Topgear News

Toora, the Italian alloy wheel manufacturer, has announced a new distributor in the UK.. a store based in Exeter, indicating its commitment to ensuring its products are well established in the United Kingdom.

Established in 1993, Toora has modern facilities spanning 80,000 square metres in Bergamo, northern Italy. Toora’s range of popular designs has sold well throughout the UK, underpinned by a combination of innovative design and high quality. Toora was one of the first alloy wheel manufacturers to gain ISO 9001 certification, and to meet the stringent requirements of industry standards such as TÜV, KBA, JWL and VIA.

We are very excited to announce the opening of our newest franchise in Grays, Essex. On Monday May 30th the depot will be holding it’s grand opening for you to have a look around and talk to the staff about the exciting products that they will be offering. Everything you need to modify your car will be on offer, from Alloy Wheels, Stainless Steel Exhaust systems, Suspension, Brakes, Lights and much more. Why not pop down and have a chat to the guys who will be very happy to see you.

Click here for a map and the contact details for the Topgear Grays depot.

One of Topgear’s May Alloy Wheel Mega deals just got even more Mega. The beautiful Axe AP13 Alloy wheel which fits most four stud cars is now available at the amazing price of £450 with 205/40/17 tyres.

To have a look at our other May Alloy Wheel Mega Deals - Click here.

One light doesn’t sound like it will be better than dozens, but in this case it is. A breakthrough in LED technology could change car styling for ever.

Scientists have built a single lamp unit that is a match for the multiple bulbs currently used on models such as the Peugeot 307 CC. “This is a huge milestone for the automotive industry,” explained Steve Landau of creator Lumileds, based in California.

“At these levels of performance, it will be possible to have tail, brake and indicator lights on a single
unit.” As LEDs don’t burn out like ordinary filament bulbs, they can last longer than the life of a car - so drivers are unlikely ever to have to replace them.

Going topless just got easier - for a price. With impeccable timing, the latest Porsche 911 Cabriolet is hitting the UK as the summer arrives. Customers here have been made to wait a year for the drop-top, so was it worth the delay? Auto Express got behind the wheel to find out… and considering the Cabrio commands a £7,230 premium over the Coupé, it needed to be good!

Our infamous weather means soft-top driving can be a hazardous exercise. However, Porsche has done a fine job of letting owners take advantage of even the smallest ray of sunshine.

We have all been guilty at some time of neglecting our cars for long stretches of time, only to get the sudden urge to give it a clean and polish and be horrified by the amount of elbow grease required. The best way to keep on top of the state of your car is to do it often. Leaving the bodywork and alloys without due care and attention leads to difficulty in polishing later and sometimes complete disrepair.

With half of its engine R&D budget spent on gasoline engines and the other 50 percent on diesel mills, it was only natural for Mercedes-Benz to try and come up with a power plant which could run on both fuels.

According to report from British magazine Autocar, the German automaker is working on a gasoline-diesel hybrid that would reach consumers about a decade from now.

“Step by step, the components of diesel and gasoline engines are growing closer: the combustion process, common-rail direct injection, turbocharging,” believes M-B R&D man Thomas Weber. “In the end, we believe this development will see the complete integration of the two engines into one type which combines the best of gasoline and diesel.”

This years’ TOTAL Manx International Rally, which takes place from Thursday July 28th to Saturday 30th July, is set to break new ground in British international rallying by allowing crews who retire to re-start subsequent days of the event.

Following consultation with senior figures in the sport, including its governing body the MSA and leading competitors, the organisers have framed new regulations that will allow crews who retire during the first two days of the rally to re-start on the remaining days.

Topgear are, for a limited time only, offering a FREE upgrade to Toyo PXT1-S tyres on ALL 15″ and 17″ Alloy wheel and tyre packages. The PXT1-S is a top brand tyre which gives outstanding performance and roadholding in both wet and dry conditions…… and if that was not enough, we are also offering a FREE Universal Induction filter worth £30 with ALL alloy wheel and tyre packages.

To see our range of Alloy Wheel and Tyre packages - Click Here.

MiM Alloy Wheels are now available to buy in the Topgear Shop. With some classic designs these wheels are really going to appeal to all. Our favourite Mim Alloy has to be the Pisa which has a nice deep dish and sexy split five spoke design (see below)

To see the full range of Mim Alloy Wheels - Click here.

Google To Feed You Ads by David Utter

Google’s AdSense for Feeds gives advertisers placement in popular web site feeds everywhere.

RSS and Atom feeds of web sites showed so much promise. No more going from site to site to see the content you want. Just fire up a compatible feed reader and there’s the content from as many sites as you like, aggregated in one place.
It took providers about a fraction of a nanosecond to include ads with those feeds.

But many think feeds are the wave of the future, where the desired demographics will go for their web content. Google, a very smart company, thinks this way now.

June 1st is World Environmental Day and already news is starting to circulate about the Auto industry’s contribution. San Francisco in America has a presentation entitled “Cars and Fuels of the Future - Are We There Yet?” which will showcase a couple of concept cars:

-The ‘Pac Car’ will be presented by Chris Onder (ETH) - the vehicle capable of getting 1700km on one liter of gas.

-Project leaders of the Hy-light car developed with Michelin will be present to discuss its new electrical drivetrain and a fuel cell that operates on 100 percent renewable energy (hydrogen and pure oxygen).