Watch out for Johns in your blindspot: The UK's most dangerous drivers, places and situations revealed... July proves to be the most dangerous month for motorists, with 9% of all accidents taking place that month, while April is the safest with only 7.25%. Law firm Your Legal Friend ( https://www.yourlegalfriend.com/ ) reported that the most common incident is being hit from the … [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.
Aston Martin’s new car-building facility in Wales takes shape
Aston Martin up and ready in Wales… By ROBIN ROBERTS. The first phase of Aston Martin’s new manufacturing facility at St Athan, Wales is complete. Development started on the site in late 2016 when Aston Martin was given access to the former MoD site and Phase One works included the creation of the customer and staff reception areas, offices and the employee restaurant. Phase Two commenced … [Read more...]
Top 10 selling new cars – how much value they lose in five years – and how to insure ‘the gap’…
Top Ten Selling new Cars & how they lose value in five years... - Ford Fiesta depreciated the most. - Mini Cooper Hatchback depreciated the least. If you are looking to buy a new car this March, InsuretheGap.com has analysed how the top ten best-selling petrol cars in 2017 have held their value in the last five years. A new car loses approximately 20 per cent of its value as soon as it … [Read more...]
Two Ginetta G60-LT-P1’s set for FIA World Endurance Championship
Ginetta plans two car entry into the FIA World Enurance Championship... Ginetta has today (09/02/2018) confirmed plans for a two-car entry into the FIA World Endurance Championship, including both the 2018 and 2019 Le Mans 24 Hours. The two Ginetta G60-LT-P1 cars will be entered by customer team, CEFC TRSM Racing. 21-year-old Charlie Robertson and 25-year-old Oliver Rowland are the … [Read more...]
Diesel could still be the best choice for many motorists…
Diesel could be cheaper and more efficient for twice as many drivers as petrol, according to What Car? What Car? launches free What Fuel? website tool to help confused consumers figure out which type of powertrain is best for them. Fascinating Headlines… In its first week, 5,800 visits have resulted in double the number of users being recommended diesel cars (11%) rather than petrol … [Read more...]
Bridgestone celebrates final countdown to Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018
Bridgestone Celebrates Final Countdown to Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018... Bridgestone Corporation (Bridgestone), the world’s largest tyre and rubber company and a Worldwide Olympic Partner, is ready to support the staging of the upcoming Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018 – its first Olympic Winter Games as a Worldwide Olympic Partner – through a variety of product, athlete and … [Read more...]
Ginetta celebrates 60th anniversary
Ginetta celebrates 60th Anniversary with visit from HRH The Princess Royal... HRH The Princess Royal visited Garforth-based Ginetta on 25th January to begin celebrations of the marque’s 60th anniversary year. The car manufacturer has been building British race cars since 1958, producing world class cars which now race on every continent. The Princess enjoyed a tour with Ginettaa and … [Read more...]
The first Suzuki car – the Suzulight… ‘Let’s do it!’
Suzuki’s successful history with compact models continues… and it all began over six decades ago… Looking back and forging ahead! Back in 1954, Suzuki Motor Co, Limited was formed and Michio Suzuki designed and developed his first automobile, together with his young engineering team, many of whom were in their twenties. Using Suzuki’s ‘Yaramaika’ principal (translated as ‘Let’s do it’) – … [Read more...]
Rallye Monte Carlo Historique gets under way from Paisley
Classic cars from through the years have departed from Scotland on this year's Rallye Monte Carlo Historique event... A party atmosphere in the centre of Paisley last night (31st January) gave a big send-off to the cars and crews in this year’s start of the 2018 historic rally run to Monte Carlo. A total of 70 cars left the start ramp - the largest number of entries so far – with the first … [Read more...]
(Very) British Car Problems – that we all experience…
It could only happen in Britain, couldn’t it? A light-hearted look at challenging aspects of driving in the U.K… If you’ve ever felt like Captain Oates of the Antarctic - "I'm just going out, I may be some time" – in winter, or maybe have experienced severe road rage on your way to work, you might relate to the car/winter rundown of daily occurrences, currently featured on the online tyre … [Read more...]
Aston Martin appeals to graduate engineers to join their team in St. Athan, south Wales…
Aston Martin appeals to graduate engineers to join their team in St. Athan, south Wales… The drive is on for the next generation of engineers to work at Aston Martin St Athan, writes Robin Roberts. If you are about to graduate with an Engineering degree and aspire to a career at Aston Martin, Cardiff and Vale College is hosting the iconic luxury British sport car manufacturer for a special … [Read more...]
SEAT Mii FR Line city car – Road Test
The charming SEAT Mii FR Line 3-door 75 hp 1.0 litre City Car. By Robin Roberts (and Miles Better News Agency). SEAT Mii is the designer baby in the brand, and it’s a little charmer. It was introduced as the Spanish company’s challenger in the booming City Car class of cars formerly replacing the Arosa, but to enhance its attraction there are a few distinctly fashion-conscious versions with … [Read more...]
Volvo XC40 defies the ‘bandwagon’ demonisation of diesel to be named What Car? Car of the Year 2018.
What Car? crowns Volvo XC40 D4 R Design its Car of the Year in 40th anniversary Awards... As well as winning Volvo’s first ever overall Car of the Year Award, XC40 takes top prize in new Family SUV category Elsewhere, What Car? readers rate Jaguar I-Pace the most eagerly anticipated car due to be launched in 2018 Inaugural True MPG Award goes to Suzuki Ignis, which averages almost 60 … [Read more...]
Firestone and Eden Tyres & Servicing reward hard-working technicians…
Firestone and ETS crown UK’s top tyre technician! Some of the UK’s top tyre technicians have had good reason to start the New Year in good spirits after Eden Tyres & Servicing (ETS) named their shortlist for their 2017 Technician Of The Year awards, sponsored by Firestone, who are one of the main tyre providers for the company. Fast fitters from ETS’s 14 Midlands sales depots were … [Read more...]
Drivers put safety at risk (and burn more fuel) by ignoring their tyre pressures!
Michelin and Kwik Fit find that four out of 10 motorists are driving on “Dangerous” or “Very Dangerous” tyres… Almost 40 per cent of cars in the UK are running on at least one tyre that is “dangerously” or “very dangerously” underinflated. The figures come after Michelin and Kwik Fit inspected more than 500 vehicles in Tesco car parks around the UK. Michelin classifies tyres that are … [Read more...]
UK car hire company battles Amazon Rainforest deforestation – and its CEO wins an outstanding achievement award…
How a UK car hire company is fighting Amazon Rainforest deforestation – and its CEO wins a major outstanding achievement award… A leading low-emission vehicle rental company has made progress in its plans to help prevent deforestation in the Amazon Rainforest. The Amazon Rainforest supplies more than 20 per cent of the world’s oxygen. However, deforestation by commercial logging and … [Read more...]
New car sales fall in Britain in 2017
Car sales dip and diesel sales dive… Robin Roberts (and Miles Better News Agency) reports… British new car sales last year recorded their biggest drop since the 2009 recession. They slipped over 5% due to uncertainty over potential new diesel charges and weakening consumer confidence since Brexit and the SMMT expect a steeper slide this year of about 7%. Registrations ended 2017 at around 2.54 … [Read more...]
Ten driving offences and their punishments
Ten Driving Offences and their Punishments in the U.K. There are numerous offences that can be committed whilst driving, most of which incur a fine or, in the case of drink driving or dangerous driving, the loss of a licence and even imprisonment. OSV believes it’s important to understand the driving laws - and the punishments if the laws are broken. They have therefore created an … [Read more...]
Volkswagen News plus Golf 1.5 EVO Road Test
New 1.5 EVO engine boosts VW Golf’s appeal even more… …says David Miles (Miles Better News Agency). Despite Volkswagen Group’s tarnished reputation due to the emissions scandal there has been limited damage, it appears, to their sales – especially the refreshed 7.5 generation Golf range of three and five door Hatchbacks and Estates. The face-lifted Golfs arrived in UK showrooms in April and … [Read more...]
The biggest recalls in motoring history, around the world…
Do you Recall these incidents? If you want to learn more about vehicle recalls, the new Biggest Recalls in History infographic from vehicle leasing company OSV is for you. When Volkswagen had to recall many of its vehicles a few years back because of the emission cheating software they had installed, you might have been forgiven for thinking that this was the biggest mistake a car company has … [Read more...]
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