Entries from August 2008

August 26, 2008

Have you got a private number plate?

Do you own a private number plate? Would you want a plate on your car that spells something special?
Some people will go to surprising lengths to put ‘cherished numbers’ on their cars. Earlier this year one West Ham fan paid £57,000 for the licence plate WE57 HAM.
What’s the appeal of having a personal car registration [...]

August 13, 2008

Superleague Formula mixes football and motor sport - will it work?

A new motor racing series called Superleague Formula aims to bring motor racing and football together. And it gets started at Donington Park in Leicestershire on the 30th and 31st of August.
Tottenham Hotspur and Rangers are the only two British teams to have signed up for the series so far. Will this be enough to [...]

August 11, 2008

Pageant of Power - as good as Goodwood?

The Goodwood Festival of Speed has been one of the highlights of the motor racing calendar for years, allowing thousands of fans to get up close to a dazzling selection of racing machines and supercars (see our pictures from this year’s Festival here).
But its Sussex location is hardly ideal for car fans in the north [...]

August 5, 2008

Is the Corvette Z06 the best value supercar?

We’ve just driven the Corvette Z06 and proclaimed one of the cheapest ways into supercar ownership.
Sure, running a near-200mph car is never going to be cheap – four figure insurance premiums, the heaviest road tax bills and 19mpg if you nurse the throttle.
But to buy one new, you’ll only need to shell out £62,000 – [...]

August 4, 2008

New 2009 Volkswagen Golf - pictures and your verdict

Here’s the first official pictures of the new 2009 Volkswagen Golf.
The sixth incarnaton of the Golf has a front-end that looks very reminiscent of its sibling the new Scirocco - which has divided opinion on this blog.
What do you think of the new Golf?