA Rallycross Championship. The six-minute video captures the excitement of the 12-round season which included a star-studded list of new drivers for 2016 including nine-time WRC Champion Sebastien Loeb and YouTube sensation, Ken Block. The season began in extremely wet conditions
Read More: 2016 FIA World Rallycross Championship – Enjoy
Here’s how you do a Christmas thingamy on the Interweb, better than any card and most Christmas films, which is the point, you need to watch this stop motion very carefully. The latest festive stop motion animation Snowkhana video is a test for movie buffs as tiny superstar Mental Block drifts his way through a
Read More: Snowkhana 5: The Stop motion drifting sensation is back!
We’ve been out and about in the new Citroën C3 and we rather like it. There will be details in the next issue of Free Car Mag which is out in January. Here are a few things you need to know. The exterior has a two-tone paint option, with a choice of three roof colours
Read More: The new Citroën C3 let’s you take pictures of Pandas…