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0Where big cats are made: A photo tour of Jaguar's Castle Bromwich plant 1305329100
A photo tour of Jaguar's Castle Bromwich factory – Click above for high-res image galleryAll Jaguars, whether steel or aluminum, are fashioned in one place: Castle Bromwich in the West Midlands of England. The factory complex originally made RAF Spitfires and Lancaster bombers for World ... -
How Jeremy Clarkson could rocket into UK politics - in spite of himself 1293811200
Could Jeremy Clarkson find himself in a position of real power? Not of the MOAR variety, but rather of a political nature. If the British public gets its way, then anything is possible. His strongest supporters have always wanted to push Clarkson into the political arena. Only now they may be able ...
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Classic Mashup: 2011 Range Rover vs. 1993 Range Rover 1293717540
The shape may be very similar, but the technology underpinning a modern Range Rover is light years ahead of what you will find propping up an older model. Inside Line was able to line up two examples of the Range Rover; a 1993 model and the 2011 version. The two were then put through their paces ...
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BBC: At nearly $7.30/gal and climbing, UK gas prices hit record high 1292193180
Think fuel prices are high in the United States? What Yanks pay is nothing to what our former colonial masters are forced to shell out at the pumps, as reports come in of record-high prices in the UK. According to the BBC, prices have hit an all-time high of 121.76p per liter in the United ...
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PSA: Reigning monarchs cannot be found guilty of motoring infractions in UK 1276777740
As much as it runs against our colonial grain to say this, there are some perks to being a monarch. Aside from having an entire kingdom crammed full of palaces and an army of staff just waiting to cater to your every whim, you're evidently also free from prosecution under your country's courts. ...
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Paint It White: Aston Martin One-77 in blanc is outstanding 1272744360
Truth be told, it never occurred to us to imagine the Aston Martin One-77 in white – we're still digesting the deep black beast we'd recently come to know. Aston Martin has more time to play with the coupe than we do, and they decided to drape it in white for a supercar convoy celebrating ...
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Benedict Radcliffe's Wireframe Lambo: Yours for just £40,000 1262536740
Benedict Radcliffe's wire art Koenig Lamborghini Countach – Click above for image galleryIn 2008, UK artist Benedict Radcliffe created a wireframe Koenig Lamborghini Countach because he needed something to outdo the wireframe Subaru WRX. Using 160 feet of 10-millimeter steel tubing, the ... -
Lexus LFA to be sold in Europe through one dealership 1259937120
Lexus LFA at Lexus Park Lane – Click above for high-res image galleryWe're not the vindictive types here at Autoblog, but we can appreciate some measure of poetic justice. After all, how many lustworthy European supercars were made available over the decades to any European buyer with ... -
Royal Scam? UK license plate "D1ANA" expected to fetch £100,000 at COYS auction 1259708460
Coys of Kensington will be hosting a True Greats auction on December 1, and among the items for sale will be an MG service manual (Lot 1), a Corvette poster (Lot 61), and some pre-WWII driving gauntlets (Lot 81). Oh, and there'll also be the matter of Lot 142, a number plate reading "D1ANA" ...
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Brick By Brick: James May's Lego house comes down 1253707080
Top Gear host James May went to Dorking, England and built a Lego fort house in an orchard with more than three million Lego pieces. Now it's time for him to vacate the premises, and the house has been torn down. Mays had tried to get the structure taken to the Lego park in Windsor, but the cost ...
