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Jaguar Land Rover Launches Biggest Ever Campaign For Apprentices

February 2, 2012

The new apprentice programme, which is seeking Advanced and Higher Apprentices, launches on Monday February 6th 2012 – coincident with National Apprenticeship week. This year, Jaguar Land Rover is seeking 133 apprentices to join the company which has a portfolio of hugely successful (and attractive) models in the range. Commenting on the 2012 Apprentice programme, [...]

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Citroën DS3 Ultra Prestige Edition

January 18, 2012

This is the new Citroën DS3 Ultra Prestige Edition. Not content with the standard car, Citroen has added even more luxury into the mix. There is more extravagant leather and a watchstrap design upholstery. The front seats also feature a ‘crescendo’ colour effect which apparently has never been produced on in a vehicle before. What [...]

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Do You Love Adventure? Consider The Land Rover ‘Go Beyond’ Bursary For 2012

January 16, 2012

Here’s the press release covering the Land Rover ‘Go Beyond’ bursary. If you love adventure, then I suggest you read on as you may just be able to fund the experience of a lifetime. Calling all expedition enthusiasts! With only weeks to go before the Land Rover ‘Go Beyond’ Bursary 2012 application draws to a [...]

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How Much Do You Think Fuel Prices Will Rise This Year?

January 11, 2012

Every year we are faced with increasing prices. It seems that the UK just gets more and more expensive. Fuel is a cost which many of us simply have to pay – the government seemingly disregarding the fact that pennies very quickly add up to pounds when the cost of fuel is now at over [...]

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SEAT Offers For Early 2012

January 7, 2012

SEAT is starting 2012 as it means to go on: with a range of exceptional new offers that makes its stylish, sporty new models genuinely irresistible this January. A comprehensive array of attractive deals extends across the entire SEAT range with, as always, the Spanish brand’s Ibiza supermini series and svelte Leon hatchback line-up leading [...]

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Small Engines Are Fun

December 5, 2011

As James May said during a particularly good episode of Top Gear, a small engined Italian car should be driven like the valves are about to pop out of the bonnet. I recently had the good fortune to drive a smaller engined car, a 1.2 litre Vauxhall Corsa in fact. Granted, in terms of raw [...]

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New Engine From Honda Promises Best Of Both

December 4, 2011

Honda has confirmed a new diesel engine for Europe designed to be frugal yet powerful. Under the guise of the (slightly oddly) named ‘Earth Dreams Technology’, a new 1.6 litre diesel will be launched across a range of models in 2012. It is lighter than any other diesel engine of its size and has CO2 [...]

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The 2011/2012 Chevrolet Range

December 1, 2011
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The Chevrolet range just keeps getting better here in the UK and the 2011 model deals at the moment are no exception. I’ve taken a look at three vehicles I think are particularly pertinent to us at the moment, including a cheap to run car, a handsome hatchback and a rugged SUV. Read on for [...]

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Is Running A Car Simply Too Costly?

November 24, 2011

Here’s the latest from Blablacar regarding the true cost of running a motor in the current economic climate: With 90% of Brits feeling that the overall cost of running a car has become increasingly difficult to manage, people are resorting to sometimes desperate measures to manage these costs according to new research from carpooling experts [...]

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Will Fuel Duty Rise Next Year?

November 15, 2011

I’ve spoken many times about how most of the price of petrol in the UK is because of fuel duty/tax. In fact it’s about 2/3 of the cost, so only 1/3 of your money is for the basic product. Of course, HMRC likes to have a slice of everything but it’s staggering to think that, [...]

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