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There’s many ways to add a little extra grunt to your car. The most common (and most effective) method is to remap the engine control unit (ECU) - this allows for serious increases in both horsepower and torque, but often costs a few hundred quid and usually voids your car’s warranty. Other common options include adding an induction kit or a new air filter, or simply by using performance fuels, but what about a new sports exhaust system? Not only do you get a beefier and sportier tone, you’ll also see a small increase in power (apparently).

Protesters in France have damaged around two thirds of the country’s speed camera network as part of protests against rising fuel and commuting costs. The French government was forced to start a hard-hitting speed campaign amidst thousands of road-related deaths and injuries last year. Interior Minister, Christophe Castaner has said the devices had been “neutralised, attacked, or destroyed” by members of the Yellow Vests and that over 60% of France’s 3,200 speed cameras are believed to be affected.

Alfa Romeo was once a notoriously unreliable car maker. Despite this, petrol heads still buy them, which is partly thanks to three TV presenters telling us that a true petrol head must own one. So what’s all the fuss about? We were invited by Glyn Hopkin Group to test the Giulia Quadrifoglio. WATCH OUR VIDEO REVIEW HERE: THE RETURN OF THE REAR WHEEL DRIVE ALFA

Briggs Automotive Company (BAC) has set the fastest ever lap time in a production car at the Sepang International Circuit in Malaysia. With GT Series Asia driver Shaun Thong at the helm, the BAC Mono tackled the famous Formula 1 track in an astonishing 2:14.617, over four seconds faster than the Porsche GT2 RS which achieved a time of 2:18.997. BAC has already set a number of lap records from setting best production car times at Zolder, Hungaroring and Anglesey, as well as being the fastest supercar ever to compete in the Goodwood Festival of Speed Supercar Shootout.

There’s now a website that lets you search for homeowner’s driveways to park on. Yes, you read that right. The people over at YourParkingSpace.co.uk have created a website that lets you search for parking spaces to leave your car whilst you go to work or out for a spot of shopping. With Christmas approaching, car parks are becoming extremely busy. Driveway rentals are set to increase up to 15% this festive period, and are often cheaper in price compared to the multi-story car parks in city and town centres.

The A110 is a lightweight two-seater sports car by a Renault-owned car manufacturer called Alpine. Alpine has resurrected the name of the A110 which was made famous in the Monte-Carlo Rally in 1973, where it won the first World Rally Championship. Alpine’s mission statement was simple. To make a lightweight, fast and agile car that could stand up against the well-established giants. But that was then, what about now? Alpine Retail Group UK invited us to drive the ‘Premiere Edition’ A110 on the roads of West London.

The MINI John Cooper Works (JCW) Hatch is essentially a faster, more hardcore version of the Cooper S which is already pretty fast with its 2.0L Twinpower Turbo engine. The JCW team got their hands on this excellent powertrain. They tweaked and tuned it, added a new exhaust system making the JCW produce 231 hp with 320Nm of torque and a 0-60 dash in only 6.1 seconds for the automatic and 6.3 seconds for the manual.