A third of uk motorists use their car as a mobile pantry 33% of motorists carry shopping and food around in their car. Women are the worst offenders for keeping their cars stocked with food and drink supplies 5% of
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If you’re still struggling to decipher quite what the difference between a 4×4 and crossover is, all will be revealed, it would appear, at your local car wash. After driving Kia’s new Stonic during a week in which the weather
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The Code Challenge
With the DVLA
Last August we brought you news that the DVLA was running a competition for schools to design a computer game. The winners would receive a massive £3,000 worth of the latest IT equipment for use in their school. Here we
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Just the thing for a Drive-in Saturday… A rare Volvo 262C previously owned by none other than David Bowie recently sold at auction in Switzerland for an incredible 212,800 Swiss Francs (£160,735) including fees – nearly three times its top
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With Liam Bird - Mercedes Benz X-Class
X marks the sweet spot “Oh Lord, won’t you buy me a Mercedes Benz? My friends all drive pick-ups, I must make amends. Worked hard all my lifetime, no help from my friends…” Just a minute, what was that? What
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The Delicate Sound of Thunder
Aston Martin Vanquish with Liam Bird
Publishing schedules being what they are, you’ll probably be reading this in the depths of winter, your thoughts full of Christmas and your nose full of the heady scent of pine trees, Brussel sprouts, and an egg-nog or three. By
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Emilia Romagna’s Motor Valley
Italian road trip with Liam Bird
LIAM’S VACATION WAS A BIT OF BUS-MAN’S HOLIDAY. NOT THAT YOU WOULD COMPARE THE ITALIAN MOTORING CLASSICS WITH A BUS – FAR FROM IT. The Pope was in Bologna whilst I was there in early October, so too was the
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JUMP RACING COMES TO TIR PRINCE IN NORTH WALES This month’s eagerly-anticipated DAYINSURE WALES RALLY GB (26-29 October) will – quite literally – get off to a spectacular flying start As a dramatic curtain-raiser to four days of thrilling against-the-clock
Read MoreThe all new Alfa Romeo Giulia
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WELL JUDGED, STABLE AND BALANCED – IT’S IN ITS DNA Alfa Romeo’s UK press department’s decision to spec their all-new Giulia with a subtle silver paint-job instead of the more traditional and flamboyant rosso-corsa (that’s Italian – it translates as
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EMERGENCY! Do you know how best to help a blue light vehicle, asks GEM Motoring Assist Road safety and breakdown organisation GEM Motoring Assist is encouraging all road users to be ‘Blue Light Aware’, and to know how to assist
Read MoreSeat Ibiza – Ready to play in the Champions League
Motoring with Liam Bird
AS A SUPERMINI THE ALL-NEW IBIZA MIGHT BE A SMALL CAR, BUT FOR ITS MAKERS SEAT (AND THEIR PARENT COMPANY VOLKSWAGEN), IT REPRESENTS A VERY BIG DEAL INDEED Since the original Ibiza was launched in 1984, SEAT have sold 5.4
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The Code Challenge – WIN £3000 IT Equipment
Budding programmers rise to DVLA's challenge
PRIMARY SCHOOL PUPILS ACROSS WALES ARE BEING CHALLENGED TO WIN STATE OF THE ART IT EQUIPMENT FOR THEIR SCHOOLS BY DESIGNING A COMPUTER GAME The DVLA Code Challenge is aimed at all primary school children aged 7-11 in Wales. Teams
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Arachnophilia – Fiat 124 Spider
With Liam Bird
Liam Bird waxes lyrical this month about Fiat’s pretty little sportscar – perhaps it’s the perfect little run around for the summer. How do you feel about cover-versions? Do you think Jimi Hendrix did a better job of All Along
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Festival of Speed Photos by Rebecca Thomas. AS THIS IS THE MONTH THAT SITS BETWEEN WHAT IN MY HUMBLE OPINION ARE THE TWO GREATEST EVENTS OF THE MOTORING CALENDAR, A SPECIAL AUTO NEWS FOR AUGUST SEEMED WHOLLY APPROPRIATE This month
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Mini Countryman – The big small car
BAY Motoring with Liam Bird
Liam’s car for July is the BMW MINI, the small car that just got a whole lot bigger and that includes the price-tag Remember The Italian Job? I’m talking about the Michael Caine, Tony Beckley, Benny Hill, 1969 original version.
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THE ELEGANT, EXOTIC AND ESOTERIC AT 2017 CARTIER ‘STYLE ET LUXE’ CONCOURS D’ELEGANCE AT GOODWOOD FESTIVAL OF SPEED For more than 20 years now, one of the most popular and stylish attractions at the annual Goodwood Festival of Speed presented
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WMW makes donation to Blood Bikes Wales The Welsh Motoring Writers were pleased to follow up a donation they made to Air Ambulance Wales earlier this year with a donation to Blood Bikes Wales: www.bloodbikeswales.org.uk Blood Bikes Wales’ 300-plus volunteer
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