Loves cars, especially old cheap ones. Drives a fossilised Land Rover and original Mini Cooper. Incredibly, has won awards for journalism and books.
According to the government petrol and diesel car sales will be banned by 2040. According to the Free Car Mag desktop calculator that is 23 years time and predicting the future is a dangerous thing to do. The best we can usually rely on is Hollywood where Back to the Future II suggested that there
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Motorists locked into appealing finance deals on new cars could be leaving themselves open to huge bills if the car is written off or stolen before the end of the agreed loan period, according to MotorEasy. There has been a massive surge in motorists using personal contract purchase (PCP) deals to buy new cars. Last
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We knew we were right all along, here is further confirmation… The results of an independent survey of over 2,000 people, revealed people’s chief concern is that self driving cars are highly susceptible to interference. Hacking is the main fear, with 85% of respondents saying that they would be worried about driverless cars being hacked
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That was last year with a Range Rover, the great news is that eBay RESTORATION LIVE is returning to the Silverstone Classic with a mission to restore a classic 1984 Ford Capri in just three days, using parts and accessories bought from eBay.co.uk. A team of expert mechanics led by racing driver and car restorer
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Don’t try this in your motor, only a trained professional stands any chance of putting together a tasty meal in a moving rally car. DJ BBQ, a regular on Jamie Oliver’s popular Food Tube channel, visited the brand new rallycross circuit at Silverstone last month where he attempted to make a burger whilst being driven
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Free Car Mag can barely contain its collective excitement as the iconic science fiction monster Godzilla makes land fall in the UK this August. Manga Entertainment revealed that Shin Godzilla will roar into cinemas for a limited engagement on Thursday 10th August. Tickets for the film are now available for pre-purchase on the official film
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Citroën has partnered with global yogi and founder of BOYS OF YOGA, Michael James Wong, to create a unique new series of ‘Car Yoga’ poses to help Yoga-practising drivers and passengers unwind, and re-energise before driving, during rest periods and at their final destination. Inspired by New Citroën C3’s focus on occupant comfort and well-being,
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We love the Fiat 500 and wish it all the best for its 60th. Indeed, in Issue 48 we did a rather lovely retro spread as Fiat toured their classic and modern 500s around Europe. The 500 is certainly a miracle of Italian design, but also, and above all, a car that has improved the
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Well this is slightly weird. Leasing Options decided to find out our favourite film scenes with cars in them and then get children to perform them. Maybe it is the school holidays and they were free. At least it is funny. The nation’s favourite car scene With a resoundingly large proportion of the poll, 24.7%
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At Free Car Mag our daily office wear is very much Simon Carter suits, ties and accessories. So we were delighted to hear that our favourite TV programme, The Crystal Maze, has outfits made by Simon Carter. These are suits of the jump variety. Based on what the 1960s Le Mans competitors wore and they
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