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Used Car Buying Checklist: What to Look Out For

November 15, 2016 by Fraser Leave a Comment

To make sure you don’t get a used car that brings you nothing but problems, there are several key checks to make. These range from physical checks to carrying out the right research beforehand, but to make this completely clear, what follows is a used car buying checklist to help you out in your purchasing […]

Filed Under: Buying & Selling, Used cars Tagged With: buying, History checks, Research, used car

Have Your Kids Influenced Your Car Choice?

September 11, 2015 by Mr Butterscotch Leave a Comment

More than three quarters of parents (78%) claim that having kids forced them to buy a new car. And nearly four in ten (37%) say that children go on to influence decisions to buy their next car. These were the key finding of research carried out for Auto Trader, the UK’s largest digital automotive marketplace, […]

Filed Under: Articles Elsewhere, Buying & Selling, Car design, Daily News, Editorial, Featured Posts, New Cars Tagged With: auto trader, Buying a car, Car Articles, car buying, Car buying priorities, Car buying tips, Car choice, Car design, Children and cars, Children in cars, Children influencing car buying, Children influencing parents, How to influence car buyers, iPad, Mums and Dads car choices, Nathan Coe, Open to influence, Pester power, Research, safety

Will Ford’s 1 Litre EcoBoost Become Even More Efficient?

June 3, 2015 by Mr Butterscotch Leave a Comment

It’s well known that Ford’s EcoBoost technology has really helped petrol engines come on leaps and bounds when it comes to fuel efficiency. Smaller engines are generally more efficient anyway, but mate them to high compression rates and a low burn combustion cycle and you have wallet friendly cars. Is it possible to make this […]

Filed Under: Daily News, Editorial, Featured Posts, Industry News, Technical Tagged With: 1.0 litre EcoBoost, Aachen, Andreas Schamel, Car Articles, Cylinder deactivation, EcoBoost, Efficient engines, European Research and Innovation Centre, Ford, Ford director, Fuel saving technology, Germany, Industry News, New engine technology, Petrol engines, Powertrain, Powertrains, Research

JLR Invests In Future Of Power

September 13, 2014 by Mr Butterscotch Leave a Comment

Jaguar Land Rover has announced the creation of two new ‘Centres of Excellence for Engine Combustion Research’ at two leading UK universities. The £1m investment will be shared equally between University College London (UCL) and the University of Oxford to support the development of new research facilities and fund two 5-year study programmes. Each centre […]

Filed Under: Daily News, Editorial, Industry News Tagged With: Centres of Excellence for Engine Combustion Research, Efficient engines, Industry News, Jobs, Research

Britain – The Biggest Convertible Market In Europe

May 16, 2010 by Mr Butterscotch Leave a Comment

I know, it’s very hard to believe given the weather we have, but we’re all lovers of the convertible. The latest research from Carmony.co.uk shows our most searched for convertible cars: 1. Mazda MX5 2. MG MGTF 3. BMW 3 Series 4. MINI Cooper 5. Lotus Elise 6. Volvo C70 7. BMW M3 8. Saab […]

Filed Under: Editorial Tagged With: Articles Elsewhere, Carmony, Convertible cars, Research

Research Shows That Kids Trust Mum More As A Driver

May 4, 2010 by Mr Butterscotch 2 Comments

Here’s a press release that caught my eye that I thought you might all like: Its official – kids feel safer when mum is at the wheel, it was revealed yesterday in a survey carried out by breakdown cover and road safety organisation GEM Motoring Assist. Incredibly, 6 in 10 children aged 5 to 16 […]

Filed Under: Daily News, Editorial Tagged With: Better driving, Children in cars, Driving safety, Driving well, Mum and Dad, Research, Road respect

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