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Rising Vehicle Ownership Puts The Squeeze On Roads

IF YOU’RE starting to think that the roads are getting crowded, you’re not wrong. The latest data shows that the number of licensed vehicles on the roads has passed the 35 million mark for the first time. Government figures show that by the end of 2013 there were 35.03 million licensed vehicles in Britain.

Rally Ace Beats Own Isle Of Man Lap Record

SUBARU’S WRX STI has once again broken the four-wheeled lap record around the famous Isle of Man TT circuit, with British rally champion Mark Higgins setting a new record of 19 minutes 26 seconds in a production version of the firm’s newly launched high-performance saloon. Higgins’s lap around the challenging 37.8-mile TT Mountain course saw him post an average speed of 116mph and a top speed of over 160mph. Manxman Higgins completed his timed run under closed road conditions as part of the TT schedule and beat his previous record, set in 2011, when he set a time of 19 minutes 56.7 seconds at the wheel of the previous-generation WRX STI, breaking a record that had stood for 21 years.

Caterham Seven X330 (2007): first official pictures

By Jack Carfrae First Official Pictures 06 June 2007 02:25 Caterham Seven X330: yet another track-day weapon? More of a track-day god. This is the most powerful Seven ever, packing a supercharger and 330bhp in a car that weighs next to nothing.