The acclaimed Jaguar XF has been voted Auto Trader ‘New Car of the Year’. It’s the XF’s ninth major UK award and comes in the same week that the new XF Sportbrake was unveiled. Ditching the traditional ‘expert panel of judges’ and replacing them with 10,000 genuine car owners, the …
Read More »Land Rover Discovery’s Tow Car Awards victory
The all-new Land Rover Discovery has been crowned overall winner at the 2017 Tow Car Awards. It is an accolade the previous generation Discovery won nine times, culminating in it being chosen as Tow Car of the Decade in 2016. This year’s winners range in size (and price) from the …
Read More »Dacia Duster 4×4 to the rescue
Dacia Duster to aid voluntary emergency riders in transporting blood and blood products to patients in need of urgent medical attention. The bargain 4×4 will enable SERV OBN (Service by Emergency Rider Volunteers across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire and Northamptonshire) volunteers to still attend emergencies during adverse conditions. The SERV OBN …
Read More »Hot new Jaguar XF Sportbrake revealed
Jaguar has unveiled the handsome estate version of its XF sports saloon. Called the Sportbrake, just like its acclaimed predecessor, the car will take on the likes of the BMW 5 Series Touring, Audi A6 Avant, Mercedes E-Class estate and Volvo V90. The load space – 565 litres, expanding to …
Read More »Ford Mustang stars in new Little Mix video
The hottest property in pop and the world’s best-selling sports car team up for new video. A Ford Mustang had a starring role in Little Mix’s new single “Power”. Filmed on location in Los Angeles, the Mustang Shelby GT350 shared centre-stage with Leigh-Anne, Jesy, Jade and Perrie. “The Mustang was …
Read More »Bugatti Chiron breezes into London
Bugatti London has officially welcomed the first Chiron customer car in the UK. The supercar is on display at the Bugatti showroom of H.R. Owen on Bruton Street, near Berkeley Square, London, until the middle of next week. The Chiron’s flying visit to the capital coincides with the first anniversary …
Read More »Family road trips: the facts
“Are we nearly there yet?” will be asked three times during the average family road trip – with the first grumble coming in after just 29 minutes. The typical journey lasting over 60 minutes will also include two tantrums, one of which rears its head after 27 minutes. “I’m bored” …
Read More »Amazon accelerates into car market
Tech giant Amazon is reportedly moving into a new market and is planning to sell cars. Online delivery expert ParcelHero reckons the UK is to be Amazon’s trial country as it gets its car sales into gear and it’s already hiring automotive industry experts. “From books to consumer electronics, Amazon …
Read More »Electric Vehicle Experience Centre to open
The UK’s first multi-brand electric vehicle showroom is to open at centre:mk in Milton Keynes on July 22. Managed by Chargemaster, the UK’s largest manufacturer and operator of electric charging points, and funded by Milton Keynes’ Go Ultra Low City scheme, the EVEC has been established to increase the number …
Read More »Hyundai i30 review
Hyundai is on a roll, and the latest evidence of that is the new i30. Now in its third generation, the mid-sized family hatchback is now stylish, well packaged and good to drive. In fact, it’s so improved that it’s able to brush shoulders with the best cars in its …
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