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It’s not every day you meet a man with a Jet Pack, it’s not ev-ery day you meet Gor-don Shedden driving a 2009 Ford Focus RS and when they decide to have a drag race to-gether you get a rather interesting result. Please check out the Go Fast review/fea-ture later on in the

magazine along with the fantastic video cl ip which has re-cently been featured on several motoring websites.

Apri l and May have been a busy time for us at TarMag, loads of editorial fea-tures, new cars, our new long term car

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from MG has arrived, the TF LE500 in a fantastic dazzling white. Next month’s issue is out at the start of the month, we hope to have an-other exciting race for you guys, but we can’t go into too much detail yet!

Following its crowning glory as 2009 European Car of the Year and the recent launch of the all-new Sports Tourer, it may seem there’s no getting away from the vauxhall Insignia.

And now, there re-ally isn’t! GM uK Special vehicles has pulled the wraps off the all-new Police specification ver-sion of the car, which can be supplied to order to Police fleets throughout the uK.

Three versions are avail-able. A high-speed pur-

suit car featuring either 2.0-litre 220PS turbo or a 2.8-litre 260PS petrol engine and all-wheel drive, or a 160PS 2.0 CdTi patrol car, with a choice of body styles – although it ’s the Sports Tourer that is expected to be the most popu-lar among British forces thanks to its ability to swallow cones, signs and beacons, all part of the daily routine for a Police vehicle in the uK.

“We believe the Insignia gives us a great oppor-tunity for the uK Police

vehicle market,” said dick Ellam, GM uK Manager, vehicle Conversions. “Al-ready we’ve had a great response from profes-sional police drivers, who have compared its per-formance and handling characteristics to those of more expensive premi-um-badged vehicles used by some forces. In these tough economic times, when Police forces are spending public money, this makes the Insignia an even more appealing option.”

For more information, visit www.gmukspecial-vehicles.co.uk/home

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Ferrari contributes to rebuilding the AbruzzoMaranel lo, 12 May 2009 – Ferrar i has an-nounced that i t wi l l of fer ing a ver y specia l car at the rM Auc t ion due to be held this coming Sunday. The car, the ver y last F430 to leave the produc-t ion l ine towards the end of this year, wi l l be auc t ioned to ra ise funds for rebui lding in Abruzzo, centra l I ta ly, which was devastated by the ear thquake on the 6th of Apr i l . Fer-rar i wi l l l ia ise with the local author i t ies to ensure that the funds wi l l go towards the most needy.

The F430 wi l l feature a specia l t wo -tone l iver y which recal ls the t radit ional colours of Aqui la , the c i t y most h i t , and wi l l be consigned with a cer-t i f icate s igned by Fer-rar i Chairman, Luca di Montezemolo, with a personal ised dedi-cat ion plate to com-memorate the gener-ous donat ion.

The c l ient adjudicat ing the car wi l l be invited to Maranel lo to choose the f inal speci f icat ions and Ferrar i has a lso of fered to equip the car with a number of opt ions f rom i ts ex tensive Carrozzer ia Scagl iett i cata logue.

The F430

First launched in 2004, the F430 represents the peak of Ferrar i ’s de -velopment of the mid- engined v8 ber l inetta . Ever y inch of the car was inspired by the engineer ing research carr ied out at Ferrar i ’s Gest ione Spor t iva F1 rac ing div is ion. The result i s a h ighly innovat ive car that of-fers outstanding per formance thanks to cutt ing- edge technology, such as the e lec tronic di f ferent ia l (E-di f f ) , in i t ia l ly developed by Ferrar i for i ts F1 s ingle -seaters, and the manett ino switch on the steer ing wheel which direc t ly governs the vehic le’s dynamic set-up.

A new special edition of the Peugeot 4007 Suv – the Sport XS – includes extra styling features, 18” alloy wheels and styl-ish sports leather seats in a value package just £1,450 over the range entry model, priced at £24,695.

utilising all the vir tues of the entry-model 4007 SE, the Sport XS is specified in a five-seat configura-tion with special black leather upholstery, a full exterior Sport styling kit and 18” alloy wheels. The Sports styling kit includes chrome side bars, wing mirror covers, door handles and a twin tail pipe extension. Body coloured front lower and rear roof spoilers com-pletes the distinctive ex-terior. Bluetooth hands-free telephone facility is

also a standard feature of 4007 Sport XS.

The on-the-road price for the 4007 Sport XS is £24,695, just £1,450 up from SE and £1,150 be-low the top-of-the-range GT model.

Key features: distinctive appearance, on-demand

four-wheel-drive, 5+2 seat versatility on SE & GT models, electric-fold-ing and adjustable rear seats, split-fold tailgate.

4007 is available in SE and GT trim.

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The Škoda Motorspor t fac tor y team of Jan Kopeck ý and Petr Star ý f in ished second in last weekend’s A zores r al ly, in just their second appearance in the I n-ternat ional r al ly Chal-lenge ( IrC ) .

Af ter a successful de -but at the Monte Car lo r al ly in Januar y, Ko -peck ý, usual ly consid-ered a tarmac specia l -is t , took to the A zores gravel eas i ly, post ing competit ive t imes r ight f rom the beginning of the ra l ly in his Fabia Super 2000. Kopeck ý and Star ý were ranked third at the end of day one, 10 .4 seconds be -hind second-placed N icolas voui l loz and N icoals K l inger.

On Saturday, Kopeck ý star ted the stage ser ies by chasing down N ico -las voui l loz , eventual ly c la iming second place and keeping that posi -t ion r ight through to the end of the event .

Speak ing af ter the race, Kopeck ý sa id : “ The Sata A zores r al ly was def i -n i te ly one of the most di f f icult competit ions I have ever taken par t in . The stages were a great chal lenge and the weather was unexpec t-edly bad r ight f rom the morning of the last day.

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This summer, t wo new MGs are being launched to jo in the highly successful MG TF LE500; the af ford-able MG TF 135 and a unique new MG that i s being produced to mark the 85th Anni-versar y of the brand, the MG TF 85th Anni-versar y.

Jack Saf i ruddin, Sales & Af tersales Opera-t ions Manager for MG, sa id : “ With summer k ick ing in , the launch of t wo new cars and our recent scrappage announcement re -garding a £2,000 re -duc t ion on the pr ice of a new MG, the nex t few months wi l l be a ver y tempting t ime for customers to get the new spor ts car they have a lways

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New Entr y Level MG TF 135

The great ly ant ic i -pated MG TF 135 wi l l be launched shor t ly and is sure to ap -peal to motor ists who want spor ts car fun at a h ighly competit ive pr ice. Good levels of t r im and equipment including a Clar ion ICE system, combine with a pr ice tag that wi l l broaden i ts ap -peal and br ing i t with-in the budget of many more people. The TF 135 wi l l h i t show-rooms shor t ly, of fer-ing a l l the fun and ap -peal of a conver t ible spor ts car at a h ighly af fordable £13,511 OTr.

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Later this summer, a unique MG TF is be -ing launched to mark the 85th Anniversar y of the MG brand. The MGTF 85th Anniversa-r y wi l l be a great look-ing car with fantast ic handl ing.

Avai lable in three spe -c ia l colours over la id with str ik ing graphics and a new design of a l loy wheel , f rom the outs ide the car looks sensat ional . The cab -in is s tunning too as the specia l ist graphics cont inue with mono -grammed s i l l f in ishers and gear k nob which complement new st y l -ish Aubergine leather t r im and a high qual-i t y ICE system.

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Th i s Month Radek s t ayed i n t he UK fo r s ome good o ld f a sh i oned p i c tu re t ak i ng . Bu t wha re d id he v i s i t i s t he ques t i on ?

Nex t month Radek t r ave l s aga in , we m igh t send h im away ou t o f t he coun t r y, bu t ye t aga in we m igh t keep h im he re .

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This month TarMag have teamed up with Go Fast Energy Drink to bring you this great competition to win a case of Go Fast Energy Drink and some Go Fast goodies. Also we are throwing in a TarMag T-shirt.How to enter?All you have to do is answer this simple question : What speed did the Go Fast Jet Pack man acheive up at Knockhill raceing circuit?A. 44mphB. 68mphC. 99mph

Send your answers along with your Name, Address, and Phone number to : [email protected]

Terms and Conditions1. To enter a competition you must be:(a) UK resident; and(b) 18 years old or over at the time of entry.2. Competitions are not open to employees (or members of their immediate families) of TarMag3. No purchase necessary. 4. Only one entry per person.5. Closing date for this Competion is 4th June - Winners will be notified and names will be displayed online

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Sunday the 19 th Ap r i l t ook ho s t t o the To ra To ra To ra Banza i day up a t S co t l and ’s C ra i l Race -way. Banza i Ch ie f Ed i t o r Joe C l i f f o rd was the re , a l ong w i th the g rea t guy s f r om Ta rMag , we l l t ha t wou ld be u s . The Banza i day up a t C ra i l i s t he An -nua l Japanese ca r s hoo t ou t , f r om Suba ru Impreza ’s t o f i ve doo r N i s s an Sky l i ne s t he day was j am packed . A f u l l y s o ld ou t d rag s t r i p o f 210 ca r s en te r ta i ned a l l o f u s f o r t he day and seve ra l ca r s s t ru t t i ng the i r s t u f f on the d r i f t i ng ova l .

The Be s t ca r on Show went t o C ra i g f r om Sunny C loven fo rd s w i th h i s l a te s t ca r a Top Sec re t Tuned N i s s an Sky l i ne wh i ch appea red on ou r Show s tand . O the r p r i ze s went t o o the r d r i ve r s and the re ca r s i n c l uded ; Fa s te s t F ron t , Rea r and f ou r whee l d r i ve ca r s , Banza i U l t imate Champ ion , and o the r show and sh i ne p r i ze s .

Aga in a b i g t hank s t o Wi l l i e and the gups up a t C ra i l , a g rea t day, and thank s f o r t he F ree Sun Tan ! !

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The U .K ’s on l y moto r show took p l ace a t S co t l and ’s Knock -h i l l Rac ing C i r cu i t , nea r Dun fe rm l i ne on Sa tu rday 9 th and Sunday 10 th o f May. De sp i te the co ld , wet and w indy cond i -t i on s on the Sa tu rday, t he “Moto r fa i r ” p roved a h i t on the Sunday w i th warmer weathe r w i th thou sands o f moto r i ng l o ve r s a t tend ing . Now i n i t s 6 th yea r, t he show rea l l y doe s p rove a g rea t day ou t f o r t he who le f am i l y.

One th i ng tha t s t ands ou t f r om any o the r Moto r show tha t ha s been he ld i n t he pa s t a t o the r venues i s t he FREE te s t r i de s t ha t were ava i l ab le f r om manu fac tu re r s . F rom the Fo rd Focu s ST, M i t sub i sh i Po l i ce Evo to a MG TF LE500 w i th the roo f down. You go t two l ap s a s pa s senge r s i n t he ca r s , you were re s t r i c ted to speed due to i n su rance rea son s , bu t i t was g rea t t ha t t he manu fac tu re r s were o f fe r i ng the se FREE r i de s .

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The Wes t f i e l d d r i f t expe r i ence p roved popu la r w i th a pu r -po se bu i l t cone t r ack t o h i gh l i gh t t he tw i s t s and tu rn s wh i l s t d r i f t i ng a round them. Prec i s i on d r i v i ng f r om the p ro fe s s i ona l d r i ve r s made i t wo r th you r wh i l e t o expe -r i ence i t . UKFMX s tun t t eam were on hand w i th 3 da i l y s hows , l eap ing 40 f t i n t he a i r wh i l s t do ing back f l i p s and c razy o the r s tung s . Whee l i e s , sp i n s , and ju s t a l l r ound fun en te r ta i nment t o watch the se guy s pu t on a g rea t show. Pau l Sw i f t Prec i s i on D r i v i ng d i s l pay a l s o made amusement w i th Pau l manag ing ge t a Fo rd F i e s ta 5 doo r on two whee l s .

The Kid s zone i nc l uded f ace pa in t i ng , f un f a i r, and l oad s o f on t r ack en te r ta i nment f o r no t j u s t t he k i d s . Some o f S co t l and s supe r ca r s t ook to the t r ack ove r t he weekend w i th Fe r ra r i ’s , Lamborgh in i ’s t o Lo tu s ’s . Bu t a l s o no t i ced on t r ack a t t he s ame t ime was the new 2009 Fo rd Focu s RS w i th Go rdon Shedden a t t he whee l . Go rdon took u s ou t f o r a coup le ho t l ap s i n t he ca r. The 1 s t l ap i n t he ca r was amaz ing , f a s t , smooth , and ve ry t a i l happy. The 2nd l ap p roved to be d i f f e ren t , w i th a mechan i ca l f a i l u re w i th the ca r cau s i ng i t t o go i n to l imp home mode , wh i ch re s t r i c t s t he ca r t o 60mph.

The Moto r show wasn ’ t j u s t a l l abou t ca r s w i th spec i a l ap -pea rance s f r om; RAF To rnedo f l ypa s t , HMS Gannet he l i cop -te r r e s cue d i sp l ay, Go lden L i on s pa rachu te d i sp l ay team, and a en joyab le B i - P l ane A i r D i sp l ay w i th l oad s o f l oop -the - l oop s . . . The who le show ha s been a g rea t suce s s and we wou ld l i ke t o thank Knockh i l l Rac ing C i r cu i t f o r i n v i t i ng u s up .


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Jean Paul Gualtier is a well knock fragrance company. One of its popu-lar fragrances is Le Male which has been around for a few year, however 2009 see’s the launch of fresh newer versions. Its coloured in seductive blue nuance this year and it reminds of the sea and waves, enabling us to envisage exotic and colours of sum-mer. Mint, wormwood, bergamot, cardamom, lavander, cinnamon, or-ange blossom, cumin, woody notes, amber, musk, vanila and tonka beans, charming, stimulating and tart notes are harmonically blended with an intention to cool you.

We must admit this product does smell awsome, and worth buying for yourself, or that special loved one.

If you are a true Nissan Skyline Fan, the original ‘beast from the east’, the Nissan Skyline GT-R is an icon for power, speed and ad-vanced Japanese automotive tech-nology. With straight-6 engines capable of being tuned to over 1000bhp, 4WD, intelligent torque-splitting differentials, rear-wheel steering and enough electronics to keep a space station going, the R-32, R-33 and most recent R-34 models are mechanical ‘tour de forces’ .

How about a lap of the old Nur-burging with ‘ringmeister’ Dirk Schoysman at up to 190 mph with drifting at 160mph? DVD AVAILABLE FROM DUKE DVD

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Ever wanted to record that all track day video footage, well now you can with a Camcorder Suc-tion mount. Its Ideal for mount-ing a camcorder or camera onto a wind screen, car doors, windows, pretty much anywhere. The Suc-tion mount can be attached onto any non-porous surface making it great for mounting onto any vehi-cle inside or out. Many professional motoring companies, such as our-selves use Camera mounts for when taking videos and pictures of the cars we bring you in our reviews.

The SM1 is prices £79.95 and is available from the great guys at www.b-hague.co.uk

Tyres screeching, smoking, burn-ing and melting as your car ex-ceeds the confines of lateral adhesion…if you wanna take a corner with speed and style then the only way to do it is to DRIFT!

The black art of Drifting started in Japan, where drivers would take their tuned-up sports sa-loons to the winding roads of the mountains and take corner after corner at high speeds – without any traction!

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Superfast, superpowerful with head-turning looks, the Subaru Impreza is one of the most desirable cars on the market today enjoying phenom-enal cult status thanks largely to Colin McRae’s storming world rally championship glory in 1995. Explore in full, the speed, the excitement, the performance of a car that once seen leaves a lasting impression! Enjoy:The Turbo, WRC (in all its forms), P1 and 22B models on road and track with in-car cameras and tyre-howl-ing action.A visit to Prodrive and a chat with Dave Lapworth.In-car action with Colin McRae and Richard Burns on WRC tests. DUKE DVD

How does an ordinary-looking sa-loon develop into a cult car desired by just about any red-blooded male and more than a few of the fairer sex? That’s the question we answer with this in-depth look at the Mitsubishi Lancer Evo series.

Like its great rival, the Subaru Im-preza, the Lancer started life as an anonymous two-litre family saloon. PLUS! DVD extras include extended interviews and superb stills of the Evo phenomenon.

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We have just updated the phones in the office, and we must say, our new toys are magical. Instant push email, QWERTY keyboard, Wi-Fi, GPS with a 3.2 mega-pixel camera and dual work and personal modes all comes from the new Nokia E71. There are some stonking great deals out at the moment, but what gets me is that it’s better than the I-phone, personally I have never owned one, but its smaller than the I-phone and lighter. Plus it’s not restricted as to what software applications you can or can’t put on the phone. The camera is good enough for quality pictures, and the gps works a treat if you lost.

Learn how to drift while watch-ing the hottest talent burn rubber from Japan to the U.K.Witness some staggering sideways action and breathtaking long, fast slides, than take a seat in the classroom with rally analyst Rob-bie Head. He’ll show you how to tear up the tarmac using any rear wheeel drive car. Jump drifts, cross-line slides, vaulting box drifts and more are shown in de-tail - with unique pedal cameras to make sure you see how it’s all done!See drifters in action at Rock-ingham and Donington in turbo-charged BMWs, Toyota Supras and Mazda MX5s.DUKE DVD

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have negligible energy consumption compared to using halogen bulbs on dipped beams and have a longer service life.

Recently, LED lighting has become popular due to many vehicles cur-rently on the road having built in LED lights, in particular the ‘Audi Style’ lighting. The Aurora LED lights are designed for retrofitting to give any vehicle an unmistakable modern look, that is sure to get it noticed.

Well now you can style your own car with a great range of day time run-ning lamps. You are best to check out www.ringautomotive.co.uk to check out all the available options.

January 2011 will see the coming into force of European legislation that states all cars manufactured after that date will require EU ap-proved daylight running lights. An automatic switching unit enables the lamps to come on when the ignition is started, as required by the new legislation.

Day Light Running involves vehicles having either their headlamps or special light units on during the hours of daylight. Having the ve-hicle’s lights on during the day improves your vehicles visibility and reduces the risk of accidents in daylight hours. Headlamps on dipped beams were designed for driving at night where as daytime running lights ensure your vehicle is seen during daylight hours. LEDs

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We reported to you back in February this year about the new MG TF LE500. We not have our f irst long term car from MG, over the next 6 months we wil l be reporting to you about the ups and downs of the MG TF LE500. The MG TF LE500 is the first rear wheel drive car I have personally driven for more than just a few hours.

So each day, differ-ent weather condi-tions, roads, etc is a huge learning curve for me. And be-ing truthful, I can’t think of a better car to be learning it in.

Pow¬ered by a 1.8 16v with the engine being in the middle of the car, it also produces 135bhp but sti l l manages to get around 30+mpg. I used to think that

soft top convert-ibles had issues with leaking roofs and that inside the car would generally colder, to date, i absolutely love the roof, it’s easy to put down and back up again, it is a simple case of two cl ips. The whole MG TF LE500 comes well specked with rear parking sensors, fog l ights, 16” alloys, good mp3 CD player/

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Mg TF lE500soft top convert-ibles had issues with leaking roofs and that inside the car would generally colder, to date, i absolutely love the roof, it’s easy to put down and back up again, it is a simple case of two cl ips. The whole MG TF LE500 comes well specked with rear parking sensors, fog l ights, 16” alloys, good mp3 CD player/

sound sys¬tem and much more.

One thing I noticed last t ime we had the car was when you exhilarate you got 100% commitment from the engine, where as some cars, cars tend to give you a sl ight boost in power you hit a certain rpm, but the MG just doesn’t stop its just full pow-er all the way, its

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l ightweight and very responsive engine gives you smooth power that’s always available at just a tap of the drivers r ight foot. 0-60mph can be reached in 8.4 seconds and a good top speed of 127mph.

On the road the car is excel-lent, with it being mid engine, rear-wheel drive, it’s totally differ¬ent to drive than normal front wheel drive cars. It can be tail happy if you drive it tai l happy, drive sensibly and it wil l drive sensibly. It’s a fun car to drive to work, take out on a Sun-day for a drive, or for a day to day car. The other great thing is the two seats, no more hassle of

who’s coming out for a drive, or who needs a l ift home. The lug-gage space in the car isn’t bad for a convert¬ible, it has a large boot, and also allot of interior storage space with a few com-partments.The MG TF was origi¬nally launched in 1995 known as the MG F, it was the first mid-en-gine rear wheel drive car from MG. And it’s come a long way since being launched, the TF were

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known to have Head gasket prob-lems. Al¬though today the TF bears the same engine from year 2000 it now has the safety features to notify you low cool¬ant levels, so if your head-gasket goes, it’s your own fault

basi¬cally. Also if you checked out our news section you would of no-ticed the details of the new TF’s be-ing released by MG. I personally have driven the new 75TH anniversary edition, and I must admit it’s fantas-

tic, handles better than the LE500... For more details on the MG range, check out : www.mgmotor.co.uk or if you have any queries then please contact us.

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Have you heard of Go Fast Energy Drink? Have you heard of the Go Fast Jet Pack Man? Go Fast Energy drink is Go Fast! is a refresh-ing premium energy drink using only the best natural ingredi-ents with NO PRESER-VATIVES. Its unique herbal blend is de-signed to provide a longer lasting energy boost.

Austral ian Honey, Tau-rine, Ginseng, Ribose, Pantothenic Acid, Vi-tamin B6, Vitamin B12, Ginkgo Biloba, Guara-na, Milk Thistle Herb, Inositol, Riboflavin, Niacin are the ingre-dients that make the Go Fast Energy Drink. Each ingredient helps the body to naturally boost energy levels. We have found Go Fast to be one of the best energy drinks around.

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Eric Scott, World Fa-mous Go Fast Jet Pack Man created a Nitro Jet Pack, when we first heard of Jet Pack man we expected someone to fly, but at two feet of the ground and for a couple feet, well we were wrong! At Knockhil l’s Motor-fair weekend we met up with Eric whilst he attempted to create, and beat the world speed record for a Jet Pack. On Friday 8th May Eric attempted his speed record set-ting attempt, but with a 25+ knot wind, heavy rain, Eric only managed to achieve 43mph. Local Fife Constabulary were on hand using Laser sped guns to measure the fl ights speed of 43mph.

Throughout the week-end at Knockhil l’s Motorfair Eric tried each day attempted to beat his record, and on Sunday 10th May he managed to

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set his fastest speed world record on a Jet Pack. Eric managed to achieve a staggering 68mph compared to his f irst attempt on the Friday of only 43 mph. Improved weather con-ditions made this pos-sible, with l ight winds, and clear skies.

On Eric’s last and fi-nal record beating attempt, Eric was of-fered a race from BTCC champion Gordon Shedden in a 2009 Ford Focus RS. This wil l be a day to remember, we luckily had our cam-era’s recording and managed to f i lm this race, you can view the video by checking out www.youtube.com/tar-magazine. The Follow-ing Monday the Head-l ines hit the news; “Rocket man beats Ford Focus RS ”“ Focus RS loses to Jet Pack Man ““ Jet Pack man races Ford ““ World Fastest Jet Pack VS Ford Focus RS “

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And to date tens of thousands of people have now viewed our video. We hope over the next few months to bring you more in-teresting challanges against man made machines vs cars. If you think you have an idea for us, please get intouch david @ tarmag .co . uk

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When I first saw our Skoda press car, it looked like a Bentley from the outside, or even a VW Phantom, it just didn’t seem like a Skoda. It’s the first time we have dealt with Skoda, personally I have never owned a Skoda but have been in them a few times. This has to be the most luxurious Skoda I have ever seen, This is the third generation of the Skoda Superb and sits at the top of the Skoda product range. This car sets new standards in design, value, quality, and functionality. I think Skoda are onto a winner with this car.

One thing we didn’t ex-pect to see from Skoda was a whole load of toys to which some are

standard. We had the Elegance Model, which is along the lines of executive kind of per-son. Our favourite fea-ture of the car was the optional Park Assist, an ingenious, crazy and out of this world fea-ture you just didn’t ex-pect to see on a Skoda, this system allows the driver to parallel park there with ease, it cal-culates the distance of the space, tells you the car will fit, and it then take your hands of the wheel, and control the pedals and the Skoda will steer itself into the space. It’s a mag-nificent site to see.

Other features included on the Elegance is AFS also known as Adaptive Front-light system, a system that spreads the

angle of light according to road speed, weather conditions, etc. It also follows the direction of the steering wheel, i.e.

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lights up corners bet-ter.

When you look at the Superb from the side,

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amounts of leg room making your jour-ney in the Superb Super! ( Sorry we had to add that in )

The Superb is very comfy inside whither you are in the front of the rear, heated front seats keep your

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other thing we have noticed on Skoda’s is the sound system quality is fantas-tic, at times better

than its competitors. The Navigation touch screen set up makes life easier along with MP3 CD player or a SD memory slot or you can store mu-sic onto the systems hard drive. Means you won’t have to carry CD’s around all the time.

The Skoda Superb offers a wide range of engines to suit ev-eryone’s taste. Three petrol engines and three diesels means there is a wide se-lection. From 1.8 TSI, 3.6 petrol, too 2.0TDI CR 170bhp. We had the 2.0TDI, and when it comes to fuel economy, we found the car to average out around the mid 40’s

which is good. £40 of diesel got us around 460 miles of driving.

Skoda is a popular brand amongst taxi drivers, they need cars that are comfy, practical, economical but at the same time look the part, and the Skoda Superb ticks all those boxes, to find out more about the Skoda Superb or any other Skoda’s please check out www.skoda.co.uk

We hope to review more of the Skoda brand over the next few months so keep an eye out for the re-views.

Mark@TarMag

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Radek go t i n v i t ed a l ong to a t op sec re t JDM meet i ng , i n a t op sec re t l o ca t i on i n G la sgow, Sco t l and . Many ca r en thu s i a s t f o rums a t tended the meet f r om he re ’s l i s t o f expec ted pp l t o showMk i v s Sup ra ’s , SXOC, S co t t i s h VAG, S co t t i s h Ho t Rods , JDM TAS , JDMy0 , F i f e Ed i t i on , S ky l i neOwner s . com, HTUK, Deu t s chConnec t i on . I t was such a r a re s i gh t i ng t o see soo many beau t i f u l ca r s t oge the r a t a g rea t l o -ca t i on . He ha s pu t t ogea the r a p i c tu re rev i ew.

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Mee t Leon and h i s l o ve l y ca r. Leon ha s a lway s had a l o ve -l y ca r pa s t , f r om a 1986 b reg mark 2 f i e s ta x r2 wh i ch was pa in ted i n Po r s che m in t g reen . He owned more than one Suba ru i n h i s l i f e t ime, a Suba ru Impreza WRX Wagon wh i ch s a t a round 280bhp . Leon then went and bough t a M i t sub i sh i E vo 4 wh i ch was bo red ou t t o 2 .1 wh i ch meant i t was r unn ing nea r 340bhp .Bu t then Leon saw sen se and pu rcha sed th i s Love l y Suba ru Impreza WRX STi ve r s i on 5 Type -R . Leon t ake s a l l o t o f p r i de and ca re i n to h i s ca r s , keeps them immacu la te l y c l ean and

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sound ing l o ve l y. He re i s a l i s t o f mod i f i ca t i on s cu r ren t l y done to the ca r ; HKS S SQV dump va l ve , HKS Pane l f i l t e r, HKS s t a i n -l e s s s tee l exhaus t , cu s tom one o f f STi p i nk s t ru t b race , B r i de bucke t sea t , Wi l l i ams f ou r po in t ha rne s s , f u l l c r y s ta l l i gh t conve r s i on w i th l ed i nd i ca to r bu lb s , 18” Len so whee l s w i th 215/35/18 Pi r e l l i P -Ze ro ne ro t y re s , r ea r Vo r tex gene ra to r mod i f i ed to f i t f r om an o2 p l a te onward s Impreza , w indow t i n t s , f u l l STi r ea r l i gh t s , p i nk STi badges . Leon ha s a f u l l l i s t o f mod ’s i n t he p ipe l i ne to add to h i s Impreza . I f you f ancy you r ca r be ing f ea tu red , p l ea se ema i l dav id@ta rmag .co .uk

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