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A 1992 Caferacer Honda CB750 taken for a ride through a quiet city at night, bliss. A video that makes you want to go for a spontaneous ride at night. Video source- Biker For Love
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Just 90 days on from Nico Rosberg winning – and subsequently retiring from – the FIA Formula 1 Championship, the whole F1 circus arrives at the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona later this month for the first test session of the 2017 season. Changes to cars Over the course of the next two/three weeks,
2017 F1 Season- All You Need To Know. Read Post »
California-based electric car maker Tesla has almost single-handedly transformed the public’s perception of battery-powered vehicles from cringe-inducing milk floats to supercar-bothering lust material. It’s doubly impressive that they’ve achieved this turnaround with a range made up entirely of the 7 Series-sized Model S. The back-end of 2016 saw the brand double its offering with the
Tesla Model 3 – all you need to know Read Post »
BMW’s M3 hot saloon has been given the lightest of facelifts for 2017. After applying minor updates to the 4 Series and M4 Coupe in January, BMW has gifted its iconic high performance saloon new headlights and err, nothing else really. New tail-lights were introduced to the M3 in 2015 and the ever-so-slightly revised front-end
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The Beetle has one of the most intriguing histories of any automobile. The rise to become a symbol of love and peace in the sixties is all the more surprising when you examine the early history of this much-loved car. The original Beetle began in wartime Germany in 1938, four years after Hitler had contacted
Volkswagen Wolfsburg Plant – Europe’s Largest Automobile Factory Read Post »
With the help of ex Formula 1 driver Erik Comas, the Lancia Stratos makes a return to the rally stage, 40 years after the its last WRC win. Comas, with the help of Zenith brought together 40 Stratos’ to take part in a special rally event through the mountains of Italy and this video is
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For the large majority of us, driving – let alone owning – one of Jaguar’s legendary E-Types is a pipe dream. However, the next best thing is this handsome hunk of metal – the Eagle Spyder GT, which begins life as an original E-Type ready to be restored. East Sussex-based Eagle has used the E-Type
1968 Mustang with a Toyota engine and Gulf livery. Although this may sound like an unlikely mixture, but wait till you see what it looks and sounds like. Beau Miklethun is the man behind this strange mixture, and he explains the story behind the Mustang and how the engine and the iconic Gulf livery. Video
(VIDEO) Toyota engined, Gulf liveried, Mustang. Read Post »
A compilation of the most extraordinary instances of when race cars go air-bound. Educational, as well as entertaining, this video shows us spectacular crashes and how those crashes have impacted the safety of today’s motorsport and cars in general. Video Source- Donut Media.
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Not many sports car manufacturers hail from the unassuming cathedral city of Peterborough, but Radical Sportscars do. Originally set up by amateur racing drivers and engineers Mick Hyde and Phil Abbott in 1997, the brand specialises in open cockpit sports cars that can be legally driven on public roads yet also compete on the race
Radical revamps SR1 and SR8 for 2017 Read Post »
The last Land Rover Defender rolled off the line this time last year and now that we have mourned the loss of an iconic motoring beast, it’s time to look over the life of the Defender and see how it evolved. The Defender was originally introduced in 1983 as the Land Rover One Ten and
Land Rover Defender: The History Read Post »
20 years on from the original release of Danny Boyle’s Trainspotting, the director has bravely set about revisiting the film with T2 Trainspotting – and setting all Scottish diet jokes aside, the cast have aged incredibly well. The film was of course, the spark that ignited Ewan McGregor’s career. McGregor has since gone on to
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The Ford Mustang has been given stylistic tweaks and a performance upgrade as part of its mid-life refresh. If you’re thinking ‘hang on, didn’t it only go on sale last year?’, you’d be right. The right-hand drive Mustang arrived in UK showrooms in early 2016 but oddly enough, that car was originally revealed in the
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Audi’s E-tron Quattro concept, originally paraded at 2015’s Frankfurt Motor Show, will definitely go into production in some form during 2018, and the fully-electric SUV will simply be called the E-tron, bypassing the brand’s typical letter, number approach to model names. Quattro This is according to Audi board member Dr Dietmar Voggenreite, who explained to
Electric Audi SUV coming 2018 Read Post »
We informed you guys about Lexus’ return to motorsport earlier this week with their stunning RC F GT3 racing car. Now you can take a look at their very own promotional video of their return ahead of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. A video celebrating Lexus and their motorsporting history. Video Source- Lexus Vehicles
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Toyota have teased the release of their performance hot hatch Yaris ahead of its official release at the Geneva Motor Show in March. Although it isn’t much, it gives us an idea of how the car will look and we think it looks promising. WRC inspiration I guess it isn’t a huge surprise to see
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Lotus’ Exige Sport 380 is widely regarded as one of the world’s best supercars. Now meet its angry brother – the track-only Exige Race 380 – coming this May. As the name suggests, it isn’t road legal, despite retaining the majority of the original car’s configuration. It uses the same 3.5-litre supercharged V6 engine as
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Modifying your car doesn’t have to be expensive or extreme – unless you want it to be! – as there are some relatively simple upgrades out there for your vehicle that can boost performance, handling and all sorts of things that make driving just that little bit more enjoyable. Read on to see some of
The Best Modifications for your Car Read Post »
Since its release in 2012 the F-Type range hasn’t really been revised or updated, until now. Jaguar have revised their premium sports range for 2017 with a new 400 Sport model that will be on sale for a year only. So what is the 400 Sport and what’s different for the new range? 400 Sport
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The 2017 Autosport International show took place at the weekend at the NEC Centre in Birmingham and we have all the best bits! The Autosport International show is Europe’s largest indoor pre-season motorsport event and this year was the event’s 27th anniversary. As you’d expect, there was an incredible variety of the best and the
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If you thought you couldn’t drive a classic Ferrari super car up a snowy mountain, think again. Watch as a F40 makes its way up a snowy ski resort, drifting all the way up to a base camp. Video Source- Red Bull.
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Lexus will enter the international GT series in North America and Japan before the end of January with this: the RC F GT3. It has been an exciting time for GT3 racing, following Ford’s return to Le Mans in a GT, Lamborghini fielding its first factory GT3 car and even an effort from Bentley, so
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Grove & Dean Motorsport Insurance, proud sponsors of Motor-Vision, has announced the launch of their new facility allowing users to get quotes and buy Track Day insurance cover online. Specifically designed with the motorsport enthusiast at heart, Grove & Dean Motorsport Insurance are able to provide you quotes for single or multi track days. It’s
Grove & Dean Motorsport Launches Online Track Day Insurance Read Post »
Meet Tom McComas Senior a lifelong BMW fanatic and his 3.0 CS Coupe. The 1972 3.0 CS Coupe is without a doubt, one of the most beautiful BMW’s ever made and Tom talks us through his love affair with BMW and the extraordinary story of how he bought the car in the first place and
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