A lack of suitable staff takes its toll during the last year... The Motor Ombudsman tells us: A survey by The Motor Ombudsman has shown that the recruitment of mechanics and MOT testers to meet consumer demand was the main obstacle faced by service and repair businesses during 2021. Half of the research participants stated that, employees testing positive for COVID-19, or … [Read more...]
News & Views
Our take on what’s been happening in the world of motoring
We appreciate that these days there are vast quantities of motoring news items freely available to all, from huge numbers of global sources. It would be impossible to bring them all to you through these pages – so we are not even going to try!
Instead, we will include selected motoring-related stories which we feel will be of interest. Depending on the item, we hope that they will also inform, encourage, entertain and provoke further thought!
Each item will be dated, and as new stories arrive, older posts will be archived chronologically.
Beaulieu looks ahead to a busy year of events
The National Motor Museum at Beaulieu is looking forward to a full programme of events through 2022... (All photographs from The National Motor Museum, Beaulieu). This is what they say: Beaulieu is getting ready for an exciting new year, with historic motors and characters coming to life, the new Bond in Motion – No Time To Die exhibition, and a packed events calendar, all in the year of … [Read more...]
RAC slams fuel price rip-off
RAC stands up for motorists paying much higher than necessary fuel prices... The RAC tells us: December a ‘rotten month’ for petrol car drivers who lost out on £156m as retailers refused to pass on wholesale price savings Unleaded falls by 2p a litre but RAC data shows price of unleaded should have come down by 12p RAC estimates petrol car drivers have been overcharged by £5m a day … [Read more...]
Formula 1 fun at British Motor Museum
February 2022 Half-term break provides Formula 1 interest at Gaydon... The British Motor Museum team tells us... It’s all about Formula 1 fun at the British Motor Museum during half term from 19 – 27 February with a host of exciting racing themed family activities! Families can also discover the much loved British sports cars from manufacturers such as Morgan, Lotus, Triumph, McLaren and Aston … [Read more...]
Genesis line-up – First Impressions
A TRIO OF GENESIS PREMIUM BRAND MODELS TRIED BY DAVID MILES (AND MILES BETTER NEWS AGENCY). Kim says, "These are David's typically comprehensive and relevant 'First Impressions' of driving a selection of Genesis models, and cover some different versions compared with the examples I drove, and featured in my Wheels-Alive article of 21st December. Notably the G70 Shooting Brake that he tried was … [Read more...]
Suzuki celebrates success in What Car? reliability survey
Suzuki confirms what many owners already know about their cars' inherent reliability... 2022 reliability survey results Suzuki tells us... The firm is celebrating some very good news from the results of the 2022 What Car? Reliability Survey in which readers report on their car ownership experience from six up to 15 years old. Of the 27 car brands measured, Suzuki is at the top of the … [Read more...]
As we move towards 2022…
HAPPY CHRISTMAS AND BEST WISHES FOR 2022 from the Wheels-Alive team, to all our readers, contributors and people/firms who have helped keep us on the road through this year, turbulent for everyone! Thanks for your support. Kim (Kim Henson, creator and proprietor, Wheels-Alive) … [Read more...]
Wellhouse Leisure Toyota Campervan competition raises huge sum for BBC Children in Need 2021 appeal
Wellhouse Leisure's Toyota Proace Matino campervan helped to raise more than £574,000 for this year's BBC Children in Need Appeal... The campervan prize package in the ‘text-to-win’ prize draw for BBC Children in Need’s 2021 Appeal, including a Toyota Proace Matino campervan by Wellhouse Leisure, raised £574,030. The ‘text to win’ campervan prize package prize draws for BBC Children … [Read more...]
British Motor Museum invites you to meet the team in their ‘Factor us In’ exhibition
Evening event at the British Motor Museum on Tuesday 18th January 2022 showcases the 'Factor Us In' team and characters... all about the U.K.'s motor industry and its history. The British Motor Museum is to host an exclusive evening for visitors to join the ‘Factor Us In’ exhibition team and delve deeper into the history of the West Midlands motor industry. This special evening takes place on 18 … [Read more...]
A Tale of Two McLarens
Ant Henson test drives the McLaren GT back to back with its big brother, the 720S, to find out if it's a true grand tourer, a full-on supercar, or something else entirely... (Words copyright Ant Henson. Photographs, as individually credited, copyright Ant Henson, and from McLaren). Picture the scenario. You’ve a couple of hundred thousand pounds burning a hole in your pocket. You’re keen to … [Read more...]
VW embraces alternative low emission ‘diesel’ fuels and continues development of internal combustion engines
Volkswagen acknowledges that alternative synthetic fuels for diesel engines can produce very low CO2 emissions, and the company says that it is continuing to develop internal combustion engines... At Wheels-Alive we have long been saying that it is not internal combustion engines per se that produce harmful emissions, but the fuels (usually fossil-based) on which they run. VW tells … [Read more...]
Fuel prices need to drop now – says the RAC
The RAC implores fuel station operators to lower forecourt fuel prices as wholesale costs have fallen... They say: "Petrol and diesel price cut must come this week after further drop in wholesale costs". RAC warns retailers will lose ‘all credibility’ with drivers if they don’t pass on wholesale savings at the pumps Average retailer margin stands at 19p a litre for petrol and 15p for … [Read more...]
Kia goes from strength to strength…
Kia's Generation Game Changer – by Robin Roberts (and Miles Better News Agency). For a generation of motorists it’s difficult to think that Kia Motors UK never existed and for others it’s hard to believe how far they have come in 30 years. Entering UK showrooms in 1991 with the rebadged Mazda 121 selling as the Kia Pride, the Korean brand registered 1,800 sales, but that was just a ripple of … [Read more...]
Wheels-Alive takes a look at… Crown Oil and their HVO fuel
Kim Henson reports on a low emissions alternative to mineral/fossil based diesel fuel... There is (almost) universal agreement that our planet is in trouble in terms of global warming and climate change, and that emissions resulting from the burning of fossil-derived fuels are unhelpful. Reducing ‘carbon footprints’ is therefore desirable and indeed necessary. The more widespread use of … [Read more...]
‘No Time To Die’ Land Rover Defender on display at The British Motor Museum
'No Time To Die' Land Rover Defender can be seen at The British Motor Museum... James Bond fans are in for a treat as one of the Land Rover Defenders from the latest Bond film ‘No Time to Die’ is now on display at the British Motor Museum. The film, which stars Daniel Craig in his fifth and final Bond film, aired in cinemas on 30 September. One of three Defender V8s used in the high octane … [Read more...]
Toyota Proace Matino campervan to be won in competition in aid of BBC Children in Need 2021 Appeal
Hurry – closes tonight – 28th November 2021... 'Text-to-win' competition for BBC Children in Need 2021 Appeal features the star prize of an electric Toyota Proace Matino campervan by Wellhouse Leisure (and worth £65,000)... We are told: An electric Toyota Proace Matino campervan by Wellhouse Leisure, worth £65,000, is part of a ‘text-to-win’ competition for BBC Children in Need’s 2021 … [Read more...]
The Motor Ombudsman Garage Star and Service Star Awards 2021
Kim says: "It is great to share some heartening good news from The Motor Ombudsman as they announce the winners of their National Garage Star Awards". Nearly 1,100 customers submitted a nomination for an individual team member or business accredited to one or more of The Motor Ombudsman’s four Motor Industry Codes of Practice, who they felt had gone above and beyond to assist … [Read more...]
Are we nearly there yet with electric cars? Channel 4 ‘Dispatches’ thinks not…
You may be interested in watching Channel 4 'Dispatches' programme, 'The Truth About Electric Cars' at 8.30pm tonight (22nd November 2021). Primarily this will be looking at the state of the U.K.'s electric vehicle infrastructure, plus some aspects of some of the vehicles... The information/views expressed below are from Channel 4. They tells us: Some hybrids are worse than diesel cars … [Read more...]
Latest Kia Sportage launched in the U.K. – and EV9 SUV Concept unveiled in the U.S.A.
KIA WHEELS OUT ALL-NEW FIFTH GENERATION SPORTAGE SUV THIS WEEK. By David Miles (Miles Better News Agency). (All Sportage photographs copyright David Miles; EV9 photographs from Kia). Kia UK hosted the Western Group of Motoring Writers this week in The Cotswolds to test drive their latest range of new and updated models ranging from the small Picanto up to the new EV6 all electric flagship … [Read more...]
Adapted car fleet for disabled drivers stolen from charity
Wessex Driveability charity team devastated by the heartless theft of their entire fleet of adapted cars for disabled drivers, from their Southampton base... Wessex DriveAbility, part of the Driving Mobility network of assessment centres, has been left unable to help disabled drivers regain independence following the theft of its specialist fleet of modified vehicles. Wessex … [Read more...]
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