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Tickets for the London Motor Show, to be staged at the Battersea Evolution Centre in May 2016, can now be pre-booked by visiting the show website www.thelondonmotorshow.co.uk. Individual tickets are priced from £13 upwards. The show will run from the 5th to the 8th May from 10 am to 6pm each day. The show will […]
More than three quarters of parents (78%) claim that having kids forced them to buy a new car. And nearly four in ten (37%) say that children go on to influence decisions to buy their next car. These were the key finding of research carried out for Auto Trader, the UK’s largest digital automotive marketplace, […]
Jaguar will celebrate its glorious history in style at the Goodwood Revival this year, with the presentation of a selection of famous heritage sports cars, new products for heritage car owners and the opportunity for festival visitors to race heritage cars of the electric-powered kind on its stand within the Earls Court Motor Show enclosure. […]
Even Bentley is now getting on the SUV gravy train. Granted, their ‘sports utility vehicle’ is unlikely to be that similar to anything else on the market as the big push appears to be speed and massive, unadulterated luxury. Does Bentley need an SUV in their stable? Does the world need another SUV? Answers as […]
As you can see from the latest research from Ford, Europe is firmly in the grip of SUV mania! The body shape that has become ubiquitous for just about every manufacturer (even Jaguar is getting in on the sales event of all time) is widely becoming the go to type of car of choice – […]
Jaguar Director of Design Ian Callum has been named among the first inductees to the Scottish Motoring Hall of Fame at a prestigious ceremony held aboard the Royal Yacht Britannia and hosted by His Royal Highness Prince Michael of Kent. The Association of Scottish Motoring Writers’ Scottish Motoring Hall of Fame, presented by Bridge of […]
Motorpoint, the UK’s leading car supermarket, is set to open its ninth supersite in Birtley in November 2015. The nine-acre site, close to J61 of the A1, will house 500 new and low mileage nearly new vehicles with quick access to a further 4,000 vehicles in group stock. Motorpoint is investing over £5m developing the […]
The diminutive Mazda MX-5 appears to have all grown up. This latest car (it’s the mark 3 for those of you who like to keep up with such information) features a modernised interior and a choice of a 1.5 or a 2 litre engine. The 1.5 is eager and revs smoothly but the 2 litre […]
Nissan’s Sunderland plant has been not only a massive success story for the North of England but for the UK as a whole. So it was with excitement that we found out that the new Juke will be built South Tyneside. This has effectively secured the jobs of 34,000 people currently employed by Nissan and its […]
Road safety and breakdown cover specialist GEM Motoring Assist welcomes the news that the Department for Transport is considering raising the age at which drivers must declare they are fit to drive from 70 to 75. GEM chief executive David Williams MBE comments: “This is a sensible step, however we question the road safety value […]