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Five motoring maintenance tips to ensure a smooth Easter getaway

Motorway traffic

With Easter and spring-time staycations on the horizon, it’s easy to get distracted by packing and forget the importance of checking your vehicle and its tyres ahead of a long journey. We’ve teamed up with the experts at leading mid-range tyre brand, Davanti Tyres, to recommended these five maintenance checks …

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Motorists paying more than £600 a year on unexpected car repairs

Car maintenance

Almost six in 10 drivers say they are hit with surprise repair costs for their car every year, typically forking out £617. More than a third (37%) of those facing these repairs said they experienced financial difficulty in paying for them. Tyres top the list of unexpected motoring costs (64%), …

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Kia EV3 crowned UK Car of the Year 2025

Kia EV3

Kia has pulled off the double by winning the UK Car of the Year Awards two years in a row. Following on from the Kia EV9’s triumph in 2024, the EV3 has been named overall victor in 2025. It’s also the fourth year in succession that the top prize has …

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Get set for the new ‘25’ number plate

Isuzu D-Max - 25 plate

It’s that time of the year again when the year-identifier numbers on car registration plates move on… Twice a year (in March and September) every new vehicle in the UK gets two new numbers on its registration plate. On March 1, 2025, the numbers will switch from ’74’ to ’25’. …

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Young Driver training’s Suzuki Swift switch

Young Driver Bonnie, aged 10, poses with a new Suzuki Swift

The UK’s largest pre-17s driver-trainer has invested more than £2 million to purchase 170 new Suzuki Swift cars. Young Driver, which gives more than 150,000 lessons a year for 10-17-year-olds at 72 sites, has just taken delivery of its first batch of Swift Hybrid models. And after 16 years and …

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Ferrari 250 LM wins prestigious classic car award

1964 Ferrari 250 LM

  A stunning 1964 Ferrari 250 LM has been named winner of the 10th annual The Peninsula Classics Best of the Best Award 2024. Presented during an awards ceremony at The Peninsula Paris, the distinction recognises the pinnacle of classic automotive design and engineering. The Ferrari, chosen from a select …

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How to check your tyres after hitting a pothole

Road pothole

It’s National Pothole Day and Tyresafe is highlighting the importance of pulling over, provided it is safe to do so, to perform vital tyre checks to ensure the safety of their continued journey after hitting a pothole. The road safety charity is urging motorists to not only inspect their tyres …

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Tested: All-season tyres for year-round peace of mind

Davanti Alltoura 4-Seasons tyres

We road test a set of Davanti Alltoura 4-Seasons tyres… Unless you have access to state-of-the-art tyre evaluation facilities, there’s no better time to test new rubber than a straight swap with an existing set on a car you know well. Last year I bought a tidy 2010 BMW 3 …

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Simple safety tips for driving in severe winter weather

Peugeot-208-driving-n-the-snow

Road safety and breakdown organisation GEM Motoring Assist is urging motorists to take extra care, with winter weather predicted across most parts of the UK. Road journeys are more difficult and treacherous when there is ice on roads or a fall of snow, so GEM is encouraging drivers to plan …

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Estimated 18 breakdowns every minute expected on January 2

Car maintenance

Breakdown provider Green Flag is predicting there will be more than 26,000 breakdowns on January 2 as many people head back to work after the festive break. That’s 18 cars every minute and an 88% increase in the average number of callouts compared to the annual daily average. Callouts to …

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