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Webuyanyvan.com has stepped in to help van owners and drivers with their ‘Walkaround Check List’, introduced by VOSA (now the DVSA) as a best practice guide. Every year, more than 10,000 vans are checked at random by the DVSA. At least 9 out of 10 vehicles stopped are dangerously overloaded, and over 6 in 10 […]
Thousands of car buyers are switching out of their bangers to newer cars to take advantage of low cost PCP deals, reports motor trade bible Glass’s – but at the same time the banger market is exploding with values and volumes rising. Rupert Pontin, head of valuations at Glass’s, said: “We are seeing something interesting […]
A supercar should have the wow factor and this 570S by McLaren Special Operations has exactly that. It features the uniquely formulated Mauvine Blue paint finish coupled with a bespoke interior finished in Carbon Black leather with co-ordinating detailing, carried through from the exterior colour. Now how’s that for fancy? The car will shown at […]
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 […]
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, […]
London’s Dover Street is in the heart of Mayfair and is well known for hosting a number of contemporary art galleries. Passers-by are familiar with expensive modern supercars, but last night onlookers were stopped in their tracks by the presence of two, multi-million-pound classic Ferraris parked outside number 37, the home of Mallett, one […]
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 […]