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Road safety and breakdown organisation GEM Motoring Assist is urging drivers to pay extra attention on rural road journeys this summer. Although traffic levels are generally lighter, rural roads account for nearly 60% of all fatalities (a total of 943 in 2015, compared with 577 on urban roads). GEM road safety officer Neil Worth says: […]
To view the SAIC Design Challenge 2018 video, click here. For the sixth year running, the SAIC Design Challenge has been launched for automotive design students. Following the competition’s success in China, a European based competition has been launched now running for its second year. This year, students are being challenged to develop a flagship electric vehicle for […]
The 2018 Ford Focus range is the most dynamic, innovative and exciting ever – with a release 20 years on from the first car. The new Focus has been designed from a ‘clean slate’ and so is new from wheels to roofline. The new design philosophy is described as ‘human-centric’, delivering stunning exterior styling and […]
As UK car sales figures for the vital first quarter of 2018 are released today, highlighting a continued and dramatic decline in diesel purchases, global automotive analysts Sophus3 reveal that potential electric car buyers seeking alternatives are increasingly confused and frustrated over their online experience: are the car manufacturers missing a trick, missing sales and […]
You know when you’ve hit a good car dealership. The cars on show are good, the sales people are knowledgeable without being pushy and there’s decent facilities on site. If you have significant cash to spend, then there had better be some specialist cars on the forecourt and maybe even some vintage motors. In this […]
The RAC is reporting that over 1.1 million Penalty Charge Notices were issued across the UK for misuse of bus lanes in 2017. That’s a staggering figure, especially when converted to actual cash – around £68 million to be precise. The questions we’d pose are whether a) you have received a PCN for bus lane […]
The 33rd Italian Car Day will be held at the Brooklands Museum in Surrey on Saturday 5th May 2018. With more than 6,500 visitors last year, this annual event is the largest gathering of Italian cars in the UK – and possibly the largest outside Italy. The event is open to all Italian car owners, […]
To coincide with Britain’s withdrawal from the EU, UK-based Bespoke Road Rallies is organising a dash to independence – a unique 22-day car run that requires participants to visit all 27 remaining EU member states. It will be flagged off in Brussels on March 8, 2019 by a prominent Brexiteer and terminate in Parliament Square, […]
McLaren Automotive, the British creator of luxury, high-performance sportscars and supercars, is introducing new measures to boost efficiency as it drives for another record year of sales. Specially-trained staff have been brought in for a range of jobs that include daily monitoring of the water level in the lake in front of the McLaren Technology […]
As the long Easter weekend approaches, families are preparing to set off to spend time with relatives, which may involve long journeys up and down the country. This year is set to be even busier than last year, as 26 million drivers are planning journeys over the Easter period, according to an AA poll (AA-Populus […]