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23 July 2013 at 10:10
November will see the first UK deliveries of the hotly anticipated i3 electric car from BMW, and the car giant has announced its pricing in readiness of the launch.For customers wanting to enter into a monthly payment agreement for the all-electric powered BMW i3, an initial £2,995 payment is required, followed by 36 monthly payments of £369 for a contract mileage of 24,000 miles. The all-elect...
23 July 2013 at 10:10
Comedian Justin Lee Collins has been fined after he was caught speeding on the motorway.Collins, 38, pleaded guilty to driving his Mini Cooper at 76mph in a 50mph limit on the M5 motorway between junctions 16 and 17 in Gloucestershire.He had been due to stand trial at Bath Magistrates' Court in Somerset but changed his plea to guilty over the offence, which happened in September last year. Coll...
23 July 2013 at 07:48
Motoring and movie fans flocked to see some of the rarest and most famous Aston Martins when they went on display at the weekend.As part of the celebration's to mark the firm's 100th anniversary an array of vehicles, including cars rarely seen outside of private collections, were on display in Kensington Gardens.The collection told the story of Aston Martin's origins in Henniker Mews, Chelsea, ...
23 July 2013 at 07:48
Withnail & I star Richard E. Grant has tweeted his anger towards car-maker Mini after the steering wheel in his daughter's car allegedly locked while she was driving on the motorway. The Hollywood actor, who also starred in the Gosford Park and Bram Stoker's Dracula movies, described the incident as a nightmare and also revealed to just under 60,000 followers on Twitter that it had left him...
23 July 2013 at 07:48
A High Court victory by residents angry at their council increasing the cost of parking permits may have implications across the country.A judge ruled that Barnet Council in North London broke the law when it decided to up the cost of residents' parking permits and visitor vouchers in controlled parking zones.The council said the increased revenue would be spent on road maintenance and improvem...
22 July 2013 at 09:04
Motorists in Watford are more likely to have an accident than anywhere else in the country, according to research.Analysis of data by the Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM) shows that the towns of Chelmsford, St Albans, Enfield and Hemel Hempstead were also home to the most accidents in the UK.People in Hull and East London made the fewest
insurance claims for accidents, while Llan...
22 July 2013 at 09:04
One of the finest collections of sports racing cars ever to be assembled is expected to make £17 million when it goes under the hammer later this year.Belonging to motorsport-loving Irvine Laidlaw, the seven classics include his 1955, ex-Works and ex-Ecurie Ecosse Jaguar D-Type, which was driven by Duncan Hamilton, Paul Frere and Peter Sutcliffe.The 70-year-old Scottish businessman, who is know...
22 July 2013 at 08:02
British tourists who drop litter abroad may end up getting a phone call from a Conservative peer.Lord Selsdon told the House of Lord that he utilises his contacts in the DVLA to trace the owners of cars drop rubbish out of windows.He said: "I find when you look at the international scene that, believe it or not, some of the most badly behaved now are British families in large 4x4s driving to th...
22 July 2013 at 08:02
Two organisations from different ends of the motoring industry, Castrol and Tom Tom, are combining to build a report on "stop-start" driving patterns in 50 major world cities.Due to be published in September, the report builds on previous studies that claim we can experience as many as 18,000 stop-starts every year. The pioneering new study will aim to look at different regions, using Tom Tom's...
22 July 2013 at 08:02
Scoring high in two categories, the Mazda MX-5 has been named 'Britain's most reliable new sports car' in the Which? Car Survey.In the biggest survey of car satisfaction and reliability conducted in the UK, the MX-5 achieved a reliability score of 97.4% (for models up to three years old) and 91.1% (for models over three years old). Beating a host of rivals to claim first and second places in th...