More and more of us are becoming environmentally aware in the choices we make and in the way we drive. Car manufacturers, politicians, city planners and transport experts are all finding ways to make motoring more environmentally friendly and sustainable. The methods they use range from up-to-the-minute and “sexy” to some that sound downright peculiar.

The really “sexy” idea in environmentally friendly motoring is ......

It’s always an interesting evaluation: comparing all the cars that have been designed to function as the world’s best fuel sippers.  If you are a commuter, then you’ll know what it’s like spending hours at the wheel in traffic jams. You will also appreciate owning a car that doesn’t cost the earth to run.

Read More

The quirky Brits are at it again, trying to regain the record for the World’s fastest lawnmower, currently held by another quirky guy from the USA.

“Project Running Blade” hopes to take a “more-or-less everyday ride-on mower above 100mph (160kph)”. The current record stands at 81mph and was set in 2006 at Bonneville Salt Flats (the favourite haunt of many World record attempts-so this is serious stuff) by American Bob Cleveland.

“This is a proper record, and building a lawnmower capable of speeds well into 3 ......

Two Million Dollars? Four Million dollars? TEN million dollars? No, much more than that!

The US financial press have reported the sale of a 1936 Bugatti 57SC Atlantic to an unnamed buyer in California for between thirty and forty million dollars (US). If true, that’s a staggering amount, particularly as the Bugatti was purchased by the seller, the late Peter D. Williamson, a neurologist, for $59,000 in 1971.

Since then Dr. Williamson, who was the President of the American Bugatti Club, has spent years, and ......

How much do you think about safety when buying a car?  Surveys tell us that a new car buyer is taking a greater interest in how well a car has performed in reputable crash tests.  

Kicking tyres is a fun pass time for many blokes, and ......