Chinese car makers have Europe in their sights with highly specified, lower priced cars which come with the highest safety ratings as well such as the NIO ET7. Matthew Avery, director at Thatcham Research, a British car research centre funded by insurers and a Euro NCAP board member said the latest testing regimes had given top awards to a handful of Chinese makers looking to enter Europe … [Read more...]
One in four MoT tests ‘fail’ defective tyres
Drivers put themselves at risk of paying up to £27 million in fines in 2016, as 2.5 million vehicles failed their MOT tests with bald or defective tyres. The Freedom of Information data obtained by Cardiff-based Confused.com shows that one in four (23%) MOTs are failed by defective tyres, with ‘bald’ tyres being the most common tyre-related reason for rejection. What’s more, over 32,000 … [Read more...]
Families risking injury and death in summer getaway
Thousands of motorists in the UK are potentially putting themselves, their passengers and other road users at risk by driving with dangerously low tyre treads, according to the AA. More than a third (37.2%) of drivers who called out the AA to fit new tyres were either driving with tread depths below the 1.6mm legal minimum (9.6%) – or were on the limit (27.6%). The AA analysed thousands of … [Read more...]