Air race
features@algarveresident.com FOLLOWING LAST year’s success, the Red Bull Air Race World Series will be returning to Portugal this year between September 6 and 7. Entry to the event, which will
New Ka stars in James Bond
By: ELOISE WALTON features@algarveresident.com THE NEW Ford KA will be featuring in the latest James Bond film, Quantum of Solace, as the ride of Ukrainian actress Olga Kurylenko. The Ka
Top 10 summer cars
By: ELOISE WALTONfeatures@algarveresident.com WHAT BETTER way to enjoy the summer sunshine along Portugal’s roads, than with your very own convertible? This month, we will be looking at a range of
Ford babies
By: ELOISE WALTON features@algarveresident.com MORE THAN 500 children have been born under the Bebé Ford campaign in Portugal since it started in May 2007. This campaign, which will end this
Tuning laws questioned at motor show
features@algarveresident.com MANY OF Portugal’s tuning clubs demanded the legalisation of the hobby, whereby a car is modified to improve its performance, look and handling, on Saturday, during the Braga motor
Buy the car, not the debts
Buying a car in Portugal can be full of problems that can cost you dearly as some people have discovered to their horror. Normally you buy the car, get handed
Car loan
AN APPEAL has been launched by the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA) to EU policy makers to consider bringing in new measures to assist car manufacturers to meet EU emissions
Paris show
PARIS IS hosting the 110th motor show between October 4 and 19 and a record 90 new products are being revealed to the public and press. The motor show, now
Green tyres
GREEN STRIPES were painted onto the tyres of F1 cars during the Japanese Grand Prix in a bid to promote the environmental campaign of the F1 governing body, the FIA.
Portugal’s love of cars
DESPITE THE difficult worldwide economic situation, which has hit the global motoring industry hard in recent weeks and seen companies across Europe reporting drops in sales of new cars, Portugal