Visions of high speed car chases and British secret agents are evoked whenever a Leamington man opens his garage. Sports cars, including a 1977 Ferrari 308 GTB and a 1961 E Type Jaguar are among Nick Button’s collection, which he will use for his own adventure in autumn.
The 49-year-old has organised a rally for classic car [...]
Drivers of 4×4s are fighting back by declaring their love for one of the biggest off-roaders on sale in the UK.
The latest Land Rover Discovery has swept practical super minis and hatchbacks aside to claim an amazing rating in Britain’s best car reliability and satisfaction survey.
The Midlands-built SUV claimed second place overall in the Driver [...]
Many people love cooking, even when their away in the motorhome or caravan with minimal facilities to hand. So, a new book that arrived in the Sureterm office the other day caught our attention.
Two Pan Cooking is a cookbook with a difference. Each of the recipes can be put together with just two saucepans. The [...]
Posted in Classic Car News on March 29th, 2008 No Comments »
The retro bandwagon continues to roll with rumblings from Germany that Ford will reincarnate the iconic Capri of the late 60’s and 70’s. The German magazine, AutoBild has broken out the airbrushes to give us an idea of what the new car will look like.
According to the mag, the Capri will make an appearance at [...]
The Skoda Octavia has beaten luxury cars such as the BMW and the Mercedes to take first place in the Driver Power 2008 survey, released by Auto Express. It is the fifth successive year that a Skoda model has finished in the top five.
More than 32,000 members of the public voted in the poll that [...]
Posted in Prestige and Sport on March 26th, 2008 No Comments »
One of the most successful of all Porsche 550 Spyders – the Stuttgart marque’s first bespoke competition model as immortalized by Hollywood heart-throb James Dean – is to be offered on the open market for the first time in over 20 years.
This lightweight German sports car was one of three built in the factory’s Werke [...]
Posted in Classic Car News on March 19th, 2008 No Comments »
The streets of Liverpool will echo to the sound of classic racing cars on the 26th and 27th July
The event forms part of the city’s European Capital of Culture 2008 celebrations and reflects the region’s motorsport heritage. Liverpool’s Aintree circuit hosted the British Grand Prix five times between 1955 and 1962. Organisers hope to attract [...]
Posted in Classic Car News on March 18th, 2008 No Comments »
What is believed to be the oldest surviving baby Rolls-Royce, a 1921 20hp Cabriolet, will go under the hammer at Barons’ Sandown Park sale in Esher, Surrey, on April 29.
The fourth experimental chassis to bear the ‘Goshawk’ code name, chassis number 4 G 11, originally sported a Hooper touring body. It was used regularly by [...]
The latest LAND ROVER LRX concept unveiled in Geneva takes SUV desirability to a new level.
This latest concept showcases the levels of personalisation that can be achieved with this LRX Black model. That means black paint, a silver roof and new detailing such as mesh inserts in the air intakes. It could also translate as [...]
Posted in Company News on March 13th, 2008 No Comments »
Sureterm Direct, the UK’s leading specialist car insurers, recently boosted the Hunts Post New Life Appeal for maternity and special care baby services at Hinchingbrooke Hospital with a £6,000 donation.
Generous staff at the Godmanchester-based company decided to help the appeal after learning about little Bradley Spanton – a baby who receives life-saving treatment at the hospital.
Bradley [...]