Have you been caught out by a puncture, or perhaps worse, experienced a tyre blowout while driving? Thankfully, changing a wheel is relatively simple process but you’ll still want to do everything possible to avoid the situation altogether. Having a tyre fail at high speed can put you and your passengers in a dangerous situation and likewise, being faced with changing a tyre on a busy road is also something you’ll want to avoid. (more…)
Survey Says 1/3 Owners Can’t Change A Wheel, 1/10 Can’t Fill Up With Fuel
A survey shows an alarming percentage of car owners who don’t feel confident enough to change a wheel. 37 percent of drivers claimed that they prefer to have a mechanic do the work for them, as DailyMail reports, backed up by the AA, who responded to 35,000 puncture call outs a month, meaning one in ten of all breakdown requests. (more…)
Opel Optimizes Astra TCR Racer Aero Package
In order to be successful in the Touring Car Racer Series, a vehicle has to have excellent aerodynamics and undergo meticulous wind tunnel testing.
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GT Concept Gets a Full Presentation from Its Creator, Marc Adams
We’ve been here before: back in 2013, Opel presented a very attractive concept that was supposed to change the design of its future models, and yet the beautiful lines of the Monza concept are still to be truly seen on production models. Let’s just hope the Opel GT Concept will break the mold and prove to be more than just a show car. (more…)
Top Gear Warns Londoners Of Them Drifting A Mustang On The Tower Bridge
The new Top Gear will apparently take a Mustang for some drifting action on London’s Tower Bridge. (more…)
Vauxhall/Opel’s Upward Trend In European Sales Continues In February
Both brand continues where it left off in January with a new sales increase in Europe, last month. (more…)
Watch British Drivers Swear For Almost 12 Full Minutes
If you like to unwind with videos of sticky traffic situations, then watching people swear after being cut up (among other things), might actually lower your blood pressure. (more…)
Vauxhall/Opel Plans New Flagship SUV Before The End Of The Decade
Vauxhall/Opel wants to expand its vehicle lineup and a replacement for the defunct Antara is on the horizon. (more…)
Netflix In Talks With BBC For New Top Gear’s Streaming Rights
The battle between the new Amazon Prime car show and BBC’s revamped Top Gear could be taken to new grounds. (more…)
Vauxhall/Opel Unlikely To Build GT Concept
Vauxhall’s new chief, Rory Harvey, is very much a fan of the latest GT concept, much like Opel CEO Dr. Karl-Thomas Neumann is. (more…)
New Top Gear Delayed, While Episodes Cut Down From 8 To 6
Top Gear fans will have to wait a little longer to catch the new show on BBC, as it has reportedly been pushed back two weeks. (more…)
VAUXHALL ASTRA WINS BEST SMALL HATCH HONOUR AT UK CAR OF THE YEAR AWARDS
Vauxhall’s all-new Astra has been recognised in the Small Hatch category at the UK Car of the Year Awards. (more…)
VAUXHALL ASTRA WINS EUROPEAN CAR OF THE YEAR 2016
Vauxhall’s all-new Brit-built Astra has been named European Car of the Year 2016 at the 86th Geneva Motor Show. (more…)
Jeremy Clarkson Reaches £100K Settlement With Former Top Gear Producer, Makes Public Apology
The fracas saga has officially ended with Jeremy Clarkson making a public apology and paying around £100,000 to Oisin Tymon, the Top Gear producer who was attacked in the famous incident. (more…)
10% Off All Vauxhall Accessories
Fancy kitting out your Vauxhall at a very attractive price? Download our voucher and you can get 10% off a vast range of genuine Vauxhall accessories – from floor mats and approved baby-safe seats to cool styling products such as spoilers and alloy wheels. (more…)
Vauxhall Gt Concept Showcases Visionary Tech-Led Interior
Vauxhall has revealed the GT Concept’s interior, showcasing a host of innovative technology to improve driver experience, ahead of the futuristic sportcar’s debut at the 2016 Geneva Motor Show. (more…)
Brake Calipers Get Kinder Custom Paint, Look Delicious
We still don’t know what car these custom brake calipers went on, but the guy who had the idea must be a mad genius. Yellow or red is commonly seen, so if you want people to notice what’s behind your alloys, they need to see something unexpected. (more…)
GM Powertrain renamed GM Propulsion Systems
General Motors is to officially rename GM Powertrain to GM Global Propulsion Systems, thereby becoming the first OEM to formally transition to a new naming convention to reflect industry trends and its evolution over the years. The European engineering centres in Rüsselsheim and Turin will be named GM Global Propulsion Systems – Rüsselsheim Engineering Center and Turin Engineering Center accordingly. (more…)
Vauxhall Celebrates First Astra Sports Tourer Built At Ellesmere Port
Today Vauxhall and sister company Opel celebrated the official start of Astra Sports Tourer production at its plant in Ellesmere Port. (more…)