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Gareth Evans,
14 October 2012 12:34
CAR's rookie racer Gareth Evans set out to go racing on a budget of £10,000. Click here to read his training blog as he prepared to go racing. And read on for his exploits on track... Mallory Park - 14 October The final two races of the 750 Motor Club Formula Vee season were held on 14 October at Mallory Park in ...
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Ben Pulman,
10 October 2012 14:00
Many months ago CAR magazine's editor hatched a plan to gather together the 50 greatest cars of the past 50 years to celebrate CAR’s 50th birthday. So we found a huge aircraft hangar, picked a week far too near in the future, and I made some calls and sent some emails. And then made more calls and sent more emails, ...
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Gavin Green,
28 September 2012 00:31
That glorious British summer – of gold medals and diamond jubilees and Paralympic glory, of Wiggo and Mo and Hoy’s joy – is not over. It has moved to Paris where instead of meaty athletes and brave Paralympians, we find a new Range Rover and - finally! - an F-type Jaguar to steal the French and German car industries' glory. ...
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Ollie Kew,
21 September 2012 09:00
In an effort to get the next generation of budding automotive engineers excited about economical cars, Goodwood motor racing circuit will once again play host to the Greenpower Finals next month. The event centres on a race between school teams competing in scratchbuilt eco-minded racing cars, with the capability to get close to the equivalent of 3000mpg. Just how economical ...
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Gareth Evans,
18 September 2012 17:12
Our rookie racer is now qualified and ready to race. Click here to read his racing blogs! The final shakedown test in our Scarab race car - 26 March 2012 You don’t race over the winter. It’s a time to regroup and recoup, to get your car ready for next year and to frantically save as much cash as possible. It’s ...
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Rory Smith,
18 September 2012 09:01
It's been some time since we've seen traffic like this on one of the UK's best known racetracks. All of the necessary evidence has now been submitted to confirm the 964-strong meeting of Ferraris at Silverstone to be a Guinness world record. Felipe Massa led the parade at the wheel of a 458 Spider, while the 964 cars shattered the ...
As always, the 007 hype goes through the roof when there's a new Bond film on the way, and with Skyfall set to hit silver screens in October 2012, we're already salivating over the prospect of another classic Bond chase sequence to join the memorable scenes from movies gone by. If you're a Bond chase fan, this Sky promo video ...
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Gavin Green,
04 September 2012 09:00
Just back from Tanzania to watch the wildebeest migrate across the Serengeti and one of the highlights – along with the lounging lions, hyenas wandering into our camp, trumpeting elephants and stalking cheetah (not to mention numerous flights in little single-engine Cessnas from bush airstrips) – was our Toyota Land Cruiser safari vehicle. The Land Cruiser is not really understood ...
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Ollie Kew,
31 August 2012 11:00
Discovering she had won first prize in CAR’s competition to spend a year’s motoring in six brand new BMWs had Tracey Lee of Oxfordshire doing a victory dance mid-grocery shop when our associate editor Tim Pollard telephoned with the good news.At the end of June 2012, the start of an unforgettable year’s motoring began with the delivery of a well-specced ...
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Keith Botsford,
24 August 2012 09:00
Enzo Ferrari is a big man. Big, fleshy nose. Big, loose mouth. Big, solid body. The next thing that you notice about him is that he bears about as much resemblance to most car makers and the rest of motor racing’s constructors as an ageing lion to a day-long mayfly. And then, quick upon that, there’s the realisation that he’s ...
