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Charging Round Britain – Electric Vehicles in the real world with the Motoring Podcast

by James Ruppert | Aug 29, 2017 | Articles, Electric Cars

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

5 Reasons why Scrappage Schemes are Stupid…

by James Ruppert | Aug 22, 2017 | Articles, Bangernomics

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

Seiko Boutique – Our new favourite shop

by James Ruppert | Aug 18, 2017 | Articles, Watches

Jonathan Ross, the television presenter joined the President and COO of Seiko Watch Corporation,Shuji Takahashi and Excellency Koji Tsuruoka, Japanese Ambassador to the UK at the inauguration ceremony and opening of the Boutique. Located in Knightsbridge, the heart of luxury shopping, Free Car Mag is inordinately excited, not least because the boutique showcases the very

The Hitman’s Bodyguard – your larky actioner for the weekend.

by James Ruppert | Aug 17, 2017 | Articles, Celebrities, Films

We’ve only gone and previewed this in the latest Free Car Mag, which you really must go and download if you haven’t already. This looks like a cracker of a film with loads of car action, Jags, Range Rovers and a lovely old Mercedes S Class. Just in case you wondered, THE HITMAN’S BODYGUARD is

Design 911 buying and looking after an icon

by James Ruppert | Aug 16, 2017 | Articles, Car Products, Classic Cars

Porsche 911, it has to be the most popular real world sports and supercars. So it is important to know where to go. Somewhere like http://www.design911.co.uk KARL CHOPRA is a true Porsche enthusiast, who turned his hobby into his business. Rebuilding, restoring and customising Porsches over two decades he developed a particular sense for sourcing

Honda Type R our new favourite car ad

by James Ruppert | Aug 16, 2017 | Articles, New Model

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

Morris Minor Parts from Charles Ware

by James Ruppert | Aug 11, 2017 | Articles, Car Products, Classic Cars

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

Atomic Blonde – our all action cold war film of the week

by James Ruppert | Aug 8, 2017 | Articles, Celebrities, Films

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

BMW National Festival

by James Ruppert | Aug 2, 2017 | Articles, Car Culture, Classic Cars

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

PROJECT CARS 2 Gets Even Better

by James Ruppert | Aug 2, 2017 | Articles, Games

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

Wind Deflector Material for your Convertible at a bargain price

by James Ruppert | Jul 28, 2017 | Articles, Car Products

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

Electric Dreams and Hollywood Science

by James Ruppert | Jul 26, 2017 | Articles, Electric Cars

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