Britons’ most wanted car brand is not Lamborghini or Bugatti but Audi.
Car Parts 4 Less pollsters found 11% of us want an Audi, just ahead of BMW and Jaguar while supercars such as Aston Martin, Ferrari and Porsche languished in the lower half of the top ten.
Bangers4Ben event 2017 which saw 45 teams in very cheap used cars head to the Swiss Alps has raised over £56,000 for Ben, the not-for-profit organisation that partners with the automotive industry to provide support for life to its people and their family dependents.
This annual sell-out rally event has now been running for nine years and has become a highlight of the automotive industry events calendar.
Nearly one-in-five drivers still use a mobile phone behind the wheel, despite it being illegal, they told tech insurance firm Protect Your Bubble.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, 85% of those polled said they found this illegal practice was annoying as well.
The DVLA has stepped up its campaign against untaxed cars with about 10,000 clamped a month after annual accounts showed it has lost £93 Million excise duty since the windscreen tax disc was scapped.
The RAC said untaxed cars were uninsured and a danger and nuisance to society.
Spot assumptions are made about someone by the state of their car’s interior, a poll for Vantage-Leasing has shown.
A third said they would turn down a second date if the car’s interior turned them off while over a third said they would not accept a lift if the car did not meet their taste.
Tickets are now on sale for Monster Jam in Cardiff on 19 May.
It will feature 1,500hp high adrenaline jumping trucks and off-road machines in the special course laid out in the Principality Stadium.
Viewpoint is a smartphone app which tells members of smartdriverclub if their vehicle battery is going dangerously low.
It uses a self-installed diagnostic plug which gives advance warning of a potential breakdown and rescue call-out.