Motoring

6 April 2008

Buying A Car - Getting It Right

Supermini, estate, hatchback or MPV? With thousands of cars to choose from, buying the wrong one can be a costly mistake. Read this essential guide to find the right car ...

6 April 2008

MotoGP Jerez Report

Honda's Dani Pedrosa powered to victory in front of his home crowd at the Spanish MotoGP in Jerez. Pedrosa, last year's championship runner-up, took the championship lead after and the ...

5 April 2008

The New Vauxhall Agila

Vauxhall Agila - Does size matter? Well, that’s a fifty million dollar question. As far as cars go, the odds are staking up against the giant ‘Chelsea Tractors’. But ...

5 April 2008

Buyers Beware Of Bargin Foreign- Registered Cars

Sales of cheap foreign-registered cars are putting UK drivers at risk, according to Parker’s – Britain’s leading experts in car buying advice. Any car that stays in the UK for ...

5 April 2008

What Happens When A Car Air Bag Goes Off

GEM Motoring Assist (GEM), that campaign for the safety of all road users, is concerned that many drivers and front seat passengers have no idea what happens when an airbag ...

5 April 2008

Are Motorists Learning To Love Speed Cameras

Perish the thought, but more motorists are accepting safety cameras as part of life on the road, according to an IAM Motoring Trust Survey. Of 500 motorists questioned, 78 per ...

5 April 2008

Honest John On What Women Want

Of the hundreds of emails Honest John receives daily, 35% are from female motorists who need help and advice range enormously from buying, selling, to garages or servicing and the ...

5 April 2008

Spring Is Here And The Convertibles Are Waiting

Spring is here meaning summer is just around the corner so BCA Blackbushe is staging two special convertible sales on 14th and 28th April 2008. The sales are expected ...

5 April 2008

The New Peugeot 308 SE On Test

The New Peugeot 308 Se - Peugeot have put the cat amongst the pigeons by replacing the 307 hatchbacks with a new model especially for 2008 rather aptly named the ...

4 April 2008

Vauxhall Corsa SRi 1.6 Turbo On Test

Vauxhall Corsa SRi 1.6 Turbo - Its back, its fast and its fun. Having taken a two year sabbatical, the Vauxhall Corsa SRi has returned to the UK showrooms. ...

31 March 2008

Think! That yawn could save your life

Acting star Joseph Fiennes is the voice of a new Government campaign launched today to remind motorists of the dangers of driving when tired. Tired drivers cause one in five ...

31 March 2008

Want More Friends? Buy A Mini

Could the car you drive really boost your social life? It could if you choose the right model according to new research into online social networking.Research published this month by ...

26 March 2008

Ford Sell Jaguar and Land Rover To Tata

Ford is expected confirm its decision to to sell its luxury UK-based car marques Jaguar and Land Rover to Indian company Tata. Tata, while relatively unknown in the UK is ...

22 March 2008

Less Haste Less Speed

Less Haste, Less SpeedNational Car Rental, the UK’s leading vehicle rental organisation, has revealed a staggering drop in speeding fines incurred by its customers during Q4 2007. National, which operates ...

22 March 2008

Tax Dodgers Excuses

"I Gave The Car To A Man In The Pub"- For many years, car tax dodgers the length and breadth of the UK would rely on the old ‘tax is ...

22 March 2008

Young Drivers 'Black Boxed'

Council takes lead with ‘black box’ young driver trialStaffordshire County Council has become the first UK local authority to introduce a ‘black box’ to improve teen driving.As part of its ...

22 March 2008

Cut The Cost Of Motoring

How To Cut Record Bank Holiday Motoring Costs As families embark on an Easter getaway break, they may feel the pinch at the petrol stations with record high fuel prices.According ...

22 March 2008

Nissan X-Trail Aventura eXplorer eXtreme

Nissan X-Trail Aventura eXplorer eXtreme - What’s in a name? Well, an awful lot and if you take the name of this Nissan X-TRAIL that caused a sensation at last ...

21 March 2008

4x4 Sales Fall As Drivers Go Undercover

New research shows that whilst UK 4x4 sales continue to fall, bucking the trend for rising sales across the rest of Europe, British motorists are yet to be truly converted ...

15 March 2008

Ford Focus Happy 10th Birthday

Ford Focus - 1998 was a particularly special year for me as my first son was born. It was also a particular special year for Ford who launched the new ...

15 March 2008

We females are a gender of car closets

An average of £129 worth of personal items are being left in the cars of female motorists on a daily basis – not surprising when you consider that over half ...

15 March 2008

Thankyou Darling

I really did not want to mention the budget through fear of losing the will to live. But as your motoring correspondent I guess I had better outline more doom and ...

15 March 2008

Chancellor turns his back on biofuels, says SAAB

In response to the Chancellor’s announcement that the fuel duty rebate for biofuels will expire from 2010 Jonathan Nash, Managing Director of Saab Great Britain, ‘fears that the Government has ...

15 March 2008

Porsche Goes To Court

The giant Porsche manufacturers are taking on the giant guru of ‘lets have a go at motorists again’, Ken Livingstone in a judicial review. Porsche Cars Great Britain are going ...