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Car manufacturers are currently offering significant scrappage deals on old diesel cars to tempt buyers to upgrade to a new model, but new research suggests that it will need major price reductions to get motorists on to their forecourts. A study released by Kwik Fit has found that only one in six (16%) of those […]
Motorists in the South-East of England are some of the luckiest without fail, according to Government figures unearthed by leading consumer motoring site HonestJohn.co.uk. The site revealed that the Essex town of Romford has the best MoT pass rate in the UK, while all of the towns and cities in the top 10 were located in […]
For some, there is no better sound to start the day than the firing up of a finely tuned sports car engine. For others, like Ford employee Steve von Foerster’s neighbours, it can lead to a call to the police and a request to keep the noise down. This was the scenario which led him […]
GEM Motoring Assist is once again proud to be supporting Project EDWARD, the European day Without A Road Death, which is scheduled for this Thursday 21 September. GEM provided vital financial backing for the first Project EDWARD in 2016, and is now urging all road users to put safety first to achieve a day with […]
The former seven series making up the Mondeo range will be simplified to five. The new Zetec Edition becomes the entry level Mondeo, now priced at £19,445. From Zetec Edition, Mondeo buyers have the choice of either prioritising the sporty specification of the existing ST-Line and new ST-Line Edition, or the luxury credentials of the […]
The UK new car market declined in May ahead of the general election, with demand falling -8.5%, according to figures released today by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). 186,265 new cars were registered in the month, with business purchases driving the market, up 20.1%, to offset declines from private and fleet buyers. […]
Bentley’s 600 bhp luxury Bentayga SUV will be tackling the Shelsley Walsh Hill Climb on the 3rd and 4th June 2017 in a bid to recreate history, by setting a new women’s record. In September 1926 and 1927 Miss May Cunliffe set new ladies records in a 3 litre Bentley and to mark the 80th […]
Jaguar already offers some really rather quick cars. The SVO (Special Vehicle Operations) department however felt that the Jaguar XE range needed something even more performance biased. To this end, the new XE SV Project 8 offers the most powerful, agile and extreme Jaguar ever. With the most highly tuned version of Jaguar Land Rover’s […]
Road safety charity IAM RoadSmart and Auto Express, the UK’s biggest-selling car magazine, teamed up to find out which are the deadliest behind-the-wheel distractions with programming a sat-nav found to be the worst. Auto Express consumer editor Joe Finnerty was put to the test alongside British Formula 3 hopeful Jamie Chadwick in a professional racing […]
69 years ago a legend was born as the first Land Rover was revealed to the world at the Amsterdam Motor Show. Over the next seven decades the rugged 4×4 visited all corners of the world as it wrote its name into automotive folklore. As Land Rover begins the countdown towards its 70th anniversary celebrations […]