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Pick-ups do poorly in latest Euro NCAP tests

By Mark Nichol Motor Industry 26 February 2008 11:54 Euro NCAP released its latest crash test results today, and it’s bad news for pick-up drivers. Only three picks-ups were tested, but they achieved some appalling results, with the Nissan Navara registering just one star for adult crash protection. Pick-up registrations increased by 7.2 percent in Europe last year and are increasingly being used as family transport.

2013 BMW 3 Series Touring arrives

2013 BMW 3 Series Touring BMW has revealed the new 2013 3 Series Touring, the estate version of the new 3 Series. Goes on sale in September in the UK. The car that makes BMW’s finances tick is the 3 Series, and we got an all new BMW 3 Series saloon last year so BMW could continue to dominate the sector it has owned for so long.

Mille Miglia 2009 real-time live blog by Jonny Smith

By Jonny Smith (photography by David Barzilay and Jonny Smith's cameraphone) Motor Shows 18 May 2009 10:03 CAR has been invited along to take part in the historic Mille Miglia road race along 1000 miles of Italian roads. It’s CAR contributor and Fifth Gear TV presenter Jonny Smith’s first Mille Miglia and here he charts his experiences at the wheel of a Jaguar C-type with live hour-by-hour blogs. NB Start at the bottom and work your way up the page (all times local Italy time)!SATURDAY 16 MAY 2009: DAY 3, MILLE MIGLIA The missing hours: what happened at the endOkay, so my phone battery died, but I made copious notes to cover the last few hours of the 2009 Mille Miglia.