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Parents leave £500 worth of baby equipment in their car
Parents are being warned not to leave valuable baby equipment in their cars overnight as Your Cover Insurance from Allianz has found that baby items worth up to £500 are left behind potentially making vehicles attractive to thieves.
Tube 50% dearer than travelling by chauffeur-driven Phantom
Celebrity owners of the £250,000 Rolls Royce Phantom such as David Beckham, Simon Cowell and Alan Sugar pay less to travel through central London than users of London transport; tube fares can be 50 per cent more expensive than being chauffeured by Phantom over the same distance, according to the Environmental Transport Association (ETA).
Classic, competition and super car sale at Silverstone Classic
Silverstone Auctions will hold its inaugural classic, competition and super car sale on Saturday 23 July, in Hall 1 of The Wing building during the Silverstone Classic weekend.
Mass gathering of legendary rally cars add power to Pageant
The 2011 Cholmondeley Pageant of Power (15-17 July; cpop.co.uk), the UK’s biggest celebration of power and speed, will play host to one of the UK’s biggest gatherings of World Rally Championship cars this year.
Donington Park announces revised events calendar
Donington Park has announced a change to its 2011 Calendar of Major Events due to noise restrictions in place at the Leicestershire venue.
Beaulieu ‘plugs in’ to the electric revolution
Beaulieu, home of the National Motor Museum, has become one of the first sites in Hampshire to join a new Government initiative that aims to encourage the uptake of electric vehicle technologies.
Motorists distrust speed cameras
Less than a third (29 per cent) of Britain’s motorists think that speed cameras are only used at sites with a bad record of crashes and injuries, and 50 per cent think that raising money is their primary aim, according to Public Opinions of Speed Cameras, the latest research report from road safety charity the IAM.
Drivers urged to THINK! biker in bid to cut road deaths
A new THINK! campaign to help cut the number of motorcyclists killed and injured on Britain's roads was launched today by Road Safety Minister Mike Penning.
Goodwood Action Sports at Festival of Speed
With less than two weeks to go, that magical heady high-octane mix of the world’s greatest competition vehicles and drivers in action at the annual Goodwood Festival of Speed (30 June to 3 July) will achieve new heights as a host of world-class action sports athletes perform gravity-defying tricks on a variety of two-wheeled machines, ranging from BMX and mountain bikes, to freestyle motocross and trials motorcycles.
UK motor clubs run special events in National Motorsport Week
As an integral part of the re-energised National Motorsport Week (25 June - 3 July) motor clubs throughout the UK are organising a series of events aimed at boosting their membership and attracting more people into all areas of grassroots motorsport.
Motorexpo takes over Brookfield Place in Downtown Toronto
From Monday June 20 through Friday June 24, Brookfield Place in the heart of Toronto’s downtown financial district will be transformed into a free to enjoy auto extravaganza; showcasing a selection of the very latest vehicles.
Toyota and Lexus race and rally stars at Goodwood
Toyota and Lexus will raise the sound and spectacle of the 2011 Goodwood Festival of Speed (30 June to 3 July) with a full-blooded array of competition machinery, past and present.
Rare F1 car to return at the Silverstone Classic
One of the rarest and most intriguing Formula One cars of all times will return to racing after a 50 year absence at next month’s Silverstone Classic (22-24 July).
Goodwood actively supports 2011 National Motorsport Week
In just ten days time the annual UK National Motorsport Week (25 June-3 July) gets underway, celebrating Britain’s dominant role in global motor racing with a week of activities culminating at the 2011 Goodwood Festival of Speed (30 June-3 July) - the world’s greatest celebration of motor sport and car culture, where almost every motor sport discipline is honoured and can be seen in action.
Vintage bikes gather for nostalgic Banbury Run
Over 600 Veteran and Vintage motorcycles will descend on the Heritage Motor Centre for the nostalgic Vintage Motor Cycle Club Banbury Run on Sunday 19 June. The event, which starts at 10am, is the 63rd Banbury Run and the largest gathering of pre-1931 Motorcycles & 3 Wheelers in the World!