What exactly does the MoT mean to you? An annual sharp intake of breath as your local garage tells you what the damage is to get your old car through the test? Then again you could view it as confirmation that you are maintaining your vehicle in the rudest possible health. Whatever you think about
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Ineos Automotive has plans to create a ‘world-class, uncompromising 4×4’, scheduled to reach the market in 2020, influenced by the Land Rover Defender and in need of a Government grant. Oh yes, and it is provisionally titled Pjoeckt Grenadier. Thy have budgeted 600m to spend and will create thousands of new jobs. Meanwhile, Free Car
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Euro Car Parts, the UK’s leading distributor of motoring parts, delved into their data to discover which areas of the UK have the most ‘pimped up’ cars. You may be forgiven for thinking the bigger cities like London and Manchester would take the crown, however residents of Lighthorne, a small town in Warwickshire are officially
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The days of oily hands and the smell of Swarfega in the kitchen are numbered as driveway DIY dwindles, according to car ownership and maintenance start-up MotorEasy. A third of motorists reach for the bonnet catch fewer than four times a year, while 62 per cent leave the engine bay untouched for more than two
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Mercedes-Benz introduces the world’s first in-car 3 word address voice navigation system The luxury car manufacturer has built what3words into their next generation infotainment system launching next year. Drivers will be able to type or say 3 words to pinpoint an exact destination anywhere in the world. The system has been built into a demo
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Just at the moment it is impossible to move around the nation’s forecourts without bumping into a manufacturer or dealer scrappage scheme. The deal is your old rubbish car in exchange for a shiney new one with the added incentive of a couple of grand towards the deposit, or finance. Well here’s a great new
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Here’s something we are going to print out and paper the Free Car Mag office with, this rather awesome Ford Fiesta infographic Since it’s conception in 1976, the Ford Fiesta has grown in popularity to become the best-selling and one of the most loved cars in the UK. The make set off the “pony car”
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Enjoy the thrilling test drives of Sebastian Vettel, Kimi Raikkonen and Antonio Giovinazzi at the wheel of three Giulia Quadrifoglio. Who will be the best at Alfa Romeo’s Proving Ground? If only every test drive could be as exciting as this. Meanwhile…as the new ‘67’ registration number plates are introduced, the option list on the
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TVR will unveil its all-new sports car this Friday, 8 September 2017, at the Goodwood Revival Earls Court Motor Show marking the brand’s 70th anniversary. Our comic hero Spencer haze loves them and you can read what he says later. If you can’t wait that long then the idea of owning an old TVR is
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At Free Car Mag we adore watches and we know you do to. So here is a great opportunity to influence the outcome of The Eve’s Watch Awards 2017 in association with Urb-it, the on-demand lifestyle shopping app. The Popular Choice Award sponsored by Time Inc. UK has been especially designed for you, so that
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Our chums at The Motoring Podcast are in the middle of doing something rather important, checking to see if an electric vehicle could get the average motorist around Britain without running out of lecky, or it taking a month to complete. They are using a Hyundai Ioniq EV, an ‘affordable’ electric car at £25,000 with
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Scrappage schemes seem to be all the rage at the moment as manufacturers urge us to ditch that dirty old diesel and give you some cash so that you can go and buy another one. Well, a less dirty one anyway. That’s been the approach so far as both Mercedes and BMW. For some months
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