Classic Car Review: 2004 Škoda Octavia vRS – The OG Hot Hatch Remains as Reintegrating as Ever! I remember driving the Škoda Octavia vRS when it first came out. It was brilliant and delightful, because it was completely unexpected. If you think back to the history of the brand, it was never really taken seriously
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Free Car Mag were lucky enough to corner Alex Manos for a couple of minutes in between him buying and selling at least 23 classics and ask him a few important questions about what he does and what he knows. It is worth going to the brilliant Beverly Hills website not least because you will
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Car auctions might seem like something reserved for dealers and experts, but attending one can offer you a unique opportunity to find great deals and discover rare vehicles. Whether you’re searching for your next car or just curious, attending an auction can provide an experience that you don’t get from traditional dealerships. The atmosphere is
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Dragster Genesis The formative years of fearsome acceleration By Barry John is just the sort of book that we adore at Free Car Mag. There is a lot to learn about a subject we have admired from a distance (we learned a lot from '70s Custom Car mags) and brilliantly told by an absolute 24
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Chery Picked: Why the UK Car Industry is cooked. Never mind the super mega Chinese embassy that’s going up and tunneling underneath our capital city, if you want proof that Britain has fallen, here it is: ‘CHERY UK confirms its first partnership, appointing Peter Crouch and Abbey Clancy to support the introduction of the flagship
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Everyday when there is a Hot Wheels story, is a jolly good day. For Free Car Mag the sheer joy, creativity and passion involved in every model is what makes us feel as though going for a drive is still a great thing to do. And if we can't, well we can have fun on
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Free Car Mag still have no idea how it really works, all we know is that @HiKennys spends the summer going to car shows, in the north, taking pictures, making funny comments and then collating a top ten that we can all judge. Incidentally it is the event's 10th Birthday, so please send a card.
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Here's what Free Car Mag want for Christmas. It will keep us busy for over 30 hours. Immerse yourself in the world of classic motorsport with the Pocher 1:8 scale die-cast metal model kit of the Porsche 917KH – MARTINI Edition. This officially licensed model meticulously replicates the legendary car that triumphed at the
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REVIEW: Classic Fiat 500e – A Tiny Italian Bundle of Fun Rebooted by Silent Classics There are many questions in life for which we have thus far failed to find a satisfactory answer. For example: why does toast always land butter-side down? Or what precisely is the purpose of a rubber chicken? And most pertinently
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Do you remember the East African Safari Datsun 240Zs? Well without getting yourself a classic Datsun to put in the garage, it would be far easier to put one of these beauties on your wrist. Free Car Mag can't wait to see one close up. We love the engraving on the caseback. For the moment
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Happy Birthday BMW 3 Series. It is 50 years since it made the roads look much better and if you were lucky enough to get behind the wheel, then it was of course, ‘the ultimate driving machine’. I know this because I still remember 1975 as if it was 50 years ago. Not surprisingly BMW []
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This is a record. Twelve beautiful British inches of plastic with some words and music between the grooves. I found it in a charity shop unloved and unremarked and it looks like it has never been played. A shame as the adverts are amusing little ear worms of fun and frivolity. The great thing is
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