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Belfast’s David Johnstone claimed victory in Round Six of the Defender Challenge by Bowler series, to set up a championship decider at next month’s Borders Hill Rally. Seven teams battled through testing conditions in North Wales, as their Bowler-prepared Land Rover Defender vehicles raced across 45 difficult miles of forest and tarmac stages at the Cambrian Rally. The seven Land ...

The first production Discovery Sport has rolled off Land Rover’s production line in Halewood, UK. The car will now make its way to Virgin Galactic’s headquarters, to be used by the team as they continue to prepare for the launch of the world’s first commercial spaceline.  The world’s most versatile and capable premium compact SUV, the Discovery Sport, is the ...

As he set off in the early hours of 21 September from the North Cape (Norway) to the southern tip of South Africa, the primary goal of this latest project for long-distance record holder Rainer Zietlow from Mannheim was to test out the robustness of his Volkswagen Touareg. The journey was interrupted by an accident caused by another driver, however ...

Isuzu UK’s largest and most far-reaching online advertising campaign, due to air from Saturday 11 October, features a ghoulish theme appropriate for the time of year, depicting the special edition Isuzu D-Max Blade pick-up as the hero in a zombie-infested post-apocalyptic city. The new campaign, created in partnership with Picture Production Company (PPC),  will be aimed at a mainly male ...

The Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV accounts for over half of all UK plug-in car sales. The Outlander PHEV uses both electric and petrol power. Unlike non plug-in hybrid vehicles, the Outlander PHEV can travel substantially further on battery power – 32.5 miles – more than enough to accommodate most daily average journey distances. As such it rarely needs to visit a ...

The new Land Rover Discovery Sport made a uniquely British public debut today, ahead of the Paris Motor Show. A pair of Discovery Sport vehicles performed a dramatic dynamic debut aboard a giant barge on the River Seine to mark the arrival of the brand’s new premium compact SUV. The two Discovery Sports put on a true show of Land ...

Added safety, greater style and a new SE variant for Nissan’s popular pick-up range Alloy wheels and VDC now standard across the entire range New generously equipped SE version with 144hp engine New colours and new upgraded trim  Hannover, GERMANY (23rd September, 2014) – Nissan’s versatile Navara pick-up is to benefit from a number of significant improvements for the 2015 model ...

The PEUGEOT 2008 DKR clocks up testing kilometres in France As the countdown to the 2015 Dakar Rally begins to accelerate, the Peugeot- Total squad is continuing to develop the fearsome PEUGEOT 2008 DKR at a frenetic pace with its three star drivers, including Cyril Despres, who is getting to grips with competing on four wheels for the first time. ...

With over 67,000 visitors over 3 days, the 2014 Cholmondeley Pageant of Power was another success, and why shouldn’t it be?  The Pageant combines the best of historic and contemporary automotive power from land, water and air.  Central to the action is the 1.2 mile circuit within the castle grounds were over 150 cars and bikes spanning seven decades of ...

The Range Rover Evoque or baby Range Rover as it’s also known was launched three years ago to much accolade. Granted it’s not everyone’s cup of tea but nothing ever is. I liked it from the time the first release pictures hit the web and on through my first drive off road in one. That was two years ago. I ...