Motorists could save an average of £306 a year in garage bills by switching to a new electric car. New research by the government and industry-backed Go Ultra Low campaign has found that the average driver forks out £400 for servicing and maintenance for their petrol or diesel car – …
Read More »Revealed: Top 10 driving songs
Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody is the king of the road, according to a new survey. The legendary 1976 chart-topper, which also featured so memorably in the Wayne’s World movie, beat Guns n’ Roses classic Sweet Child O’Mine and Led Zeppelin’s Stairway To Heaven in the poll to find Britain’s favourite driving …
Read More »Renault Scenic’s 20th birthday
Renault is celebrating 20 years of the game-changing Scenic compact MPV. The award-winning Renault Scenic compact MPV was launched in 1996 and nearly five million have been sold during its 20-year production run. Now the success story is set to continue in 2016 with unveiling of fourth-generation model at 2016 …
Read More »Volvo’s car without a key
Volvo is planning to become the world’s first motor manufacturer to offer cars without keys from 2017. Replacing the conventional car key and fob with a smartphone application, Volvo owners will be able to automatically unlock their car when they walk up to it, then lock it again when they …
Read More »Save money on your car insurance
Insurance can be a pain, expensive and not the most exciting thing to spend your time or money on, so if you want to save, you’ve got to be smart. Car dealership Carspring has shared some small tips and tricks on how to beat the car insurers. Here are 8 surprisingly …
Read More »007’s Aston Martin DB10 sells for £2.4m
James Bond’s Aston Martin DB10 from the Spectre movie has sold for £2,434,500 at a Christie’s auction in London. The sale of the first car created exclusively for 007 will provide vital funds for Médecins Sans Frontières. It is the only car to date in the rarest DB lineage to …
Read More »Penalty points – are you telling porkies?
Millions of drivers are not owning up to driving licence points, new research has revealed. Nearly one in five motorists (18%) would not inform their insurer if they picked up penalty points while driving, according to a study by RAC Insurance. If true, potentially putting nearly seven million drivers are …
Read More »Return of the Renault Alpine
Renault is reviving its iconic Alpine performance brand in 2017. The new car is likely to closely resemble this new concept, the Alpine Vision. The mid-engined two-seat coupé will make its public debut at the Geneva Motor Show in March. It will be powered by a new 4 cylinder turbocharged …
Read More »De-ice, stay safe
One in three motorists involved in car accidents in wintry conditions did not fully de-ice their car. New research by a money saving website VoucherCodesPro.co.uk has revealed that as many as one third of British motorists either experienced or came close to a car accident this winter after not fully …
Read More »Britain’s favourite car colours
White is the UK’s most popular new car colour for the third year running – of the 2,635,518 new cars registered in 2015, 21.4% were white. According to the figures released by The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), the preference for white across most of the UK was not …
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