Car Blog & Car News
When TV personality and racing driver Rebecca Jackson fell pregnant with twins last year purchasing a new car for her expanding family was top of her priority list. Buying a new car for a family can be a tricky process with so many different requirements and essentials to make it work for everyone. To help […]
Even as Britons baked during the joint hottest summer on record, the lure of open-top motoring inspired fewer car-buyers than ever, say analysts at online motor retail specialist BuyaCar.co.uk. Manufacturers have been axing convertible models in recent years, as demand dwindles. Today, with fewer open top cars than ever sold from an ever-shrinking range of […]
The Motor Ombudsman is urging motorists to do their homework when it comes to narrowing down their ideal car and retailer ahead of the introduction of the new ’67-registration on 01 September. With so much choice on offer, which can be daunting for some, the automotive dispute resolution provider has compiled the following top tips to guide […]
New research reveals that women are more than twice as likely as men to describe the showroom environment as stressful and much less likely to report an enjoyable car-buying experience. And the number of female car buyers using one leading online car retailer almost doubled last year, as more women looked to avoid the stresses […]
September is one of the busiest times of the year for buying a new car. Ahead of the forthcoming introduction of the “66” vehicle registration next month, Motor Codes, the leading provider of Codes of Practice and Alternative Dispute Resolution for the automotive industry, has the following advice for consumers during the purchase process. Protect […]
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, […]
My Car Check – the UK’s No.1 consumer vehicle data provider – has saved millions of people from making an expensive used car mistake. In these monthly bulletins its used car experts reveal significant trends in the UK market and choose a ‘car of the month’. Head of Valuation Services at My Car Check, […]
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 […]
How many of us choose the winter to buy a used car? Probably not that many I’d suppose. However, I’ve managed to do it myself twice now. Both occasions have been out of necessity rather than design I’m sad to say. Luckily though, I managed to pick out a gem – or at the very […]
A good while ago, I wrote up an editorial feature regarding buying a used car. I recently did exactly that – but the results are for another blog post. Instead, here are some further pointers regarding what to consider when buying used: 1) Decide where you are in the car buying phase. What I mean […]