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  RENAULT LAUNCHES NEW WHEEL-IN KANGOO AT MOBILITY ROAD SHOW 2009 28 May 2009 (News)
  Unlike previous versions, the New Kangoo WAV will be the first vehicle to be converted at the Renault Tech Factory in France for the UK market. Ensuring that customers have easy access to a UK supplier, the new vehicle will be available through five converters: Atlas Vehicle Conversions, Brotherwood Automobility, Holden Mobility, Widnes Car Centre and McElmeel Mobility Services.
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  Veterans turn back the clock for London to Brighton run 2 Nov 2017 (News)
  This year has a French theme in honour of the country’s contribution to motoring’s early days. For example, France built 30,000 cars in 1903 – more than half of the world’s total production in that year. Almost half of this year’s entry are of French-built cars, and include an 1893 Peugeot Type 14 – the oldest vehicle on the run.
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  What the ban on sales of new petrol and diesel cars means for classics 26 Jul 2017 (News)
  Plans to ban sales of all new petrol and diesel vehicles by 2040 have been set out by the Government. It’s all part of its controversial clean air plan and comes just weeks after France made a similar announcement. The clean air strategy is a complex document and as well as encouraging a move towards alternative fuels like electric or hybrid vehicles, it sets out strategies for local councils to enforce clean air zones on some of the UK’s most polluting roads.
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  Report: Peking to Paris, day four 1 Jun 2013 (News)
  The Bentley of car 11 stopped early into the Time Trial with a blown clutch but fortunately had a spare. The big La France stopped a few kilometres into the second Time Trial with the enormous rear axle moving on its spring mountings, which with some fettling and axle-straps, was brought back to life.
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  Happy Birthday: M25 2 Nov 2016 (News)
    Or could it be the memories of family holidays as an older boy, crossing the Dartford Bridge for the first time en route to driving holidays across France in my dad’s Ford Sierra? Then Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher officially opens the M25 at Radlett, Hertfordshire, in 1986.
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  Five Grand Friday: Chrysler 300C 21 Aug 2015 (News)
  It became a bit of a running joke that every few months there would be another invitation to drive the 300C, despite the fact there was still no UK launch date and no prices either. Still, we did get to see a lot of the South of France. It finally did come to the UK at the end of 2005 and was certainly a car that garnered plenty of attention. The imposing looks, dominated by that large grille which certain people decided to put a Bentley badge on (avoid those ones...) gave it plenty of road presence.
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  Report: Techno-Classica Essen 2013 17 Apr 2013 (News)
  But there were some bargains also for those who fancied something different - a Qvale Mangusta for €29,000, or immaculate Citroen CX Safari, fresh from France, for €6000. Agreat classic-shaped workhorse for those who need to transport large objects at high speed on a regular basis. Last word should go to the special exhibition of 1930s grand routiers, with many being supplied by the Louwman Collection based in the Netherlands.
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  Electric Toyota to Tackle Pike's Peak Hillclimb 9 Jun 2012 (News)
  The TMG EV P002 underwent a successful three-day testing session at the Paul Ricard circuit in southern France in May 2012 to verify car and powertrain performance. Ludwig Zeller, General Manager Electric & Electronics: “Pikes Peak is a great showcase for TMG’s electric powertrain technology.
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  Barons Jaguar Auction Set for 29th May 3 May 2012 (News)
  It was repatriated to the UK in 1991, then comprehensively refurbished by leading XK specialist Guy Broad. It has since been used only sparingly on the roads in Britain and France. Estimate: £45,000-£55,000. A 1968 MkII 3.8 Sports Saloon in the sale is a truly unique car because it is equipped with an engine block that never actually made it into production.
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  20th Anniversary of Mazda's Amazing 1991 Le Mans Victory 20 May 2011 (News)
  In celebration of this anniversary, and at the invitation of the event organisers, the Automobile Club de L'Ouest (ACO), Mazda will demonstrate the winning Mazda 787B on the Circuit de la Sarthe in Le Mans, France on Saturday, June 11, before the 2011 race begins. The 79th 24-Hours of Le Mans is scheduled to start at 15.00 hrs (local time).  Mazda plans to hold the demonstration of the 787B racecar at 12.30 hrs. 
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  1962 E-Type Roadster ex-Nina Aga Khan Up For Auction Today 22 Nov 2016 (News)
  With two failed marriages behind her, no children, a flagging modelling career and barely any real friends, she retreated to her Caribbean island taking her beloved black panthers and her cream E-Type with her. She could not settle nor shake off her depression and she returned to France where on 3rd July 1965, she committed suicide by taking an overdose of sleeping pills. The cream E-Type Roadster disappeared and it was presumed lost for ever. However, by chance, an Englishman holidaying in Jamaica last year, was told of two old cars in storage on the island.
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  New classic car festival to celebrate the... unexceptional 24 Apr 2014 (News)
  Strangely, there doesn’t seem to be a single 30TS remaining on UK roads and while a small population of the 145,000 built remain in its native France, northwest of the Pas-de- Calais, the 30TS appears extinct. 1973-1982 Austin Allegro Ah the poor Austin Allegro, it was seemingly the face of everything that was wrong with 1970s Britain.
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  Jaguar E-Types to Race Again at Silverstone Classic 17 Mar 2012 (News)
  .”   Just five circuits will be hosting the Jaguar E-type Challenge in 2012 with races in France and Germany in addition to those in the UK. As last year, the Silverstone Classic with its licence to start up to 58 cars is likely to witness the biggest grid of the season.  A Guinness World Record-breaking track parade of 767 racing and road going E-types was another of last year’s celebrations.
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  BTCC Croft Just One Week Away 11 Jun 2011 (News)
  The consistent James Nash is fourth in his Collins Contractors-backed Vauxhall Vectra that is run by the 888 Racing team which in the past has won BTCC titles with greats such as Plato, France’s Yvan Muller, Italy’s Fabrizio Giovanardi and Yorkshire’s very own James Thompson. Plato, always popular with the Croft crowds thanks to his Newcastle roots, is fifth in the table and sixth Andrew Jordan in his Pirtek Racing Vectra – the 22-year-old has won in many different categories at Croft and 12 months ago achieved his first ever victory in the BTCC there.
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  New 1.6 and 2.0 Litre PSA/Ford Diesels 19 Feb 2003 (News)
  The engines will be manufactured at PSA Peugeot Citroën’s Trémery plant in the Lorraine region of eastern France. 159 million was spent to adapt the plant’s existing production line to handle the new engines, while improving workstation ergonomics.
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  Crews cross the finish line in this year's Peking to Paris rally 25 Jul 2016 (News)
  We’re looking forward to a well-earned rest.’ By the time they reached the finish line, second place went to Ludovic Bois from France and Julia Colman from the UK in the 1969 Volvo Amazon, with Murray and Adam Jackson from Australia taking third place in their 1974 Mercedes 450 SLC. The Jackson crew also won the European Cup for the Classics while Bill Cleyndert and Jacqui Norman in the 1925 Bentley Super Sports lifted the trophy for the Vintageants.
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  Brightwells to Hold Classic Car Auction in Leominster 8 Nov 2014 (News)
  Here are just some of the entries: The 1960 Facel Vega HK500 in the main picture was one of the most expensive cars of its day and certainly France's finest. 360HP and 576Nm torque gave iut a 0-60 of 8.4 and a top speed of 145mph, despite its considerable weight. This is one of only 105 HK500s built in Right Hand Drive and has a full history (described in the auction catalogue), including the fitting of a new 6.5 litre Chrysler engine in 1993.
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  James Hunt's Hesketh under the hammer in Monaco 4 Feb 2014 (News)
    Hesketh 308-01 Race History               Date Race Drivers Entrant Result 17.3.1974 Race of Champions James Hunt Hesketh Racing DNF 30.3.1974 GP South Africa James Hunt Hesketh Racing DNF 7.4.1974 International Trophy James Hunt Hesketh Racing 1 st 28.4.1974 GP Spain James Hunt Hesketh Racing T-car 12.5.1974 GP Belgium James Hunt Hesketh Racing T-car 23.6.1974 GP Netherlands   Hesketh Racing T-car 7.7.1974 GP France James Hunt Hesketh Racing T-car 20.7.1974 GP Great Britain James Hunt Hesketh Racing DNF 4.8.1974 GP Germany James Hunt Hesketh Racing T-car 18.8.1974 GP Austria Ian Scheckter Hesketh Racing DNQ           Date Race Drivers Entrant Result 12.1.1975 GP Argentina James Hunt Team Hesketh T-car 26.1.1975 GP Brazil James Hunt Team Hesketh T-car 13.4.1975 International Trophy Alan Jones Harry Stiller Racing 7 th 27.4.1975 GP Spain Alan Jones Harry Stiller Racing DNF 11.5.1975 GP Monaco Alan Jones Harry Stiller Racing DNF 25.5.1975 GP Belgium Alan Jones Harry Stiller Racing DNF 8.6.1975 GP Sweden Alan Jones Rob Walkers Custom Made Racing 11 th 3.8.1975 GP Germany Harald Ertl Team Hesketh 8 th 17.8.1975 GP Austria Harald Ertl Warsteiner Brewery DNF 7.9.1975 GP Italy Harald Ertl Team Hesketh 9 th
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  Foreign entries rev up for Croft Nostalgia Weekend 1 Aug 2011 (News)
  Furthermore, the event’s charm – a heady mix of motoring, motor racing and lifestyle themed from the Forties through to the Seventies that attracts large numbers of public dressed in period style – has also drawn competitors from as far afield as Belgium, Finland, France, Germany and Sweden.   But they will have to beat a number of local racers all eager to shine in front of their home crowd – among them 18-year-old James Buckton from Harrogate in his historic Elden Formula Ford, York’s Robert Rook and Selby’s Jim Clark in their Ford Lotus Cortinas, fellow saloon car racer Andy Yool from Barrow-in-Furness in his Ford Anglia, Workington’s Robert Gates in his evocative E-type Jaguar and Whitley Bay’s Richard Evans in his sensational March Formula 2 car.
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  Big Week For Classic Auctions 6 Apr 2003 (News)
  Estimated at 130,000 – 170,000 Euros; and a 1934 Alvis Speed 20 Cross & Ellis tourer. Later classics include the ex Monza and Tour de France 1967 Porsche 910; a 1955 Porsche 550 Spyder; a 1967 Ferrari 275 GTB/4; a 1960 Mercedes 300SL roadster; a 1965 Bizzarrini 5300GT S1; a 1970 Lamborghini Miura S; a 1999 Proteus recreated 1956 Mercedes 300SLR complete with body jigs; a super sweet 1963 Simca Abarth 1300GT coupe; a 1949 chrome tooth Chevrolet pick-up; a 1965 Chevrolet Corvair Mk II Corsa Spyder; a 1953 Mercedes 300S convertible; a 1986 Ford RS200; and many more Alfas, Ferraris, British sports cars and other interesting cars.