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Alfa Romeo Giulia sets new lap record at Silverstone – ‘blindfolded’

by James Ruppert | Nov 21, 2016 | Articles, New Model, Videos

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 to another record-breaking accomplishment completing the lap on the National Circuit in 1:44.3secs,

MODERN CARS ARE TOO BIG FOR BRITAIN’S AGEING PARKING SPACES

by James Ruppert | Nov 21, 2016 | Articles, Safety

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 on WM radio 95.6 later on or catch it on iPlayer. The

Robot Cars can be helpful shock…

by James Ruppert | Nov 21, 2016 | Articles, Robot Car Wars

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’ technology in 10,000 cars has

BENTLEY CREATES LUXURIOUS SEASONAL PICNIC FOR LINLEY HAMPER BY MULLINER

by James Ruppert | Nov 20, 2016 | Articles, New Model

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 Linley Hamper by Mulliner for the Bentley Bentayga.

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find them – Your Fantastical Film for the Weekend

by James Ruppert | Nov 17, 2016 | Articles, Celebrities, Classic Cars, Films

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 creatures. Arriving in New York for a

Jaguar XKSS Prototype Revealed in Los Angeles

by James Ruppert | Nov 17, 2016 | Articles, Classic Cars, New Model

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 presentation at the

The Hyundai IONIQ – The Future Of E-Mobility?

by James Ruppert | Nov 17, 2016 | Articles, Celebrities, New Model

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: Hybrid, Plug-in Hybrid, and Electric. And

Jaguar iPace Concept Celebrity Launch brings crowd to a standstill…

by James Ruppert | Nov 16, 2016 | Articles, New Model

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, five seat sports car and a performance SUV in one. This unique and

New Gear.Club driving app is the must have addition for your mobile device

by James Ruppert | Nov 16, 2016 | Articles, Classic Cars, Videos

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 two million installs less than two weeks after launch. Developed over the past

We’re Working on Electric Car 3.0 and it will be a robot…

by James Ruppert | Nov 16, 2016 | Articles, New Model, Robot Car Wars, Videos

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 their own vehicles. Lots of confusing buzz words too. Oh Dear. According to the company

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