Loves cars, especially old cheap ones. Drives a fossilised Land Rover and original Mini Cooper. Incredibly, has won awards for journalism and books.
Just watch it. A properly exciting car ad. If throwing yourself out of a plane (one Free Car Mag staffer does do this) is as much fun as a Type R (and she did do a passenger lap with Honda BTCC legend Gordon Shedden so can confirm it is true) then this is hot hatch
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We are huge fans of Charles Ware’s Morris Minor Centre and were lucky enough to meet the late founder a few years back and write a feature about the business. https://cdn.lumara.digital/freecarmag/magazine/free-car-mag-issue-14.pdf Now we learn that you can buy Morris Minor Parts directly from the website. The original exploded diagrams have been kept but linked to
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Tomorrow is the launch of our sort of film, choc full of fights, mindless violence and ’80s cars which explains why Charlize Theron is the cover star and we have a ton of features on the film and even one on Budapest where the film was partly shot. Free Car Mag will be in the
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Here’s an event that you would be bonkers to miss if love your BMW. You could get to see a real M1 in the metal! The BMW Car Club GB will once again host the National Festival at the British Motor Museum. The 13th August 2017 will be the biggest and best ever with thousands
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We enjoy a bit of racing game action and Project Cars is brilliant, plus it is set to get even better. The popular career mode from the chart-topping Project CARS returns for Project CARS 2 with fan-desired improvements, careful refinements and all-new features to faithfully echo the motorsport careers of real-world drivers like no other
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In the UK we love our convertibles, after Germany we are the biggest market in Europe for soft top cars. That’s probably because our climate is perfect. No really it is, mild most of the time and no chance of getting sun stroke. Indeed, if you have a roof and it isn’t pouring down, just
Read More: Wind Deflector Material for your Convertible at a bargain price
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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