Car Market

Nissan Leaf owners plug into three free offers
Nissan is offering existing and new LEAF customers an exciting new opportunity to claim a free Chargemaster Home Charging Unit with free installation from British Gas and free access to the POLAR public charging network of 1,500 charging points, until the end of March 2013.

Ceramic coatings cool classic Camaro in long distance event
Whilst preparing the ex-Richard Lloyd 1971 Chevrolet Camaro Z28 for the Tour Britannia, engineer Steven Wood wanted to ensure the crew and car would be in premium condition over the long distance event.

Heritage Motor Centre hosts new motoring art exhibition
The Heritage Motor Centre has teamed up with The Shell Advertising Art Collection to celebrate the best of motoring poster art in ‘That’s Shell - That Was!’

Drive Your Classic To Work Week
Classic car owners are being invited to take their classic pride and joy out of the garage and hit the road with Classic Car Weekly for its ‘Drive Your Classic To Work’ week to raise awareness of the classic car movement in the UK.

Falken Porsche makes it two years in a row with Baltimore ALMS
With strong tyre performance and experience culled from last year’s victory, Team Falken enabled history to repeat itself by once again taking the American Le Mans Series GT class win on the streets of Baltimore.
Passionate drivers put car before partner
Some drivers are taking their love for their car to the extreme - choosing to spend their free time with their motor over friends and family, according to research by MoneySupermarket.

The Stig powerslides back onto British TV
The Stig is back on our television screens this autumn making a dramatic appearance behind the wheel of Aston Martin’s yet to be unleashed AM Vanquish.

Red-hot Twizy lights-up the Conran Shop window
A red-hot Twizy will be lighting up the flagship Conran Shop window to celebrate 25 years in the Michelin building and the grand opening of the London Design Festival.

Family roast at risk from petrol prices
Family get-togethers are being pushed to the wayside by the rising cost of motoring, reveals a new study from Hyundai.

World’s fastest bikes to run at Santa Pod’s European Finals
Over the years, just about every big name and record holder in the book has demonstrated their mastery of the sport on the hallowed quarter mile of Santa Pod’s world-famous track, but for the forthcoming European Finals at the Northamptonshire venue, it’s the turn of the two fastest motorcycle riders in the world!
The rise of the parking attendant
‘Civil enforcement officers', formerly known as parking attendants, are on the rise as councils clamp down on illegal parking.
Jaguar Land Rover at the Moscow International Motor Show 2012
Moscow International Motor Show 2012 (MIMS) is one of the finest trade events for the automotive industry in Russia and is the 4th biggest market for Landrover, attracting over one million people over the course of the two week auto show.

Has there ever been a better time to buy an Ampera?
With recent reports showing a gallon of petrol is set to hit £6.16 across the UK, there’s never been a better time to switch to low cost, eco-friendly, electric motoring.

Chris Evans hails ‘brilliant’ CarFest
After all the expectation, planning and feverish preparations, Chris Evans’ eagerly anticipated CarFest South was universally hailed as a massive success.
Time to bring pre-registrations ‘out from the cold’, says CAP
Pre-registrations are a lifeline for hard-pressed dealers as well as a benefit for consumers and it is time to bring them out from the cold, according to Philip Nothard of CAP – the used car pricing experts.