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...

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 ...

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...

The government have decided to postpone the changes to the vehicle excise duty system that were due to take effect in 2009. Alastair ‘The Badger’ Darling is expected to announce the climbdown in next week’s pre-budget report, and the expectation is that the increases will be put of...

After the first lot of Stig Morse code on last week’s Top Gear, the translations are already out for the second episode in the new series. This time the Stig was driving the funky little Abarth 500. The first encoded message we heard translates to “I VOTED ROSS PEROT”, a reference ...

Beware of the dreaded SPECS average speed camera, as they’re now going digital. At the moment average speed cameras work in pairs, and are connected to each other by cables. With new advances in digital technology up to 50 SPECS3 cameras can be linked together using internet cables, giving th...

LPG Car Explodes As Driver Lights Cigarette - and there I was wondering if it might be a good idea to switch to LPG £15000 DVD To Help Adults Cross The Road - an example of how councils in Britain like to spend taxpayers’ money. Tesla Roadster Crashed At 100MPH - one of the new electric sport...