Entries from January 2008

January 28, 2008

Are you going to a race in 2008?

Tickets are selling quickly for the 2008 British Grand Prix thanks to Lewis Hamilton’s success.
Are you going to the British F1 round this year? What other races will you be watching?
We picked some of our favourites today including the British Rally, British GT racing and British Touring Car Championship.

January 25, 2008

Speed bumps ‘bad for the environment’

It’s official – speed bumps are killing the planet.

January 24, 2008

James Bond - “Quantum of Solace”?

The news is out - the next James Bond adventure will be called “Quantum of Solace”.

January 24, 2008

The lean-mean-smoke-busting-machine

 MTV’s Pimp My Ride has taken great pains in trying to prove cars are not just a simple way of getting from A to B.

January 22, 2008

Fiat 500: A potential buyer’s view

The hotly anticipated Fiat 500 launched in the UK last night, and our business development director James Bromley was there to see the car for himself.
These are his views:

January 22, 2008

Why driving tests are unjust

In an unlucky twist of events, my driving test was cancelled yesterday.
The hopes I had of getting behind the wheel on my own have been dashed because the examiner is ill.

January 21, 2008

Learning to drive: Your first car

Auto Trader’s junior copy writer Dominic Sacco will be taking his second driving test tomorrow.
But he’s already thinking about buying his first car, and has a few options in mind – including the Volkswagen Golf and Ford Fiesta.

January 18, 2008

Fiat 500 takes to the ice - video

The dinky Fiat 500 is already a winner – the supermini has won the European Car of the Year Award 2008 and has been launched to rave reviews.

January 15, 2008

Bonkers Bugatti in the pipeline?

 
Word of a monster Bugatti reached our ears over at Auto Trader towers – rumour has it the Italian carmaker owned by Volkswagen is planning a 1,200bhp hypercar dubbed ‘Project Lydia’.

January 14, 2008

More pictures from Autosport International 2008

Picking a selection of images from this year’s Autosport International show was difficult because there were just so many gorgeous cars on display.
So in addition to our slide show of images, we’ve added even more pictures from the show below: