Car Blog & Car News
If you have been to the pumps recently, you’ll know that whether you’re a petrol or diesel driver you can’t get away from the massively high prices. If you are lucky enough to still be getting fuel at least than 120p per litre than you are doing ok. We’ve heard stories of fuel on some […]
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. […]
Due to EU regulations, so-called ‘greener’ fuel is coming to the UK. Named E10 fuel, it contains 10% bio-ethanol and is being rolled out across the UK as part of the Government’s commitment to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and conforming to the EU’s Renewable Energy Directive. This requires 10% of road transport energy to be […]
The Times Online has an excellent article that takes a look at the age old debate – which is cheaper, a petrol or diesel car? In this case, the cars in question are both Skoda Fabias. One has a 1.2 litre petrol engine, the other a 1.6 litre TDI. Performance is similar on paper. Read […]
In what may well be a confirmation of a prediction I made on this site, Yahoo have ran an article stating that we may soon be paying up to £70 in order to get a full tank of petrol. Worse still, diesel could be up to £1.40 per litre, which isn’t unbelievable when current prices […]
The Mail Online is reporting that petrol prices may be rising to record levels soon – which will obviously have a massive knock-on effect for motorists who visit the pumps on a weekly basis. I filled up a little earlier in the week and paid just under 120p per litre – a staggering amount which […]
No doubt none of you have missed the fact that the price of petrol has continued to rise over the past few months. The Mail Online is reporting that it is not just possible but likely that we’re going to see a price of £5 per gallon by Christmas. To further put the boot in […]
In time honoured tradition, a number of tax/duty rises have been implemented meaning that, despite manufacturing costs dropping (due to the cost of oil being far lower than it was at the high point last year), the price that is currently being paid at the pump is now an average of 107.14p per litre. of […]
I’m afraid that once again I am announcing that there’s another rise in fuel duty (by 2p) as of tomorrow (Sept 1st 09). Interestingly, The Times is reporting that this is the first of a series of measures to raise more than £10 million in taxes. Punitive measures such as removing the car scrappage scheme […]
It’s been announced today that Asda has taken a dramatic move to cut prices on both diesel and petrol – reducing them to 99.9p/l. This is good news for the consumer whatever car you drive, as cheaper fuel is a benefit to all. The price cut has happened on all 176 forecourts, so it doesn’t […]