Honda Clarity

Honda Clarity

You will remember the first mobile phones, laughingly so large you couldn’t actually carry them at all. They would just about fit in a car and that was all. Today, they’re only the size they are so we don’t lose...

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Peugeot 308 GTI

Peugeot 308 GTi

If you asked 100 people to name a car that qualified as a ‘hot hatch’, it’s a fair bet most would go for the Volkswagen Golf GTI. It’s been around for decades and is a badge that resonates even with...

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White BMW 7 Series saloon

BMW 7 series tech

Very quietly, and with not much in the way of fanfare, another step down the road to autonomous cars has been taken. It comes courtesy of the all-new BMW 7-Series, which goes on sale this month priced from £64,530. Its...

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Graphic of crosshair on iris

Eye controlled headlights

It sounds like technology that James Bond would have as an aftermarket extra on his Aston Martin in the forthcoming film Spectre. Amazingly, it’s actually real – headlight beams that you control with your eyes. Developed by Vauxhall, the system...

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Totalled Mazda

Drivers! Beware of your passengers!

Drivers! Beware of your passengers! Following a national research programme carried out by a leading insurer, writes motoring journalist, Iain Robertson, an insight to driver safety issues has arisen, which places the emphasis on a passenger’s shoulders.. None of us...

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Burnt-out husk of car

When honesty and quality take a back seat…beware!

When honesty and quality take a back seat…beware! With counterfeit products, parts and even entire vehicles placing strain on buying decisions, reports motoring writer, Iain Robertson, receiving straight service, with warranted components, becomes a financial priority. An in-depth survey, carried...

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Car repair checklist

The Great Britishness of tolerance

Known around the world as a largely polite nation, writes motoring journalist Iain Robertson, it is true to suggest that we possess remarkably high levels of tolerance, when it comes to customer service from the retail industry.. In virtually any...

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BMW tyre

Improving the contact patch

No matter how you view it, vehicle tyres are linked inextricably with road safety, a factor about which motoring journalist, Iain Robertson, feels very strongly as he extols the virtue of checking your tyres more regularly. Although it did not...

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Car in garage on two post lift

A little bit of MoT planning never goes amiss

To those people running vehicles that are more than three years old, writes motoring journalist Iain Robertson, the annual roadworthiness test is a vital but sometimes horrific on-cost, even though it is an expectation. Punctures, oil leaks, clutches and other...

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Torn tyre on the side of the road

It is not what you see on your vehicle’s tyres…

Car tyres are wonderfully resilient things, explains motoring journalist Iain Robertson, but they have to tolerate so many motoring foibles that simply checking the legal tread depth is only the start of tyre care. While you might find it unusual...

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