Loves cars, especially old cheap ones. Drives a fossilised Land Rover and original Mini Cooper. Incredibly, has won awards for journalism and books.
We have been meaning to give a regular mention to our friends at the motoring Podcast. We will try and remember to do this every week, because it contains all the motoring stories we want to listen to, learn about and sometimes pulled to pieces and spat out the other end. In Episode 156 they
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MotorEasy, one of the leading providers of warranties, service plans and supporting products, is joining the 2018 Newspress Awards as headline sponsor. We like the Newspress awards as Free Car Mag seem to do rather well at the annual event. We are even more pleased that MotorEasy are now closely involved with the prestigious awards.
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Free Car Mag were out and about in the new SEAT Arona today. It was the smallest 1.0 litre engine which was very perky and brilliant around town. More details coming up in the February edition of Free Car Mag. The spoiler alert is that we did rather love it. SEAT’s eagerly awaited New Arona
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After eight hours of continual sliding, BMW drives away with the Guinness World Record, now standing at an impressive 232.5 miles of unbroken drifting. This obliterates the previous record by a whopping 143 miles. Enjoy the video.
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We rather liked the idea of this, but the thing is Skoda, made it come to life. Known for some of the most family-friendly cars in the business, ŠKODA has taken things a step further with the creation of a special one-off Karoq made entirely from cardboard. The handmade ‘Kid Karoq’ has been designed as
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Whether or not you think this is a good thing, at least we have an excuse to show a sensational picture of a slammed BMW 3 Series. For the very first time, the National Exhibition Centre (NEC) will host a dedicated area for stars of social media and the internet, allowing fans to ask questions
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We spoke to the Goblin Works Garage recently and they were a breath of fresh air. Read the full interview in Issue 55. 75 years ago, Goblin – a great British engineering company – was launched, but was forced to close in 1981. Now Jimmy DeVille, engineer, adventurer, petrolhead and former soldier, is bringing the
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We have been interviewing a lot of people on TV recently and it was a great pleasure to speak to Drew Pritchard and Paul Cowland about their brilliant new show. Read the full interview in Issue 55. In Salvage Hunters: Classic Cars antiques supremo Drew Pritchard and automotive guru Paul Cowland from Discovery Channel’s Turbo
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We were luck enough to chat to Ant Instead and Mike Brewer about the brilliant new series of Wheeler Dealers. read it in full in Issue 55. WHEELER DEALERS is back as the new team begin work on an array of second-hand motors in need of a second chance. From their southern California shop, automotive
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Obviously diesel still exists, but less people are buying vehicles powered by it. However, our cartoon dog, Diesel, a cynical scrapyard hound is dead, as far as the mag is concerned anyway. We were going to put him in it, but abandoned that brilliant idea and left him in his kennel. Now it seems appropriate
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