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Writing in the Winter 2015 80th anniversary edition of Good Motoring magazine (published 1 December 2015), Al Suttie offers sound advice for anyone thinking about buying a used Land Rover Defender. Introduction The original workhorse and warhorse, the Defender can trace its ancestry back to the first Land Rover of 1948. Due for replacement in […]
Vauxhall has re-launched its Scrappage Allowance scheme, which means customers can take advantage of a £2,000 (including VAT) scrappage trade-in against most new passenger cars in its range. To qualify for the scheme, customers must have owned their trade-in vehicle for a minimum of 90 days. There is no upper age limit for cars and […]
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, […]
Webuyanyvan.com has stepped in to help van owners and drivers with their ‘Walkaround Check List’, introduced by VOSA (now the DVSA) as a best practice guide. Every year, more than 10,000 vans are checked at random by the DVSA. At least 9 out of 10 vehicles stopped are dangerously overloaded, and over 6 in 10 […]
Thousands of car buyers are switching out of their bangers to newer cars to take advantage of low cost PCP deals, reports motor trade bible Glass’s – but at the same time the banger market is exploding with values and volumes rising. Rupert Pontin, head of valuations at Glass’s, said: “We are seeing something interesting […]
There are a number of things to look for when choosing any car, but the primary of which (unless you’re seriously rich and can have a car in each cateogory) tends to be that it does everything you need with little in the way of compromise. The family car can be a particularly difficult model […]
One of the things that can make a or break a car is colour choice. If we said Ford Focus ST most people will bring to mind the bright orange one that was shown in the Top Gear review. Likewise if we said Maserati MC12, it’s the famous blue and white livery that comes to […]
You’ve decided that a 4×4 could be right for you, but is that strictly true? Whilst they’re great for towing horseboxes across muddy fields or improving your chances of making it through the snow and ice of a British winter, how often do you actually need the extra capabilities they offer? Assuming it’s often enough, […]
A super-rich motorist in the North East sold his Ferrari California for more than £100,000 to webuyanycar.com this week – so he could trade up to his next supercar in time for Christmas. Staff at the webuyanycar.com branch agreed a six-figure sale for the 2+2 hard-top convertible with V8 engine in less than 20 minutes […]
Under the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 you’re supposed to be informed of any issues that may affect your decision when it comes to signing on the dotted line. An Auto Express article demonstrates however that some dealers are not always as forthcoming as used car buyers would like when it comes to […]