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Author: Miles Downard

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Chevy Sign for United

June 1, 2012 Miles Downard 0 Comments Chevrolet, Corvette, Football, Man Utd, Manchester United, Red Devils, Soccer, United

Manchester United is the world’s most popular football club, with an estimated 659 million fans and followers, of which I am one, and was recently named by Forbes magazine as the most valuable sports club in the world.

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Top Gear Month

May 31, 2012 Miles Downard 0 Comments

June is upon us and with it possibly the most exciting motoring event of the year – The Top Gear Festival. You may have noticed an increase in sports cars flooding your streets or perhaps local radio DJ’s getting their piece of the motoring pie.

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Driving Gadgets

May 30, 2012 Miles Downard 0 Comments Audio, Flash stick, Go Live, Hands free, MiniKit, Parrot, Tom Tom, Top Gear, USB

We all want to drive nice, expensive, fast and incredibly good looking cars, well at least all normal people I

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Features Motorsport 

Weekend at the Races

May 28, 2012April 20, 2013 Miles Downard 0 Comments F1, Formula 1, Formula One, Production car, rally, Subaru, World Rally Championship, WRC, Zwartkops

Formula One With Monaco being the hardest circuit of the year to overtake on, the emphasis was on tyre strategy

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MINI Sponsorship for Team Shake & Bake

May 28, 2012 Miles Downard 0 Comments All4, Countryman, MINI, Put Foot Rally, rally, Southern Africa, Team Shake & Bake

Event organisers describe the Put Foot Rally as “being for those who see themselves as explorers, unafraid to chart the

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Audi RS5

May 23, 2012 Miles Downard 0 Comments Audi, coupe, German, RS5, sport coupe, sports car

If there’s one thing Audi has achieved over the past decade it’s making the brand desirable to an incredibly broad

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VW Jetta 1.4 TSI

May 13, 2012 Miles Downard 0 Comments jetta, saloon, sedan, tsi, volkswagen, VW

With the vast array of exceptionally good mid-range saloons available today, one might tend to believe that the new Volkswagen Jetta is on the back foot before even driving onto the showroom floor. However don’t discount it just yet.

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Top Gear Festival Durban

April 30, 2012 Miles Downard 0 Comments

Petrol heads, motor junkies and recreational racers, the event of the year draws nearer (and no, not that silly thing the Mayans were raving about). Top Gear Festival – due to hit Durban’s shores on 16/17 June – has got our hearts pumping faster than one of Johnny’s Rotis.

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Toyota Corolla Heritage

April 19, 2012 Miles Downard 0 Comments

The Corolla nameplate was first introduced in Japan in 1966 and is now in its tenth generation worldwide. Sales figures are, of course, hugely impressive – with over 40 million sold globally, making it the bestselling car of all time.

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Renault Megane GT Line

April 11, 2012 Miles Downard 1 Comment GT, gt line, megane, Renault, sporty

The introduction of the new Mégane GT Line not only extends the Mégane lineage, but also sees Renault attempt to bridge the gap between their hardcore RS sport models and the mainstream hatchback.

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