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  Hot New SEAT Leon on its way to the UK 18 May 2001 (News)
  wheel drive only because that is deeped to give it a better sporting feel. More on the new SEAT Leon Cupra R and a full report on the Barcelona Motor Show elsewhere on the honestjohn website.
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  Three new Sports Saloons from MG 2 Feb 2001 (News)
  has always been a good car to drive. Lesser X30s will have 1.4 and 1.8 litre K series engines or 2.0 litre turbo diesels and be priced from around £10,000. The latest version of the MGF also gets the 160bhp 1.8VVC.
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  Three air-cooled 911s and a 997 GT3 RS in Historics 25th November Classic Car Auction 21 Nov 2017 (News)
  Historics 25 th November Auction at Mercedes Benz World, Brooklands boasts three air cooled Porsche 911s and a desirable later 997 GT3 RS. This 74,000-mile left-hand drive 1986 Porsche 911/930 Turbo 3.3 was originally delivered to Porsche Cars America where it remained until
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  More Top Brits in Historics 11th June Classics Auction 30 May 2016 (News)
  , righthand drive cars built. Its quality, its beauty and its scarcity justify an estimate of £48,000 - £58,000. £14,000
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  Latest Audi offers from Drive the Deal 7 Dec 2012 (News)
  Drive the Deal is offering discounts on popular models like the A4, A6 and A1, with savings of as much as £7500 on some models.
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  Renault Delivers First Zero Emission Van in UK 20 Dec 2011 (News)
  .”  Marshall Milton Keynes , in Barnsdale Drive, is the first dealership to sell the award-winning Kangoo Van Z.E. and there are currently 20 more showrooms that have invested in Z.E. facilities to allow them to showcase the award-winning Kangoo Van Z.E. and the forthcoming Fluence Z.E., Twizy and ZOE
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  'Four Nations' in Saturday's Futurecar Challenge 5 Nov 2010 (News)
  with scoring goals, landing tries, or registering quickest times. Instead, the four teams will be tasked with achieving the lowest energy use – a combination of fuel economy and electric power consumption – driving a Toyota hybrid on the first Brighton to London Future Car Challenge
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  Electric vehicles best for short runs 16 Jun 2010 (News)
  are at their least effective) Average daily mileage is 23 miles (well within the i-MiEVs 80 mile range) Drivers - Drivers use the entire speed range of the car, showing they are happy to drive at motorway speeds when required The vehicles were driven
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  Mercedes Benz Live Draws 15,000 Fans 12 Nov 2009 (News)
  Heikki Kovalainen showed their supreme driving talents with a series of hot laps, and in Lewis’s case, “no-handed” doughnuts in his Vodafone McLaren Mercedes MP4-23 race car
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  GO GREEN WITH MOTABILITY AND SAVE MONEY 23 Feb 2009 (News)
  . The new Corsa LifeEcoflex has CO2 emissions of 119g/km is available through Motability at nil advance payment. Smart has introduced the new Multi Hybrid Drive (MHD) stop-start engine with CO2 emissions of 103g/km which is also available at nil advance payment and Mercedes Benz
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  MOBILITY ROAD SHOW 19-21 JULY 17 Jul 2007 (News)
  be able to see the entire range of vehicles as well as test-drive them. Gowrings Mobility is also launching its ‘New Design 2007’ Ford Connect conversion at the Mobility Roadshow. Accommodating up to one wheelchair user and four seated passengers, the Gowrings Mobility Connect
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  S-Max and Galaxy at Mobility Roadshow 8,9,10 June 7 Jun 2006 (News)
  . The S-MAX engine range includes a a 2.5-litre, 220PS Duratec five-cylinder turbocharged petrol engine driving through a new Durashift six-speed manual gearbox. It is also offered with a 2.0-litre, 145PS four-cylinder engine. This is the petrol unit that powers the Galaxy, on which customers can opt
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  Events For Disabled Motorists 30 Apr 2005 (News)
  with 2-people crews. The Motorsport Endeavour England 2005 route will use easy-to-drive roads through some of the most picturesque countryside in middle England. You will be under minimum pressure with a very easy time schedule, to ensure you enjoy the experience. Visits are planned
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  Honest John's Motoring Agony Column 9-5-2015 9 May 2015 (News)
  chestnut but the optimistic side of me, (and total lack of understanding of technical/mechanical issues) hopes that perhaps recent years may have improved things. Retired and living in a town centre we now mostly walk everywhere until it is time to do the weekly drive to the big supermarket (maybe 1.5
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  West Country Festival of Speed: 25th/26th August 27 Jul 2012 (News)
  resurfaced drive, running from the quay on the banks of the River Tamar, past Pentillie Castle and into the park,  endorsed by the Motor Sports Association Sunday 26th will also offer a parade run, and some demonstration runs over the lunch hour and between timed runs
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  Future Classic Friday: Smart ForFour 3 May 2019 (News)
  , were under the same parent company - Daimler). There was still a sequential automated manual for those who wanted one, but the manual cars were inherently nicer to drive, especially if equipped with the 107bhp 1.5-litre engine, which was quite an entertaining car to drive and surprisingly rapid
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  Future Classic Friday: BMW 7-Series E65 29 Mar 2019 (News)
  how to operate the thing. Gone were the handbrake and conventional gear selector, replaced by a dashboard-mounted ‘e-brake’ and and a steering column-mounted gear selector that was little bigger than an indicator stalk.  In their place was BMW’s all-new ‘i-Drive
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  1954 Austin Healey 5.7 V8 in Historics 2nd March Classic Car Auction 25 Feb 2019 (News)
  at £10,000 to £14,000, but could go higher.  Another BMW, offered at No Reserve this time (so expected to be under £10,000), is this 71,000km (but right hand drive) year 2000 X3 2.8i
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  Future Classic Friday: Fiat Punto Mk1 10 Dec 2018 (News)
  much an old-school Fiat, though, built down to a price with cheap plastics and tinny metals, but great fun to drive, the Punto was an altogether more mature car. The European supermini market was evolving quickly, with recent new models such as the Vauxhall Corsa and Renault Clio considered game
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  July's best finance offers: free insurance, complimentary servicing and more... 19 Jul 2017 (News)
  test drive almost any model (excludes the KA+, Mustang and Focus RS) before 31 July Honda The Honda Jazz, CR-V Black Edition and HR-V Black Edition are available with 0% APR and five years complimentary servicing - which would usually cost £1195