Even though it’s not yet in the showrooms, tuner ABT have managed to release a full tuning package for the VW Golf VI. As well as designing a bodykit that adds some attitude to the new car’s styling, ABT have been tweaking the 1.4-litre TSI engine. In standard form this engine produces ...

After a couple of weeks off, the Stig was back with more Morse code in tonight’s (30th November) episode of Top Gear, the 5th in the current season. His first burst of dot-dashing said ‘TOO MANY GEARS’, clearly a dig at the Lexus IS-F’s ridiculous 8-speed gearbox. The second ...

Burn Baby Burn - bringing a new definition to the term ‘hot hatch‘, a truckload of new Ford Kas goes up in smoke not far from the factory £250,000 Number Plate - a DVLA auction recently saw 1 RH sell for a quarter of a million. What credit crunch? Like Stealing Candy From A Baby - no ma...

Although the Ford Focus RS isn’t due until next year, we’ve already seen plenty of pictures and heard lots of talk of its potential performance. Latest performance tests by Ford show that the 2.5-litre 5-cylinder engine, with a turbocharged 300bhp, will propel the Focus to 60mph in just...

So, the Chancellor has decided to cut VAT from 17.5% to 15%. Great, that means everything to do with motoring will be a bit cheaper … right? Wrong! The sneaky blaggard is raising fuel duty by 2 pence per litre, effective from December 1st, to cover the decrease in VAT. While the VAT decrease i...

Christmas has come early for cash-strapped motorists as the price of oil continues to drop in response to the international recession. Supermarket Morrisons dropped their unleaded by 2 pence this week to 89.9 pence/litre, and other supermarkets were quick to follow. This is the first time that unlea...

Hope To See You Dead - a council is forced to apoloogise after it’s latest road safety campaign causes some upset Fungus Eats Trees And Pees Diesel - scientists discover a fungus that can turn particular plants into fuel Japan’s Most Stolen Vehicle - I’ll bet you don’t guess ...

To commemorate the centenary of the birth of Karl Abarth, the founder of the Abarth tuning company, Fiat are releasing a limited edition Abarth 500 with 160bhp on tap. The Abarth 500 ‘DA O A 100′ (0 to 100, for non-Italian speakers) gets an upgraded version of the turbocharged 1.4-litre...

If you’re the sort of person who likes a hot hatch to be festooned with luxurious goodies, Renault have your ideal car in the form of the Renaultsport Clio 197 Lux. The Lux trim level adds leather upholstery, automatic climate control, automatic headlamps and wipers, cornering headlights, tin...

Woman Drives X5 Through Garage Door - perhaps she was so excited by the sales that she forgot how to drive Stolen JCB On European Tour - a JCB digger stolen in England has been found in the Netherlands after a two-week operation Nurburgring Getting A Makeover - the ‘Ring is getting a new arena...