Category: MOTORING
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BEN Vintage & Classic Car Rally today
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BEN, the automotive industry will hold its annual Vintage and Classic Car Rally and Summer Fete on Saturday 4th July at Sunningdale….reports Asian Lite News The day will start with a rally tour of classic cars and motor cycles though Windsor Great Park, which will then be available for the public to view from 12.30pm at Broomhall…
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Toyota develops new test dummies
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The latest version of THUMS adds a muscle modelling feature that can simulate he body attitude of different vehicle occupants, from relaxed to braced, allowing for more detailed computer analysis of the injures collisions can cause….reports Asian Lite News You are in a car and you know you are about to hit something. If you…
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SMART FORRAIL- Car on track
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Nicknamed the smart ‘forrail’, it might appear like a lightly modified smart forfour but it’s, in fact, a fully certified, mini-train….reports Asian Lite News (NB: smart and Mercedes-Benz do not encourage any individual to carry out similar modifications. It’s incredibly difficult.) The new smart forfour is a pretty effective point-to-point machine. It can drive from…
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Ferrari Fuels Charity Fundraising
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Ferrari cavalcade Rome: charity auction at final event raises 200,000 euro….reports Asian Lite News After four days of exploring Rome and the stunning areas around the city in their Ferraris, the 2015 Cavalcade participants celebrated the conclusion of the event with a gala dinner in the spectacular surroundings of Trajan’s Markets. The 200 guests not…
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Chris Evans gets Top Gear job
BBC executives announced who they had signed up to take over from controversial figure and former Top Gear frontman Jeremy Clarkson. The corporation revealed that Radio 2 DJ and bookies favourtie Chris Evans would lead the motoring show’s new lineup. The 49-year-old said he was “thrilled” to secure the job and promised to “respect what has gone…
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Motorists against scrapping paper driving licences
The majority of motorists are against the Government’s decision to scrap the paper-based driving counterpart licence according to a new poll by Motorpoint. An online survey by the UK’s leading car supermarket found 53.1% of people quizzed didn’t want to see the paper-based counterpart driving licence replaced by an online service – which came into…
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Nissan launches 7-seat E-NV200 in UK
Nissan will broaden the appeal of its award-winning all-electric e-NV200 this summer with the UK launch of a versatile and practical seven seat version. The new model – the world’s first pure electric seven seater – is being introduced in response to huge interest from fleet operators and larger families keen to capitalise on the…
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1933 ROLLS-ROYCE on sale at £90,000
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in -Top News, Events, FEATURE, Lifestyle, Lite Blogs, London Diary, MOTORING, Motoring, News, UK NewsIndian prince, Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji who played cricket for England and first commissioned the car Windovers-bodied 1933 Rolls-Royce Phantom II Sedanca De Ville will be on sale. The sale will take place on Saturday, 20 June 2015 at the Rolls-Royce Enthusiasts’ Club Annual Concours & Rally, Burghley House, Stamford, Lincolnshire, reports Asian Lite, best newspaper…
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The RAC offers £50 off membership
The RAC has unveiled a new campaign to attract customers. It is offering up to £50 off annual RAC vehicle based membership. A study reveals 92% of members would recommend the RAC to their friends and family. Max £50 is off Roadside, Recovery, At Home, Onward & European. Ends 16.06.15. For more details visit: rac.co.uk/visitauntie…
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Punch knocks Clarkson out of Top Gear
The British Broadcasting Corporation, which supported a TV host who made racist anti-Indian jibes, has now suspended him over a fight he had with a producer. BBC announced on Tuesday that Jeremy Clarkson, the host of Top Gear programme, was suspended “following a fracas” with a producer. The terse statement said “no one else has…
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Vintage beauties on Delhi roads
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The fifth edition of the 21 Gun Salute International Vintage Car Rally and Concourse Auto Show left many onlookers spellbound in the capital Saturday, as they watched 201 cars and 50 vintage bikes participating in the event. A procession of Rolls Royce Tourer, Buick special series, Cadillac Convertible, Rover 8, Ford and many other restored…
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JLR to create 1,300 UK jobs
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Jaguar Land Rover says it will create 1,300 new jobs to build Jaguar’s first sports utility vehicle (SUV) at its Solihull plant in the West Midlands. The firm has already invested £1.5bn in the Solihull plant to enable it to increase production, and it said its workforce there had almost doubled over the past three…
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Meridien Modena wins Ferrari showroom of the year
Ferrari announced that the recently renovated Official Ferrari Dealer for the South of England, Meridien Modena, has won the Showroom of the Year at Ferrari’s Annual Dealer Conference held at the Finali Mondiali at the Yas Marina circuit in Abu Dhabi. In recognition of this outstanding achievement in a competition amongst all Official Ferrari Dealers…
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ASTON MARTIN DEBUTS UNIQUE CAR FOR SPECTRE
Aston Martin together with EON Productions, the producers of the James Bond film franchise, unveiled Bond’s stunning new car, the Aston Martin DB10, on the 007 stage at Pinewood Studios. The luxury British sports car brand is delighted to confirm that James Bond will once again drive an Aston Martin in Spectre. On this occasion,…
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WORLD PREMIERE OF THE FXX K IN ABU DHABI
Ferrari’s new FXX K research and development programme receives its world premiere next weekend at the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi. The laboratory-car is based on Maranello’s first hybrid model and will grace the world’s tracks from next year onwards. The K in its moniker is a reference to the “KERS” kinetic energy recovery…