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Get your entries in for the 2015 Ormskirk MotorFest!

CLASSIC CAR owners have until the end of the month to get their entries in for this year’s Ormskirk MotorFest. This year’s event takes place...

Transatlantic 175 set the template for Liverpool car shows

AT LAST. After what feels like an eternity, Liverpool’s had a proper car show we could all enjoy! I know that Transatlantic 175 – as a celeb...

The Skoda Yeti - brilliant and fast when you least expect it

THE Skoda Yeti was the fastest thing on wheels when last weekend’s Goodwood Festival of Speed drew to a close. It was a weird moment of moto...

The inconvenient truth about electric car sales

HERE’S some shocking news you probably weren’t expecting – sales of electric cars have gone through the roof! That’s the message from the De...

The answer to car accident cold callers is in the air tonight

IT MIGHT be the middle of summer but it’s a frosty January night that’s haunting me at the moment. Regular readers might remember that about...

Why Britain needs the Mitsuoka Roadster - even if you hate it

APOLOGIES if you’ve come here expecting a thorough dusting down of the new Vauxhall Astra . As family-friendly hatches go it’s hugely import...

TVR is back - but patience is a virtue

IT'S GREAT news that TVR is back . After so many rumours and false starts it finally looks as though things are looking up for my favou...

Vauxhall unveils new Astra

VAUXHALL has unveiled its new Astra, which will go into production here in the North West later this year. The seventh-generation model – wh...

The Twingo is the modern day Renault 5

SOMETIMES you can have too much technology for your own good. Take my mobile, for instance, which for the past few days has been at the mend...

Why it isn't hard to get a go in your favourite car

FORGET swimming with dolphins or selfies in front of the Taj Mahal. Surely the ultimate red letter day has to be driving your favourite car....

The best BMW for BMWness is the...

ENJOYED a brief but brilliant bit of petrolhead bonding the other day. Heading home over the M62 I got overtaken by a chap in an E30 BMW M3 ...

Happy birthday, Classic Car Weekly

THIS week marks 25 years since Classic Car Weekly was launched - and I've been involved in helping to create the 104-page anniversary i...

In praise of proper, traditional car shows

WE LIVE in troubled times, if the seemingly constant threats of Greek financial meltdown, terrorist attacks and Katie Hopkins turning to Twi...

Volkswagen pays homage to the 1980s

A SPORTY new version of Volkswagen’s Scirocco will land in the manufacturer’s showroom’s next month. The Scirocco GTS, might not be as quick...

Why Britain needs a scrappage scheme rethink

SO THERE’S an election coming up. Among the things I’ll be asking candidates who come a-knocking to pledge their support for is turning the ...

Vignale takes the Ford Mondeo upmarket

A MORE upmarket twist on the Ford Mondeo will available to order in the UK from next month. The Ford Vignale Mondeo, which is more luxurious...

Ford's clever gadget definitely deserves the boot

TYPICAL. Only a week after one manufacturer teases us with a reason to get rid of all the gimmicks in the nation’s new cars, another gives ...

The Nissan GYM joke raises a serious point about overweight motorists

NISSAN – via the best April Fool’s gag I’ve fallen for in ages – have raised a serious point about the threat today’s pose to your health an...

The Jeremy Clarkson debacle is what Top Gear needed

THIS IS a wonderful time for Top Gear . Over the past few weeks it’s almost been impossible to visit the loo without someone venturing an op...

Nobody understands the motoring terminology these days

EVERY SO OFTEN someone makes the mistake of asking me what car they should go out and buy. It’s a futile exercise, because every time anyone...

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