Students’ racing car takes to Silverstone track for international competition
Students will race a car they designed and built themselves in a prestigious international competition at Silverstone this weekend.
Coventry University’s Phoenix Racing team will take to the famous track less than a week after it was the scene of...
Jaguar’s New Models To Be Electric From 2020
Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has announced that every new vehicle line from 2020 will electric or hybrid.
The Jaguar I-Pace will be the first of the new models to be fully electric, to go on sale in 2018.
The move was...
Drivers Parking on Pavements Will Face £70 Fine
The Department for Transport are considering new laws to prevent cars parking on pavements.
This will allow local councils to make it illegal to park on the kerb without explicit permission.
Currently there no law outside London against parking on a...
Nottingham In ‘Fake’ Parking Fine Letter Warning
Fake parking notices have been posted in Nottingham warning cars they could be fined for parking in residential areas.
Posted in Marham Close, Sneinton, the letters, claiming to be from the council, advise drivers they could be fined £120 or...
UK Car Sales Drop 9.3% in July Says Motor Trade Body
The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) has reported that new car registrations fell 9.3% in July compared to a year earlier.
About 162,000 cars were sold during the month and the trade body says the market’s falling numbers,...
Lewis Hamilton Wins F1 Glory
Lewis Hamilton took a dominant victory at Silverstone to tie the all-time record of five career wins in the British Grand Prix.
The Mercedes driver equalled the tally of Scot Jim Clark and Frenchman Alain Prost with his fourth home...
Fast But Less Furious
23-year-old Hayden Gager, from Coventry, has started a remote control ‘drifting’ car club with his friends in an attempt to get troubled youngsters off the streets.
He hopes the club will take drifting, a driving procedure where the driver deliberately...
World’s First Dent-Proof Car
The Tokyo Motor Show wasn’t dented by a concept car equipped with external airbags that protects the vehicle from being dented in a collision.
The Flesby II ultra-compact vehicle has it’s body panels covered with soft, next generation rubber.
"We put...
Can Kia Picanto Own the City Streets?
May 2017 welcomed to the world the birth of the Kia Picanto.
The small, lightweight city car costs just £9,450 and weights 936kg, working out to £1.01 per 100g. It comes in a range of colours, trim and engine combos,...
Range Rover Celebrates Birthday with Special Historic Exhibition
Range Rover is celebrating its 50th Anniversary since inception in 1967. In order to commemorate decades of being one of the premier car manufacturers, Jaguar created an interactive exhibition tracing the history of the vehicle.
Regaling the ‘engineering story,’ the...
