Car News
Hyundai i20 – save when you buy, save when you sell
The new Hyundai i20’s great value prices, exceptional quality and industry-leading warranty don’t just make it attractive to new car buyers. According to industry experts they will also make it popular as a used car choice in the future – and that means it holds its value.
Jaguar XF Diesel S
When it was introduced last year, the XF was recognised as a dramatic expression of a bold new Jaguar design language. It also soon became apparent that here was a car where the driving experience exceeded the expectations created by the striking appearance.
Kia Sportage makes it three in a row in Planet 4x4 Awards
The Kia Sportage has been chosen as the ‘Value for Money Champion’ for the third year in a row in the Planet 4x4 2008 Awards.
Christmas pressies that make us sick
As more than 2.3 million Brits have either received or given in-car entertainment and technology systems such as DVD players and Sat Nav's this Christmas, could the nation be heading for car sick chaos?
Late night drinkers warned of driving the morning after
80% of drivers think they might have been over the drink drive limit the morning after a night of drinking, according to an AA Populus poll of 11,388 drivers.
Auto Windscreens celebrates a ‘glass’ act with its factory
Production has grown twenty-fold, staff numbers have increased ten-fold and windscreen sizes have doubled – just a few of the changes Auto Windscreens’ factory has seen in its 25 year history.
Drive & Survive joins with LFC to drive costs and risk down
Alarmed by the statistic that one in every three road deaths on UK roads last year was linked to someone at work, the UK’s leading occupational driver training business, Drive & Survive, has joined with the LFC Insurance Group to provide online driver coaching and development for the insurance broker’s fleet clients within their insurance premiums.
eco:Drive proves it’s a right cracker this Christmas
It’s official: Fiat’s eco:Drive is no turkey. Figures just released by Fiat show that thousands of motorists who have been using the fuel-saving advice device since its launch in October, have already saved more than 163,000kg of CO2.
Auction record of £2.35m for Ferrari 121 at Bonhams Gstaad
A 1955 4.4litre Ferrari 121 LM Spyder Corsa, racing two seater, made the top price at Bonhams Gstaad Sale on December 20th, at CHF 3.9m (£2.35m), achieving a new auction record for this model.
Sat nav voted best in-car device
The sat-nav seems to be the must-have device for drivers this Christmas. Two-fifths of AA members polled already have one and 54% of these believe it to be the best device they have ever had in their car, according to a new AA Populus poll of 7380 members.
Litespeed sets F3 pulses racing
Aerodynamically supreme, a technical dynamo and a potential to set the motor sport industry ‘on fire’ – just for once the Litespeed F3 team is not talking about its SLC R1 chassis, but its latest test drive – Maryeve Dufault.
Cash flow is king with sale and leaseback
Lloyds TSB Autolease (LTSBA) is reporting a two-fold surge in businesses looking to improve cash flow from sale and leaseback agreements.
Subaru: The perfect choice of winter warrior
With the UK in the grip of another classically dark, wet, icy and grim winter and the roads in a slippery state of perpetual mud, leaves, frost and black ice, there’s never been a better time to make full use of Subaru’s legendary symmetrical All-Wheel Drive transmission – the perfect antidote to the woeful winter weather.
3M adhesive helps bring manufacturing back to the UK
3M 950 Adhesive Transfer Tape from 3M, the diversified technology company, offers so many advantages that it has helped enable a manufacturer of automotive privacy shades to accelerate lead times and migrate its production back to the UK from the Far East.
Peugeot Sport showcases range at Autosport International
Peugeot Sport will display a range of competition cars including the 207 S2000 that Kris Meeke and Paul Nagle will drive in the 2009 IRC Rally Challenge.