Stonehenge and the motorist: A 6000 year old story… so far – by Dave Moss
On 12 November 2020, permission was granted to join up existing dual carriageways on the A303 in Wiltshire via a new dual carriageway section, running via a twin-bore four-lane road tunnel just south of Stonehenge. The decision reignited controversy which has raged...
BREXIT for beginners
Britain’s departure from the EU has prompted a flurry of information and advice from the Department for Transport, the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency and the DVLA on rule changes affecting Britons driving in Europe from January 1st 2021. Here we round up...
MOT Test extension and breaking the law
Coronavirus emergency brings MoT extensions for many vehicles, says Dave Moss –
Action plan promises improved safety on ‘Smart’ motorways
Transport Secretary Grant Shapps reacted to growing concern about safety on so called “smart” motorways and Dave Moss explains what’s going to happen
MG F Silver Anniversary Celebration
A quarter of a century on and the MG F still turns heads, so historian Dave Moss has been looking back at the car which became a milestone in the marque’s history
30 long years in the making
The cars of 1990 still somehow seem both comfortingly recent and familiar but technically they are now historic, reminises Dave Moss –
From Somerset it came
A long and steamy story of friendship, love, endeavour – and survival –
Festive Reflections
If you thought you had the measure of Christmas drinking, Dave Moss will have a surprise or kilderkin for you –
Big Electric Shock
The largest battery powered vehicle in the world never needs recharging, says Dave Moss-
MINI Happy Returns – Sixty Years On
There’s no denying it’s been a diamond success for successive owners over the last 60 years, says Dave Moss, as the MINI reaches its landmark –
Diesel developments in deepest Cornwall
Writer Dave Moss uncovers the little known history of a West Country engineer and his even less appreciated achievements on behalf of some much more famous names in the automotive world –
Secrets from beyond the River Tamar
Cornwall’s hall of fame embraces clotted cream to surf, spectacular scenery and a tin-mining history which has bequeathed a legacy of lonely, long defunct engine houses hauntingly scattered across its landscape. Historian Dave Moss looks back at a little...The day it all began
160 years ago next Sunday was the birth of a man who forever changed the automotive world and whose unexpected death would be fore-ever shrouded in mystery with state, political or business assasination suspected, writes Dave Moss –
The Austin 3 Litre: A remarkable tale of woe
Motoring historian Dave Moss ponders over what happened to the Austin 3 litre and what Rolls-Royce could have wanted with it –
The end & beginning of the British motor industry
Fifty years ago the tentacles of the BLMC leviathan probably reached into your life – sometimes in the most subtle of ways, says Dave Moss –
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The number of vehicles on our roads reached a record 41.4 million in 2023, according to the latest SMMT figures
https://automotiveblog.co.uk/2024/04/record-number-of-vehicles-on-uk-roads/
Awesome classics on display at the Drive It Day event (Federation of British Historic Vehicle Clubs) at my local pub, in aid of the NSPCC’s Childline
Ferrari 412GT sells at auction
My official souvenir picture from this week's Mazda Epic Drive in Morocco, courtesy of photographer Dave Smith
My official souvenir picture from this week's Mazda Epic Drive in Morocco, courtesy of photographer Dave Smith
Hispano Suiza teases design of new Carmen Sagrera #hypercar https://tinyurl.com/yrfek7cn #Spain #supercar #luxury @HispanoSuizaCar
The new CX-80 - the biggest ever #Mazda to be brought to the UK by the company - will arrive in the autumn https://tinyurl.com/yrfek7cn
#Hyundai reveals pricing & specs of new Santa Fe https://tinyurl.com/yrfek7cn @Hyundai_UK
