Wales’s best known football player and son-of-Cardiff, Real Madrid C.F. winger Gareth Bale, has spoken about what the Champion League’s Final’s host city means to him. As well as reflecting on his favourite memories, places to visit and what lifting the trophy in his beloved Welsh capital would mean, Gareth revealed it was his love of the beautiful game that sometimes got him into trouble on … [Read more...]
Car makers optimistic for rising sales in 2017
European car makers are now more optimistic for sales this year than at the beginning of 2017. Following its annual meeting in Berlin it forecast 2017 car registrations in the EU will rise +1.5-2% compared to the earlier prediction of 1%. Over 12.5 million Europeans now work directly or indirectly in the automotive sector, representing 5.7% of total EU employment and passenger car production … [Read more...]
Driving the dream – a car designed by a committee
If you could design the perfect car, what would it look like? That’s the question that the UK’s leading independent car specialists, OSV, asked 1,000 members of the British public and the results aren’t necessarily what you might expect. The lights of an Audi A5, the wheels of a Range Rover Sport, and the grill of a Lamborghini Huracan; so far, so predictable. If you asked a man to design … [Read more...]
Skoda Superb raises its game
Škoda Superb saloon and estate models have been comprehensively revised. They now come with automatic emergency call as additional security, enhanced comfort features, together with extended connectivity equipment solutions and 19-inch alloy wheels. … [Read more...]
Cracking contest promised for Rallynuts SVS
The third points scoring round of the 2017 Pirelli MSA Welsh Forest Rally Championship takes competitors to Builth Wells on saturday for the Rallynuts Severn Valley Stages, writes Peter Hughes. The two opening rounds saw top points going to two different crews with Osian Pryce and Dale Furniss taking the honours on Rally North Wales while the similar R5 Ford Fiesta of Callum Black and Elliott … [Read more...]
Borders team prepares for bumper season on bikes
More bikes, more riders and more events – it’s another packed season for the Phil Morris Racing team, writes Peter Hughes. The Oswestry based team’s expanded fleet of MotoGP bikes will be exhibited at a host of events with demonstration duties in the hands of some of the sport’s top riders. New names have also been added to the roll of supported racers while additional sponsors have come on … [Read more...]
Hottest classic car investments this summer
Classic cars can often turn in a bit of useful extra cashflow this time of year. Always with one eye on the market, leading classic car insurance specialist Heritage has selected four of this summer’s hottest investment tips, with the value of the following motors set to rise along with the temperature. Here’s what Heritage’s Mark Wilkinson, Managing Partner of the family-run business said, … [Read more...]
Tradelines 31 May
The first consignment of Chinese made Volvo S90s have started arriving in Europe after being shipped by rail from their factory, writes Robin Roberts. Up to 225 Volvo cars a week are shipped in special containers so they cannot move in transit on the Iron Silk Road trade route over 6,000 miles in about 18 days, reaching the UK in July. Electric cars will soon be cheaper to buy than … [Read more...]
Newslines 30 May
Subaru and the Caravan and Motorhome Club have teamed up to offer the Club’s members a Caravanning Accessory Pack free of charge when they purchase a Subaru Forester or Outback. The pack worth consists £1,400 worth of Subaru accessories; a tow bar, 13 pin electrics kit, full size spare wheel and tyre. The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) has launched its comprehensive annual … [Read more...]
Drivers’ dreams steer towards safety
Drivers chose safety (36 per cent) as the most important reason to have an innovative feature on a car, rather than whether the feature looks good (2 per cent) according to Goodyear Tyres. Practicality ranked second highest (34 per cent), whilst vanity dropped to the bottom of the priority list, with just 2 per cent of drivers admitting that having a feature in their car is important to them … [Read more...]