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We rather liked this inspiring story of the Swiss triathelete and her SsanYong Tivoli, so we thought we would share that with you. We also noticed that SsangYong have a great deal for buyers until the end of January 2017. Here’s the deal… As the cold winter weather starts to bite, SsangYong is introducing a
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Wayne Rooney was happy enough with a Ford Ka when he started his driving career and since then he has moved on to rather more exotic vehicles. In the real world Iain Young is selling his 2008 Ford KA. He expects to get around £1000 and wants something more exciting to replace it. Car for
Read More: Car Choice: Replacing a Ford Ka with something more exciting.
This is very scary. Not the tyres, they look very clever indeed. However, here we have the coming together of big business and the education establishment in a conspiracy against the ordinary citizen to introduce Robot Cars. Expect to see lots more of this sort of research as it softens up driver’s for the inevitable
Read More: Are European Drivers Ready to Give up the Wheel?
Drive Tribes is the digital home for all the motoring tribes under the sun founded by Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May. It is Facebook for cars so that you can go and follow your motoring interests, post stories and even found a tribe of your own. We are not allowed to embed the
Read More: Drive Tribes is now live and we are on it…
Back in the ’80s there was Alvin (Autonomous Land Vehicle In a Neural Network), a groundbreaking project to build an autonomous vehicle powered by a neural network. ALVINN’s original top speed was 3.5mph, which was limited by the amount of computing power they could fit in the vehicle, but at least it was a kick-ass
Read More: Robot Cars are not new, they come from the 1980s…
We love this car and the whole manga story that inspired it. Well done Toyota. Inspired by the Initial D Japanese manga comic series, Toyota’s new GT86 project re-imagines the world-famous AE86 Corolla for a new generation. On its launch in 2012, the Toyota GT86 was instantly recognised as a spiritual successor to the rear-wheel
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Exchange and Mart Backs the ‘Brake Pledge’ as Road Safety Week Gears Up www.exchangeandmart.co.uk/distracted-driving In Great Britain alone, there were over 185,010 road traffic injuries and fatalities* (year ending June 2016), yet nearly 139,000 could have been prevented if motorists were less distracted when driving. Whilst loss of concentration through tiredness is well documented to
Read More: 25% OF MOTORISTS ADMIT TO DRIVING WHEN TIRED, DESPITE KNOWING THE RISKS
OK we admit that at Free Car Mag we have gone a bit early with Christmas. Actually our bumper Christmas issue will be out next week choc full of games, present ideas and turkey. Probably. Anyway let’s all get in the Christmas spirit with Bad Santa 2. We loved the first one and this seems
Read More: Bad Santa 2 – Your badly behaved tinsel decorated film for the weekend
The TUMI X WIRED Innovation in Travel Awards returns for a second year. The series is designed to celebrate the companies, destinations and services delivering unparalleled experiences in the travel sector. It’s also a way for WIRED readers to discover new ways to enjoy the rich and diverse travel opportunities our planet offers. To enter
Read More: Win the luxury holiday of a lifetime – Tumi x Wired Innovation in Travel Awards
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 just that, made up and if someone chooses to copy
Read More: DO FILM CAR CHASES ENCOURAGE RECKLESS DRIVING?