Car Blog & Car News
In what some might see as a natural progression as our mechanical means of transport become ever more electronic, BBC News has a feature covering hackers using a laptop to control a car. After reading it, there are clearly two sides to the story with one manufacturer in particular claiming there are no concerns as […]
BBC News is reporting that the four largest car manufacturers in Japan (namely Nissan, Toyota, Honda and Mazda) are recalling vehicles, estimated to be totalling 4.3 million, over airbag problems. UK cars possibly affected and subject to recall are: 76,000 Toyota vehicles, including Corolla and Yaris 60,000 Nissans, including X-Trail, Patrol, Almera, Almera Tino, Terrano […]
Road Safety Minister Stephen Hammond today (Tuesday, 25th September) has endorsed the UK’s first ever student road safety competition, a concept put together by the father of a teenage car crash victim. Paul Kerr’s son, Jon-Paul, was just 17 when he was killed in a traffic accident involving an 18-year-old driver who had passed his […]
There are some possible changes afoot for the MOT system here in the UK. The biggest being that for newer cars the current annual MOT test could be required every two years. In an extremely positive move, ministers have recognised the massive increases in safety and car design since the 1960’s, when the MOT system […]