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Gavin Green,
30 October 2012 14:46
Every once in a while, BMW hosts an informal chat between Leading British Motoring Writers and a member of its management board. A year or so ago, we parleyed with Ian Robertson, one-time Rover manager, now done good (he’s head of sales and marketing for BMW, and is probably Britain’s most influential car company executive). This time the man in ...
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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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Ollie Kew,
13 August 2012 11:00
At last! After a fortnight of human-powered sporting excellence, London 2012’s final bow brought something for the petrolheads to salivate over, aside from the beach volleyball. In a typically self-deprecating nod to British gridlock, the Olympic stadium’s athletics track was turned into a homage to that other endless loop synonymous with endurance, sweat and tears: the M25 orbital motorway.As you ...
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Ben Oliver,
06 July 2012 11:00
We originally ran this story in March 2012, but the BBC moved the schedule. It's now been confirmed the documentary will run this Sunday 8 July 2012 at 8.00pm (BST) after the British grand prix. Now this is why we pay our licence fees. BBC4 has shot an hour-long documentary on Gordon Murray which intersperses his extraordinary 40-year history designing some ...
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Gavin Green,
18 May 2012 07:00
How depressing that, according to so many motoring pundits, the headline grabbing star of the recent Beijing Auto show was a 600bhp V12 Lamborghini SUV. The new Rambo Lambo is about as in tune with the modern mood as a gun-wielding Sly Stallone running amok in the Vietnamese jungle. The Urus is more truck than track star, and about as ...
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Ben Barry,
16 May 2012 07:00
Some people will scoff at this, but I like to think of myself as a fair and considerate driver: I don’t undertake people, I don’t tailgate (okay, I sometimes give dodderers a gentle push out of the fast lane, and there’s another caveat below, but bear with me), I stick to my urban speed limits, and on motorways and dual ...
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Greg Fountain,
12 April 2012 11:32
There’s a lot of smoke blowing around right now on the subject of Lotus and whether it has a future. I don’t have the inside track on this, but the amount of mud-slinging from commentators and the reciprocal mud being chucked back by the Hethel PR machine suggest something is ‘going on’ Anyone who loves cars should love Lotus, and ...
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Tim Pollard,
26 March 2012 09:29
A Leeds composer has come up with a novel music release – Mark Marrington has released a new single called Cars and it's composed entirely of the noise of vehicles. Music about cars… Is it garage music, then? Marrington, 41, calls the track 'dance music with a vehicular twist' and you can listen to the single in our player below. ...
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Tim Pollard,
12 March 2012 10:47
A new Ferrari museum in honour of Enzo Ferrari opened at the weekend in Via Paolo Ferrari, Modena, the heart of Italy's supercar valley. The Museo Casa Enzo Ferrari opened on 10 March 2012, dedicated to Enzo Ferrari - the powerhouse behind the eponymous supercar maker. The new museum includes plenty of other sports car brands with links to the ...
