IAM RoadSmart brings you expert advice on driving in snow from its head of driving and riding advice Richard Gladman.
Best advice is to avoid travelling in extreme weather. If no one is moving, you just add to the problem – so listen to travel advice.
If you do have to travel in bad weather, plan your journey thoroughly. Think … Read the rest
IF you like your mid-sized SUVs to feel sporty as well as spacious then you need to take a look at the new Mazda CX-5.
Although similar in size to the previous model with no improvement in interior space, you’ll find that irrelevant as the earlier model was generously proportioned anyway and had most rivals beaten for space.
What you … Read the rest
THEY call it a roadster. But in the unforgiving Cape Town summer sun, this car is more roaster than roadster. With the generous curves of Marilyn Monroe and … Read the rest
TEN unique McLaren sportscars that emulate the look and feel of a McLaren 570S GT4 race car but are fully road-legal have been delivered to their new owners at a special McLaren customer event near Las Vegas, USA.
Commissioned as an MSO Bespoke project – the service from McLaren Special Operations (MSO) that allows almost limitless enhancement and personalisation of
LEXUS don’t do the obvious. If they did then their 4-door executive saloon would have a powerful diesel engine fitted upfront, say like BMW, Audi, Jaguar or Mercedes. But no, Lexus do things differently and therefore you’ll find the Lexus GS utilises a petrol engine which is backed-up by a powerful electric motor.
Yep, hybrid is the way to go … Read the rest
Land Rover have announced a limited-edition high-performance version of the iconic Defender, with up to 150 V8-powered examples re-engineered to celebrate the Land Rover marque’s 70th anniversary in 2018.
The Defender Works V8 pays homage to the early high-powered engines in both the Series III Stage 1 V8 from 1979 and subsequent Defenders including the 50th Anniversary Edition, … Read the rest
London, 14th December 2017 – The poster boy for the film Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, the third film of the unstoppable franchise, has gone for sale on Auto Trader, the UK’s largest automotive marketplace.
Equipped with its iconic Nitrous Oxide system (installed … Read the rest
If you’re in the market for a new small car – or super-mini as we’re referring to them these days – then you’ve never been more spoilt for choice.
If you were asked to name a few small cars off the top of your head you’d probably start with the best-selling of them … Read the rest
WHEN the lovely people at Alfa Romeo UK agreed to lend me a £60,000, factory-fresh 4C Spider for the week I was (obviously) overjoyed. So, when my brother offered me a comparison drive of his 18-year-old Alfa Spider Twin Spark – which cost him just over a grand – I was, well . . . less overjoyed.
But then it … Read the rest
THE new Lexus LC 500 surprises on a couple of levels. First off it’s surprising that it remains virtually identical to the visually-stunning LF-LC concept car that was revealed in 2012, and secondly it’s surprising at just how accomplished this 2+2 sports coupe is to drive. Lexus really have delivered on the concept dream – and to some tune.
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