January will see a bundle of hot new superminis unleashed onto UK roads – including the Alfa Romeo Mito, Ford Ka and Fiat 500 Abarth.
With plenty of car deals, low petrol prices and postponed tax increases, 2009 is a great time to buy.
Are you going to buy a new or used car this month?
Entries Tagged as ‘Cars’
January 6, 2009
Are you buying a car in January?
December 27, 2008
Our favourite memories of 2008
What was our editorial team’s favourite motoring moment of 2008?
Read their highlights of 2008 below. Do you have a favourite motoring moment of the year?
December 19, 2008
What’s the smallest car you can fit a Christmas tree in?
We took on the challenge of squeezing a seven foot Christmas tree into a Mini Clubman.
We tried sliding the tree through the sunroof, through the side windows and across the back seats - which didn’t work.
This got us thinking – what’s the smallest car you can fit a tree in?
December 18, 2008
Santa ditches sledge for Audi R8
Only yesterday we were talking about how popular Audis are - now it seems Santa is swapping reindeer power for a 420bhp Audi R8.
We spotted these pictures of a Christmas-themed Audi R8 on Dutch car site Autogespot:
December 15, 2008
Should US car makers get a £9.4bn bailout?
The US Senate has rejected an emergency loan for the American car industry.
‘The big three’ – Ford, General Motors and Chrysler, are seeking $14bn (£9.4bn) to prevent bankruptcy.
Do you think the US car industry bail-out should go ahead?
December 12, 2008
Which of the Sultan’s 3,000 cars would YOU blag?
Forget his 1,788 room mansion. Forget the private aeroplane with gold-plated furniture. Forget his Oxford Law degree – this man has more than 3,000 cars. THREE THOUSAND.
If driven all at the same time, his planet-eating collection would melt the polar icecaps and suck the ozone layer by Christmas. Probably.
You have think, surely he wouldn’t miss [...]
December 9, 2008
Favourite Batmobile - YOU decide
The greatest ever comic book movie finally makes it to DVD - The Dark Knight - has been released and features Christian Bale as the brooding scourge of Gotham’s criminals, with the late Heath Ledger as his arch nemesis, ‘the Joker’.
And this new-look Batman showcased a completely new-look Batmobile too - the 5.7-litre V8-engined ‘Tumbler’.
December 9, 2008
Does your car cope well in the winter?
With the temperature falling, more drivers will be waking up to find their car windows covered with frost.
Winter weather can also prevent cars starting and make driving difficult.
How do you look after your car in the winter? What are your top tips for coping with the cold?
December 4, 2008
Want us to cut YOUR car costs?
With monthly petrol bills over £100 a month, heavy depreciation and a tax increase on its way, there’s never been a better time to cut your motoring costs.
We ran a series of features called ‘troubleshoot your commute’ where we helped one motorist save £1,374 on his annual car costs – now we want to help [...]
December 3, 2008
Do you fancy Jeremy Clarkson?
Jeremy Clarkson has won Heat magazine’s 2008 “Weird Crush of the Year” award.
It’s the third year in a row the award has been scooped by a Top Gear presenter: Richard Hammond claimed the prize in 2006 and James May took the gong last year.
So where are all these covert Clarkson-fanciers hiding? Here’s how Auto Trader [...]
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