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  • New Book on 1950s and 1960s Diecast Toy Cars 12 Aug 2009 (News)
    . As well as examining the major names such as Dinky Toys, Corgi Toys and Matchbox (Great Britain), Solido (France), Tekno (Denmark) and Tootsietoy (USA), this book is unique in its coverage of many smaller and more obscure brands, not only from Europe or the USA but from countries as far afield as Japan
  • Trackday Fun 25 Jul 2006 (News)
    track time: just 33 cars at £225 for a car and one driver. OPL (maximum 12 cars on circuit). Croix-en-Ternois -- 27 October The final non-corporate day this year is at Croix-en-Ternois, a really fun circuit 60 miles from Calais, France. Cost is just
  • Auction Report from Sevilla 19 Apr 2005 (News)
    in Sweden, two in France and one in Denmark, Holland, Belgium and Austria as well as nineteen in the UK. Altogether, the company shifts more than 1.3million vehicles a year and is heavily involved in every aspect of remarketing for fleets, including advising the optimum times for disposal
  • Right Cars Still Making Top Money 22 Jun 2001 (News)
    At auction today, this 19,000 mile 99T Renault Grande Espace 2.2RT manual with CD and leather made full book money at £14,975. And not surprisingly. With Summer coming up it's second only to the TGV as ideal transport to the South of France and was probably pre-sold by the bidder
  • Huge savings as Vauxhall Corsa beats Ford Fiesta to number one spot 7 Oct 2019 (News)
    belies the ongoing downward trend we’ve seen over the past 30 months," said the SMMT's chief executive, Mike Hawes. "We expected to see a more significant increase in September, similar to those seen in France, Germany, Italy and Spain, given the negative effect WLTP had on all European
  • Driving in the EU post-Brexit? You could need an insurance Green Card 1 Mar 2019 (News)
    all other EU countries as well as Norway and Switzerland; and a 1926 IDP covering Liechtenstein. It's worth noting that some trips will require more than one IDP - if, for example, you're driving through France and into Spain, you'll need both a 1949 IDP and a 1968 IDP. These can
  • Record grid to celebrate 100 years of Bentley 17 Jan 2019 (News)
    lorries in the world’, the cars were raced by a group of wealthy British drivers nicknamed the ‘Bentley Boys’. Examples of the 3-litre, 4.5-litre Blower and Speed Six models, helmed with such success in France, will be among the record numbers lining up at the Classic
  • Modern diesels found to be over 12 times the legal NOx emissions limit 12 Mar 2018 (News)
    . >> UK, Germany and France move closer to diesel bans Indeed, in real-world-conditions, Emissions Analytics found that some Euro6 diesels exceed their European limits by as much as 12 times, with the worst offenders pumping out as much as 911 mg/km NOx gases. In comparison
  • Sensational DS Decapotable heads French Contingent in Historics 25th November Classic Car Auction 20 Nov 2017 (News)
    Though an outstanding 1929 supercharged Bentley is the star of the show, there is much more to delight at Historics 25th November auction including these five from France.
  • Honest John's Deals of the Week 27 Oct 2017 (News)
    October 2017. The o ffer is available when you collect the vehicle between 6 November and 31 December 2017. The full 25% discount is available for hire in the UK, Italy, Spain and Portugal. Hire in France, Germany and Belgium is available with a 15% saving. Hire in New Zealand will have an 18
  • £100m classic car collection seeks new home 16 May 2014 (News)
    with a Donnington medal. A car owned by Winston Churchill offered up a heavy wooden box containing silver maps of France, allegedly given to Churchill by Roosevelt. Hull has travelled extensively around the world tracking down some of the rarest, original British models, shipping them
  • Channel Tunnel: Happy 20th birthday 8 May 2014 (News)
    On 6 May 1994, Queen Elizabeth II and French President Francois Mitterand officially opened our Channel Tunnel – and France’s Tunnel Sous la Manche – in two ceremonies held in Calais and Folkestone. Time, then, to see exactly what it's achieved during those 20
  • Motorway Services Best Avoided Says IAM 19 Dec 2011 (News)
    pence per litre more than at off-motorway forecourts the IAM is calling for a complete review of motorway prices, together with filling stations being forced to advertise their and their competitors’ fuel prices, as is the case in France. IAM chief executive Simon Best said: “We must
  • MINI United 2012 to be at Le Castellet 16 Dec 2011 (News)
    the destination Le Castellet - or, more precisely, the Circuit Paul Ricard - in France into their sat-navs. Lying in wait for the MINI United 2012 crowd at the circuit, which played host to Formula One races over several decades, will be a top-class line-up featuring live music acts
  • Peugeot Mobility System Removes Need to Own a Car 5 Jul 2010 (News)
    advertising material will clearly direct customers to the Mu area. Mu by Peugeot is already working in Brest, Lyon, Nantes and Rennes in France and in five Dealerships in Paris and in the capital cities of Germany, Spain and Italy, each utilising the facilities of the Peugeot Dealer network
  • Axon shows plug-in hybrid electric vehicle at the Milton Keynes Science Festival 27 Oct 2009 (News)
    making a plug-in hybrid EV and is funded by the UK Technology Strategy Board and private investment.  The first cars will be on sale in 2011 with full production in 2012. The manufacturing roll-out will be via small factories in UK and in Europe including Spain, France, Ireland, Denmark, and Holland
  • 5,000 KIA Souls Sold 14 Apr 2009 (News)
    to rethink everything they know about us. Kia products have ‘stand-out’ design qualities and an emotional appeal to consumers.” Kia Soul – top sales results in Europe Germany 944 France 914 UK 520 Belgium 473 Netherlands 401
  • Bring Back Top Gear 19 Aug 2001 (News)
    Geoff Banks silly talk impression as he slides yet another car around yet another racetrack. It isn't to live vicariously as Jason Barlow or Vikki Butler-Henderson swans some flash new sportscar down sunkissed streets in the South of France, all expenses paid by the manufacturer. It isn't to watch
  • A Grand Monday: Toyota Corolla Executive Liftback 23 Jan 2017 (News)
    was considered a benchmark in the compact saloon class, but in Europe it was a plasticky also-ran, with a reputation for corrosion. Cue the 1989 Executive Liftback. With five-door hatchbacks dominating the market in the UK, France, Germany and the Benelux cluster, the newcomer needed to be exactly what
  • Crews gear up for Peking to Paris rally 19 May 2016 (News)
    , crossing the Gobi Desert and Mongolia before striking through Russia but instead of heading to Moscow, it now turns to Belarus and enters Europe through Poland taking in Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, Italy, Switzerland and France. The overall winners will receive a magnum of Champagne and the prized
 

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