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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. […]
Over the course of the coming weeks, I’m going to be running a little experiment to see if using performance or supreme fuel actually seems to have any difference. The science is there to a degree – a higher octane rating should mean better burn of the fuel in the combustion chamber. Will this hold […]
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 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 […]
The world is full of acronyms – words that, split by each letter, have meaning. POWER in relation to cars or motorised vehicles in general, is an especially important one. You might have been taught it when you learned to drive or ride a bike. Do you remember what it stands for? POWER… P – […]
This is another report on the efficacy or not of diesel engines. I would have thought that, by now, it was common knowledge that you need to run a car for at least 10,000 miles in a given year in order to recoup the cost of a more expensive diesel engined car purchase. Not to […]
With petrol and diesel prices soaring to new highs and a possible further rise in April, road safety and breakdown organisation GEM Motoring Assist is encouraging motorists to be as fuel efficient as possible and has come up with some top tips to make your tank last longer. David Williams, MBE, CEO of GEM Motoring […]