The decline in diesel new car sales is forcing down used prices as well, but Volvo is enjoying a boom in second-hand prices. There is a knock-on effect on financing plans increasingly being used by car makers to bolster income, report analysts to Reuters. Pollution concerns and the likelihood of city centre charging is also affecting the business model … [Read more...]
New smart pure heads line-up
The new smart pure in fortwo coupé and forfour body styles is now on sale from £9,995. The pure model line comes with a 1.0-litre petrol engine with an output of 71 hp, mated to a five-speed manual transmission. It has a top speed of 94 mph, and emits just 97 g/km of CO2 while achieving a combined fuel economy of 67.3 mpg combined. Standard equipment … [Read more...]
Newslines 8 May
The new SEAT Ibiza will cost from £13,130 in showrooms on 21 July. The five-door only model is based on four petrol engines and five trim levels. Olympia hall, London will once again host a motor show. The company behind Top Gear Live and CarFest will stage a return to the venue after 80 years when it opens the new show’s doors in July 2018. … [Read more...]
Sunday drive: Lexus GS300h
Toyota and Lexus have long been the stalwart pioneers of using hybrid technology for some of their passenger car ranges to reduce CO2 emissions, improve fuel economy and boost performance, and where they led others now follow. The growth in Alternatively Fuelled Vehicles (AFVs) as the industry calls them covering hybrids, petrol/diesel hybrids, … [Read more...]
All new Audi Q5 will build on success
The all-new Audi Q5 will build on the success it started nearly ten years ago. Audi UK head of PR, Jon Zammett said, “The Q5 has achieved 1.6-million global sales since it was launched in 2008. We already have a strong range of Q SUV models – the Q7, Q5, Q3 and the recently launched Q2 and our directors have indicated that there will be Q4 and Q8 models … [Read more...]
Weekend roadtest: Audi S4 Saloon 3.0TFSI q
Capable and quick, the Audi S4 is one of those Q-cars you may not notice, until you drive one. A lot of attention tends to be focused on Audi’s road-burning R8s, its RS selection of saloons or maybe just its sporting TT types, but if you want to be more subtle but still be swift, then the Audi S4 should be on your list to try. There are saloon or … [Read more...]
New car sales collapse in Wales
New car registrations in Wales plunged over 30% last month after a boom in March due to new taxes and charges beginning in April, writes Robin Roberts. It was the steepest fall in the UK, with Northern Ireland just a little behind while England and Scotland did not suffer anywhere like the same downturn. The fall was expected but … [Read more...]
Newslines 5 May
A row has erupted over the continuing closure of the Cwmcarn Forest Drive above Newport. It closed to allow tree felling three years ago but now Natural Resources Wales says it cannot reopen unless its better funded as part of an overall improvement scheme in the area but nearly 1,000 people have signed a petition calling for the … [Read more...]
Welsh drivers’ outstanding performances celebrated
Demon driver Elfyn Evans almost pulled off his first WRC win in Argentina at the weekend while Tom Cave set the pace for most of the Pirelli Rally in Northern Britain. Rally Argentina had it all: more twists than The Da Vinci Code, gravel roads rougher than the bottom of the Grand Canyon, and a spectacular finish tenser than a violin bow, with Hyundai … [Read more...]
Racing lines 4 May
Team Parker Racing’s Rick Parfitt Jnr and Welsh-driver Seb Morris claimed victory in British GT’s third round of the season at Rockingham at the weekend, after their race finished. They took top place on the podium after a post-race penalty for gaining an unfair advantage dropped Spirit of Race’s winners-on-the-road Duncan Cameron and Matt Griffin to … [Read more...]
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