Following on from our previous feature on the best movie car chases, we decided to take a closer look at just what exactly made them so great, and in most cases it was the car!
So after a long weekend of debate and lazing around watching DVDs we put together a nice compilation of what we believe are 70 of the greatest cars to every grace the big screen.
The real identity of Top Gear’s tamed racing driver, The Stig, has long been a topic of considerable debate amongst motoring enthusiasts for years now.
But new financial documents have been unearthed which could finally put an end to the speculation on just who is hiding behind that white racing helmet.
The Coalition Government has announced plans to ban the use of wheel clamping on private land in England and Wales.
Home Office minister, Lynne Featherstone says the new rules should be brought into line with those currently in effect in Scotland, where clamping vehicles on private land was subsequently banned after a judge deemed that the act amounted to ‘extortion’ and ‘theft’.
With the Belgium Grand Prix not taking place until the end of the month, we decided to counter our F1 withdrawal by taking a trip down Formula’s 1 memory lane and picking out 30 of the greatest racing battles.
We tried our best to include races spanning the colorful history of Formula 1, and were actually quite surprised to find footage of races as far back as 1935!
A new report predicts that in the year 2020 21% of new vehicles sold in the United Kingdom will be powered by alternative energy. But the report highlights that manufacturers need to do more to help allay motorists’ fears over the longevity and depreciation of batteries in electric cars.
According to the research conducted by Eurotax Glass’s, hybrid cars will be the dominant ‘green energy’ power until 2019 after which the technology will be overtaken by the sale of electric vehicles.
A 37 year old Swedish man is facing a whopping £650,000 speeding fine for getting caught travelling at 180 mph whilst driving through Switzerland.
Speeding fines in Switzerland are calculated based on the income of the offending motorist and the severity of the speed. Having been clocked driving at two and a half times the speed limit, the Swedish motorist is now facing the highest possible penalty of 300 days of fines at £2,166 a day – a total of £650,000.
“We have no record of anyone being caught travelling faster in the country,” said a police spokesman.
The powerful 6 litre Mercedes SLS was eventually caught by a speed camera by a speed camera on the A12 highway between Bern and Lausanne, after successfully evading numerous radars en-route simply because he was going too fast and they were incapable of clocking speeds beyond 200kph (125mph).
It was a new generation of radar machines that finally caught him travelling at close to 300kph (186mph).
“I think the speedo on the car, which is new, is faulty,” he told police by way of an explanation.
Lack of local funding means that speed cameras across the country are to be switched off according to a prediction by David Sparks, the leader of the Labour group on the Local Government Association.
As the Coalition Government’s spending cuts start to take effect, many local governments have little alternative but to pull the plug on speed cameras in their counties.
Let’s face it. Every gamer has their favorite ‘go to’ racing game, with their favorite vehicle, and more importantly their favorite track. Whether it’s a technical, challenging course that requires a keen eye and sharp reflexes, or the crazed hilarity of racing around Rainbow Road with your jaw clenched – we all have them.
Here at BreakdownCover.org we decided to take some time out of busy schedule (ha!), and begin the mammoth task of compiling our 50 greatest video game race tracks. With a wide variety of courses from an even wider range of video games, we’ve managed to create a pretty solid list of what we believe are 50 of the best racing tracks to ever appear in video games.
Following Oxfordshire’s move last week to switch off their entire speed camera network and with other areas soon to follow suit, we decided to delve into the stats behind the cameras on Britain’s roads and the money they generate!
A report published by the UK insurer AXA reveals that 800 lives are lost each year on Britain’s roads through accidents caused by road rage or disrespectful driving.
The independent survey highlights that almost 4 in 10 drivers involved in the 222,100 accidents each year on British roads felt frightened or angered by other motorists in the moments leading up to a crash or collision.
