Motoring
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Diesel car makers clean up their act
Three out of every five drivers in France run their cars on diesel. But the fuel has just been classified as carcinogenic by the WHO. The fine particles that are emitted by diesel are responsible for 42,000 premature deaths a year. Ecologists...
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Ford refreshes its line-up
Ford Motor Company is targeting industry-leading product freshness in Europe with a major acceleration of new cars and CVs, including several new models which were on display at the Paris Motor Show, including the new Mondeo, Fiesta, EcoSport and...
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Editorial: Why does it never rain but it pours?
Unlike John the Baptist, who announced the coming of Jesus by pouring just a few drops of water out of a shell over his followers’ heads, the skies decided to announce the coming of autumn, yet again, with bucketful upon bucketful of rain falling on...
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Chevrolet’s Trax for Paris
Chevrolet is to showcase its new small SUV for the first time at the Paris Motor Show,the company has announced. The Trax will sit below the Captiva in size. At about 4.25m long and less than 1.8m wide, the Trax will be compact enough to be handy...
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Felipe Massa leads record-breaking Ferrari parade
Ferrari believes it has created a new world record with an astonishing parade of 964 cars at Silverstone. The stunning range of Ferraris included numerous 458 Italias, classic F40s, Californias, 599s and more. The previous record for the most...
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Cutting costs
Almost anyone running a car in the current climate will be suffering from escalating costs, with fuel and insurance biting the hardest. But there are ways in which you can take control and minimise the financial impact. 1. Try not using it It might...
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Fashioning the future
“The relation of head to body determines the standard by which we assess all other proportions in nature,” writes Kenneth Clark in The Nude. He notes in this must-read for all aesthetes published in 1956 that the human eye is disturbed by bodily...
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All-round package
I f you want to feel as green as it is possible to feel behind the wheel, there’s not much that can top the sensation of humming along in virtual silence as an electric motor delivers your forward motion. Toyota has spent more than a decade refining...
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The A-Z of car manufacturers
The latest model to join the burgeoning Mini range is the Roadster. Based on the still-pretty-new Coupe, the Roadster takes the obvious step of lopping off the roof and adding a dinky fabric roof for drop-top fun. Just like the Coupe, it is a 2+2...
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Because growing up is cool
Cars are launched all the time. Every couple of years most brands tend to take a look at their models and either update, upgrade or radically change each one of their offerings. A completely new car, however, is a much rarer occasion – one which...
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Aston Martin reveals 2013 DB9
Luxury sports car maker Aston Martin has announced a series of upgrades on its DB9 model for the 2013 model year, as well as a streamlining of the range. With the recently-announced Vanquish sitting at the top of the range, the Virage model is...
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Goodbye Europe
The last two European races were staged at two legendary circuits, Spa Francorchamps and Monza, which together with Silverstone are the last three temples of speed. Ironically, none of these were designed by Hermann Tilke who is responsible for the...
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Local driving can still be fun
Years ago, when the first MX5 was introduced to Malta, the family very nearly embraced one into the fold. However, the requested red car turned blue and the deal was off. This is in no way said to denigrate a fantastic sports car, one originally...
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Driving in the wet
Car Torque has been going for over 20 years and, for much of the time, constructive criticism or ideas have been put forward, based on 58 years of active motoring and a stint as traffic management consultant within the ADT (Malta Transport...
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New Generation i30 three-door to debut at 2012 Paris Motor Show
Ahead of its world debut at the 2012 Paris Motor Show, the New Generation i30 three-door has been revealed today. The third member of the New Generation i30 family, the three-door joins the five-door hatchback and the wagon to extend the broad...
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Nissan subsidiary reveals new hatchback
Nissan has unveiled the second model from its new low-priced Chinese brand Venucia following what an executive said was a temporary dip in sales during anti-Japanese protests last month. The compact R50 hatchback will sell for as little as 67,800...
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New VW Golf
The Volkswagen Golf IV was presented to the media today before the launch of a new model in Berlin. The new model is planned to go on sale across Europe in November, replacing the 2008 sixth-generation model. Volkswagen is hoping a sleek makeover...
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McLaren MP4-12C Can-Am Edition Concept
DEBUT: 2012 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance APPEARANCE: As track-only concepts go this is hardly among the maddest and most likely to make you splurt your morning coffee all over the chap in front of you on the bus, but it’s drop-dead gorgeous. The...
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A classic collection of cars for sale
The entire collection of a classic car museum in Somerset,England, will go under the hammer next month. The Exmoor Classic Car Collection, the retirement project of collector Stephen Johns, will be sold by Bonhams. The specialist museum, in Porlock...
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Editorial: Bendy summer thoughts
I mean, honestly, it’s the middle of August and I’m at my desk writing this piece rather than camping on some sunny, rat-infested beach in Marsaxlokk. Is that fair? Well actually, my mind has wandered off to some deserted tropical island, cocktail...
