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Archive of articles from 2011
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No it’s not for your head. It’s way more important than that. It’s for your car! £2.50 special offer for TotallyMotor readers
Top Gear Live - FREE tickets comp! NOW CLOSED!
Billed as “The Ultimate Top Gear Experience”, visitors can expect all the on-screen, supercharged excitement of the TV show rolled into one event…
Frankfurt Motor Show 2011 - Reviewed
All the hot pics from the biggest motor show we've seen in years. Get involved!
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Enter our easy Twitter competition to win FREE tickets to the EcoVelocity green motoring extravanganza!
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Awesome Turtle Wax car care and Transformers cinema prizes to give away in our free competition
Sharp Focus
In the market for a new estate car? Well take a long look at Ford's new Focus estate with our TotallyMotor test drive review
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Sign up for our free TotallyMotor newsletter to be in with a chance of winning a pair of free Goodwood Moving Motorshow tickets, worth £40!
Dirty dancin!
New Amarok truck, Polo GTi, Passat Saloon and Estate, new EOS, and the Jetta - all test-driven and coming soon on TotallyMotor
Nice leather, Trevor
So who does this lovely leather belong to? Well, it's not Trevor. Read on to find out, and oh yes, this leather comes with 200bhp. Flying 1st class, baby!
Vaux pops!
Test-driving the 158bhp, Vauxhall Insignia 2.0 CDTi SRi left a satisfied smile on the face but it's also triggered a more powerful yearning, for the 320bhp, Insignia VXR
Concept, a reality
TotallyMotor test drives the all-new Peugeot 508 with three different diesel outputs, from the ultra-frugal to the 200bhp-quick. Proof that Peugeot are back on big-car form
Action speaks louder than words
Tons of TotallyMotor fun down at the Central Ford RS Owners Club Day at Santa Pod. Every awesome Ford you can think of, monster trucks and some of the biggest smoky burn-outs ever!
Video: Monster Truck back flip!
Not content with crushing innocent cars, pulling huge wheelies and jumping ridiculous distances, monster truckers are now pulling back flips. Absolutely outrageous!
Video: first Ferrari FF crash!
Some cringe-worthy video of the first Ferrari FF crash ever. Courtesy of Car Magazine journalist Jethro Bovingdon. Ouch!
Blow the Budget
One penny per litre drop in fuel duty effective immediately and some suspension in future increases. Not great, but it could be worse
Rear of the Year!
The Peugeot RCZ must have the finest rump of any car on the market today. Full test drive coming soon on TotallyMotor
Coiled for action!
In the search for a lower stance and firmer, more controlled ride, we've fitted a set of Cobra Suspension lowering springs for our Alfa 146. They went on a treat, and now she looks and goes great
Out with the old and in the with the new
In the search for a lower stance and firmer, more controlled ride, we've got a set of Cobra Suspension springs for our little Alfa 146. So it's time to ditch the old springs and get that fresh set locked and loaded
Spring is in the air
We wanted a lower stance and more controlled cornering for our Alfa Romeo 146 TotallyMotor project car, but the price had to be right. Cobra Suspension springs from Performance Wheels soon arrived in a big box
White Hot!
The latest test car to arrive at the TotallyMotor office is this Peugeot 207 CC GT THP - Peugeot's top of the range 207 drop-top - looking great in pure white paint. Full road test coming soon...
Custom cars and hot rods at Beaulieu Motor Museum
The South Coast Internationals custom car and hot rod show at the Beaulieu Motor Museum this summer is for all you fans of old school nostalgic Yanks tanks, show cars and show bike. We'll see you there
Geneva Motor Show 2011 - Round-ups
The 2011 Geneva Motor Show has turned out to be a bit of a cracker with concepts, supercars and revolutionary green transport a plenty. Here's a round-up of our TotallyMotor coverage so far...
New Lambo? And the rest - Geneva 2011 is smokin!
Stunning cars at the 2011 Geneva Motor Show, from monstrous Lambos and Jags, to cheap 'n' cheerful Kias and ultra-frugal hybrids. There's something for everyone at this year's show and we've got it covered on TotallyMotor
New Lambo any day now...
It's only a few days until the wraps come off for real - the new Lamborghini Aventador LP700-4 breaks cover at Geneva 2011
Driver's Directory
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Whatever vehicle(s) you're looking to buy or sell, we're here to help find you the best possible price.
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CSMA Club
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Listers
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P&H Motorcycles
P&H Motorcycles is the best-known multi-franchise motorcycle dealer in the South East and we stock a wide range of new and used bikes and scooters from quality manufacturers like Yamaha, Honda, Suzuki, Ducati, Victory, KTM and Kawasaki.
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Car Shop
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Driver's Directory Articles
Five reasons to buy an Audi A6
The Audi A6 executive saloon can quite easily be overlooked by many people as a potential used car purchase, as considering its high price when new, many average buyers would expect it to be likely too expensive to be within their price range. But, you might just be surprised as to how much Audi you can get for your money.
Redefining the family car
The Nissan Qashqai singlehandedly redefined how we perceive the family car when it was launched and has gone on to sell very well indeed. Look around the streets near you and you will see many a family enjoying many a Nissan Qashqai. There are plenty of reasons for this wide ranging sales success and here are just a few of them.
My top 3 test drives
It’s a tough life here at TotallyMotor with this poor old editor expected to travel around and test drive cars all the time. Motorways are my friend – or enemy, depending on the traffic – and motorway service station sandwiches are my stodgy sustenance. Still, hopefully at the end of all these mindless motorways and mundane munching is something hot, sexy and metal.
Features
Citroen C5 2.0 HDI 16V Exclusive test drive review
Tim Saunders finds a cavernous boot, good fuel economy and chic French styling inside Citroen’s recently updated C5 saloon
Volvo V40 1.6-litre petrol R-Design test drive review
Tim Saunders finds a huge boot, Swedish style and a good mix of performance and economy inside Volvo’s good-looking V40 hatchback
Jaguar XJ Saloon SWB 3.0d V6 Luxury 4d Auto test drive review
Tim Saunders finds very impressive diesel economy, interior luxury and endless gadgest inside Jaguar’s flagship XJ saloon
Skoda Rapid 1.2 SE TSi 86PS test drive review
Tim Saunders finds very impressive petrol economy performance, interior space and an attractive price with Skoda’s family friendly Rapid saloon