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No pun intended by the headline, but there’s still a lot of concern over where the government is going with diesel. Is there going to be a higher tax rate again? More punitive action against diesel drivers coming in to cities? Will manufacturers stop supporting the black stuff eventually? We at Car Articles reckon that […]
In March 2017, British car buyers registered almost a quarter of a million new diesel cars – an all-time high. The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) reveals why they are so popular – and the important role they can play in helping improve air quality in towns and cities, and in tackling climate […]
Kia is on a roll at the moment. The latest Sportage is a great SUV, the new Optima has impressed and now there’s this – the Kia Stinger. Uninspiring name aside (this isn’t the 70’s and we aren’t in the US) this is a properly grown up GT car from the Korean brand that has […]
SEAT has released their first ever full SUV offering – in the form of the Ateca. The name comes from an area of Spain that is located in province of Zaragoza in north-east (we don’t know either). One of the best things about this latest SUV to the market is the choice – two or […]
It’s an age old question that baffles car owners to this very day. Which fuel is right for me – diesel or petrol? With that in mind, let’s consider some issues that might help that decision become a little easier: Diesel Diesel at the moment is almost the same price at petrol. A diesel engine […]
New research from the What Car? True MPG team confirms that drivers who need to put in extra miles to visit family and friends over the holidays could face hidden costs. A recent test on a selection of popular vehicles shows that fuel efficiency can be cut by more than 7% when cars are driven with four occupants […]
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. […]
Morrisons have cut diesel prices for the second time in a fortnight, making them on par with, or lower, than petrol in some areas. The Morrisons price cut makes diesel cheaper than petrol for the first time in a staggering 14 years. Fuel duty was frozen again by George Osborne in the recent budget. Even […]
The vast majority of motorists object to proposals that would see owners of diesel vehicles being charged extra for driving into major towns and cities in the UK according to a new survey by Motorpoint. An online poll by the UK’s leading car supermarket found 75.4% of people quizzed wouldn’t be prepared to pay more […]
The BBC has some excellent analysis on why the cost of fuel is rising yet again – the net result being that it is forcing some families off the road. With the squeeze on finances ever more difficult for most to cope with, do you think that the government will do anything to alleviate the […]