Hull Daily Mail

Jaguar Fineries ; Although Hardly a Fan of the Jaguar S-Type, Iain Robertson Finally Admits to Some Admiration of the Brand ...

FUTURE CLASSIC: The Jaguar S-Type 2.7 diesel in the grounds of The Oaklands Hotel, Laceby. Introduced to an expectant market in 1998, the all-new Jaguar S- Type shared its floor plan and much of its engineering with the Lincoln Town Car, sold in North America.

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LAID-up cover for cherished classic motorcycles can be hard to come by, says a leading insurer, who has pledged to help protect such prized assets. People who want to keep their pride and joy protected, but without taking it out on the road, can now get cheap cover - often well under Pounds 100 - through Midlands-based insurer Footman James. Paul Matthews, the firm's managing director, says motorcycles can be insured while off the road and stored away, including while garaged during the winte...

Bangers for Cash

THE car scrappage scheme is to be extended to cover an extra 100,000 cars and vans, the Government has announced. Ministers initially allocated Pounds 300m to the scheme, under which motorists receive a Pounds 2,000 discount to trade in cars more than 10 years old for new models.

End of the Road for Maps? ; Braking News

LIKE it or loathe it, this is the age of the Sat Nav in modern motoring. At least that's true if you are young enough to embrace them. A new nationwide survey of Britain's motorists reveals the majority of young drivers - aged under 25 - are now relying entirely on a Sat Nav to get them to journey's end.

Button Closing in On Title ; Local Motor Racing Star Guy Smith Casts His Expert Eye Over the Singapore Grand Prix and His Latest Outing in the American Le Mans Series ...

Lewis Hamilton scored his second victory of the season in last weekend's Singapore Grand Prix. Starting from pole position, he dominated throughout to finish comfortably ahead of Toyota's Timo Glock and Renault's Fernando Alonso. And to show just how much Hamilton's luck has changed in recent weeks, his race was made even easier when his closest challengers, Nico Rosberg and Sebastian Vettel, both picked up drive-through penalties, gifting him time to cruise to victory.

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READERS of this column knew it first - the Hyundai marque is destined for far greater things in the UK. So it comes as no surprise the firm has just announced 10 new UK dealers, taking its total to 141 showrooms. The latest dealers will be sited in: Maidstone, Kent; Blackpool, Lancs; Derby; Cambridge; Galashiels on the Scottish Borders; Tunbridge Wells, Kent; Chippenham, Wilts; Aylesbury, Bucks; Yeovil, Somerset; and Newcastle. Hyundai's sales are up a massive 203 per cent compared to the sam...

Ferraris Are Simply the Best ... ; Me and My Motor

Brough-based actor William Ilkley - recently seen as the police commander in the Richard Curtis film The Boat That Rocked - returns to Hull Truck Theatre next week. William, who worked extensively with Truck between 1998 and 2001, is to play the lead role of rugby coach Arthur Hoyle in the 25th anniversary production of Up 'n' Under.

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Zooming Into Focus with a Snapshot of Road Life ; Andy Mortimer Meets Tim Watson, a Keen Amateur Photographer Who has Spent Much of the Past Year Cataloguing the Beauty of the Motor Car ...

When Tim Watson talks about motoring photography, there is one mantra he always sticks to - "less is more". "I endeavour to capture the essence of something larger by focussing on something much smaller," says Tim, 28, as we chat in his Fair Trade Shop, in North Bar Within, Beverley.

Road Works

Main Road and part of Holmes Lane, Bilton: Temporary traffic signals daily from 9.15am to 3.15pm for the rest of this year for carriageway and footway resurfacing. Full road closure in January (fully reopened on February 2). Florence Avenue, Hessle: Full road closure during road maintenance works (until October 4).

Buying Your Next Used Car: Vital Checks You Can Do Yourself ; Buying a Used Car Can Be a Hazardous Process, Says Ray Castle, of Our Online Motoring Partner Motors.Co.Uk. Follow These Tips to Make Sure You Get the Right Motor ...

Are you shopping for your next car? Buying is fun - but it also involves risks so chop them down to size with this guide. Don't worry, we won't ask for specialist know-how; we just need a liberal helping of common sense. Here's what you should do: Paperwork Look at the car's documents and make sure they tell the right story. Do this before you've test-driven the car or even looked it over closely. That way, there's less chance that you'll fall in love with it and so lose the critical eye you ...

Rekindling 50 Years of Motoring Memories ; News and Views From Our Regular Backseat Driver Stuart Russell

ITOOK a trip back in time the other day. Back to almost 50 years ago, in fact - to the day I collected my first car. It happened when I visited a museum and came across an identical model - a beautiful little runner that was the Morris Series E 1939 vintage.

Drip, Drip, Drip of Savings

PETROL is going down in price. But for how long? Despite an eight per cent drop in wholesale costs, average pump prices have yet to wipe out the impact of the Government's 2.3 pence fuel duty plus VAT increase, according to the AA Fuel Price Report for September. At 106.33 pence per litre, the mid-monthly average petrol price is still 1.9 pence higher than last month's (104.43). Last week, it hit a new peak for the year of 107.03 pence, making this year the second most expensive one ever for ...

Yes, It's Another of Those Sat-Nav Stories!

GREAT things these sat-navs. Well, most of the time they are.

Not so Easy Rider!

TWO lanes of traffic. One is busy, with a long tail-back of vehicles wanting to turn right and held up by lights. On the inside lane it's clear and the lights are at green.

Cliff Edge

A DRIVER whose car was left teetering on the edge of a cliff after following his sat-nav was ordered to pay almost Pounds 900 for driving without due care and attention. Robert Jones, 43, nearly plunged down the 100ft cliff in his BMW after obeying instructions that sent him along a steep, narrow path in Todmorden, West Yorkshire, in March.

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PUBLISHER Veloce has a cracking clutch of books just out that could solve the odd Christmas present problem, and they're all expertly written and illustrated. Here's a quick synopsis of each, followed by the price and ISBN to help with bookshop ordering: Toyota Celica GT-Four by Graham Robson, covers the rally car's full evolution (Pounds 14.99, 978-1-84584-184-3); How To Improve MGB, MGC and MGB V8 by Roger Williams, speaks for itself (Pounds 35, 978-1- 84584-187-4); and Andre Lefebvre And T...

At My Command ... Burn Rubber! ; Round the Bend

ACTOR Russell Crowe wanted to prove he was still in gladiator shape following withering comments in an Australian newspaper, so he challenged the gossip columnist to a bicycle duel. Crowe, who has been photographed looking slimmer in recent months, was apparently none too pleased by a column in Sydney's The Daily Telegraph entitled "Smokes and fatty foods the fitness regime for Rusty".

Health and Safety Fears Over Brass Dog

A DRIVER has been ordered to remove a brass model of his dead dog from his car bonnet after 55 years of motoring over health and safety fears. Raymond Smith faces a Pounds 50 fine and five penalty points if he disobeys police orders to remove the two-inch chrome-plated model of his boxer dog Colonel from his Fiat Panda.

Fake Cop Arrested

POLICE in Louisiana arrested a man impersonating an officer with a flashing red light in his car after he pulled over the wrong driver - the Mayor of Shreveport. Police think the suspect was using the dashboard light to manoeuvre through traffic in north-west Louisiana. Mayor Cedric Glover said he pulled over when the car drove behind him, but the fake officer then sped away.