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Road safety and breakdown cover specialist GEM Motoring Assist is urging drivers of cars equipped with daytime running lights to ensure their rear lights are on when it’s dark. The warning follows a spate of calls to GEM’s customer service team from members concerned about cars without rear lights. GEM chief executive David Williams MBE […]
Further cuts have been made to the cost of diesel at Tesco, Sainsbury and Asda. Amazingly, this brings the cost of a litre of diesel below that of a litre of petrol. Oil has dropped as a commodity to below $50 per barrel making it the most affordable it has been for a long time. […]
A unique all-new Ford Focus RS, featuring an exterior designed by players of Forza Motorsport for Xbox, was unveiled yesterday at a special Microsoft event, ahead of the international 2015 Gamescom event in Cologne. The special Forza Focus RS was driven to the event – and accompanied during the evening – by the Stig from BBC’s […]
An ultra-rare, unrestored and highly original 1969 Aston Martin DB6 Mk 1 Volante Vantage set a new record for Barons when it sold for £781,000 at Sandown Park on July 28th 2015. The highest price ever achieved for a car at a Barons sale, it broke the auction house’s previous record of £739,000, set just […]
The RHA has launched a mass petition to restore law and order in Calais, to put an end to Operation Stack and to stop the misery for hundreds of thousands of holiday makers planning to cross the Channel. RHA Chief Executive Richard Burnett said: “I am calling for everybody in the country to sign the […]
Here’s the text direct from DfT to advice readers on the current (and changing) situation: Calais situation: 30 July 2015 There is an ongoing possibility of disruption to cross-Channel services as a result of industrial action and migrant activity in and around Calais. Check online with your chosen operator and plan your journey to avoid […]
Major motoring organisations and experts are backing a petition urging the Government to include driving on the school curriculum. The petition has been launched in a bid to help cut the high number of accidents involving newly qualified drivers on the UK’s roads. Launched by Young Driver, the UK’s largest provider of pre-17 driving lessons, […]
The Jaguar XE is the latest big cat to enter the fray. The car enters a very active and competitive marketplace however, with the likes of the Audi A4, BMW 3 series and Ford Mondeo having been on offer for forever. Does the XE have what it takes to mix it in the very established […]
Lured by the sea, the light, the eccentric and the eclectic, the iconic Vauxhall Art Car Boot Fair is coming to Turner Contemporary in Margate this August bank holiday weekend – Sunday 30th August 2015 – for one day only. Former home to renowned artists Tracey Emin and JMW Turner, Margate is both quintessential English […]
We at Car Articles are firm believers in style and substance. We also enjoy very much when a manufacturer is brave enough to move away from the generic styling that we see on many cars these days. For this reason, we salute the Infinity Q30. It is a really rather lovely thing as you can […]