Thursday , May 22 2025

Gareth Herincx

Gareth is a versatile journalist, copywriter and digital editor who's worked across the media in newspapers, magazines, TV, teletext, radio and online. After long stints at the BBC, GMTV and ITV, he now specialises in motoring.

Five ways to keep car keys safe at the seaside

Keeping keys safe at the seaside - Start Rescue

Losing your car keys on holiday is an expensive nightmare – especially when a replacement key costs an average of £372, rising to as much as £530 for some makes and models. With this in mind, leading breakdown provider Start Rescue has these five tips for keeping your keys safe …

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Volvo EX30 review

Volvo EX30

We spend some quality time with Volvo’s smallest SUV, which also happens to be 100% electric… Here’s something you thought you’d never hear. The most affordable car in the Volvo range is an all-new EV. In the midst of a climate emergency, it’s essential to cut emissions, yet survey after …

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Revealed: Car brands with highest customer satisfaction levels

Subaru Crosstrek

Subaru has been voted ‘Best Car Manufacturer in 2024’ by car owners in the annual Auto Express Driver Power customer-satisfaction survey. This latest list follows hot-on-the-heels of the 2024 Driver Power ‘Best cars to own’ survey in June which saw the Dacia Duster Mk2 taking the crown. Every year, thousands …

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Volkswagen Touareg R eHybrid review

Volkswagen Touareg R eHybrid review

We get behind the wheel of the big, performance-focused plug-in hybrid SUV from VW… Volkswagen’s biggest SUV was originally launched in 2002, and is now in its third generation. During that time, well over a million have found homes around the world, including some 60,000 in the UK. Recently treated …

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Bugatti’s greatest racer celebrates centenary

1927 Bugatti Type 35 B

The Bugatti Type 35, one of the world’s most successful and best-known pre-war racing cars, will be marking a century since its birth at this year’s Salon Privé Concours presented by Aviva Private Clients. It will be the 19th year that Blenheim Palace has hosted the prestigious event  (August 28-29, …

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MG4 EV XPower review

MG4 EV XPower

We get to grips with the affordable EV hot hatch that is the MG4 XPower… Full disclosure. I’m a big fan of the standard MG4 EV family hatchback. Not only is it a great value electric car (the range starts at just £26,995), but it’s well packaged, sharply styled and …

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Milestone as the Kia Picanto turns 20

Kia Picanto - 20th anniversary

This week the little Kia Picanto celebrates 20 years of sales in the UK, having first been introduced in the same year that Shrek 2 was the highest-grossing film. The car first went on sale in Kia’s home market of South Korea in 2003 as the Kia ‘Morning’, a name …

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MINI Cooper review

MINI Cooper Electric

We get behind the wheel of the next-generation pure electric MINI hatchback… As the saying goes, you wait ages for a bus and then two come along at once. MINIs are a bit like that. After a lean period on the launch front, this year has already seen the unveiling …

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F1 legend Giancarlo Fisichella becomes tyre brand ambassador

Apollo Tyres has sgned three-time Formula 1 race winner Giancarlo Fisichella as its new ambassador for its premium Vredestein passenger car tyre brand. The two-year agreement will see Fisichella contribute to the test and development of new Vredestein high-performance tyres, make appearances at key events, and feature in online and …

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Family days out: How parents can keep costs down this summer

Volkswagen Multivan family

As new research reveals that UK parents are stressed about affording family days out over the summer, here are top tips for keeping costs low, but smiles high. Seven in 10 parents (69%) are stressed about organising affordable family days out, according to a survey by Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles. The …

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