Demand for engines to power UK models has kept the factories going despite a fall in exports of complete units for overseas vehicle assembly plants. Figures from the SMMT show a 23% dip in units sent abroad out of the 172,533 made but a 28.6% rise in those going into UK vehicle assembly plants and the figure so far this year is steady and about 5.7% up at … [Read more...]
New Citroen Picasso series unveiled
New C4 Picasso and New Grand C4 Picasso will be on sale 1 September from £19,635 and £21,935 respectively. With 19,700 C4 Picassos and 25,700 Grand C4 Picassos registered in the UK since 2013, the latest generation 5-seat Citroën C4 Picasso and the larger 7-seat Grand C4 Picasso look to build on the success associated with this class leading MPV … [Read more...]
Welsh drivers prouder than dirty Londoners
Motorists in Wales are prouder of their cars than English drivers. They are more likely to wash their own cars than any other part of the country with the exception of Scotland. More than four in 10 (43%) British motorists are either too lazy or too busy to wash their own cars, and get someone else to do it, according to a survey carried out by the … [Read more...]
Sunday drive: Nissan Navara DC
In the mid 1990’s UK sales of Double Cab Pick-Ups were at their peak with registrations led by the Mitsubishi L200 range. Then the Government changed and upped the Benefit-in-Kind tax levels on these work and leisure vehicles which dulled sales and then registrations of all new vehicles slipped further as the recession took hold. But now … [Read more...]
Personalising your car pushes pounds off value
Retrofit add-ons like big bore exhausts, aftermarket alloys and tinted glass can put off potential used car buyers and destroy values, says Glass's. Andy Cutler, forecast values editor, explained that these non-manufacturer options suggested that the previous owner was a boy racer and the car would have been driven hard. "To the previous owners, … [Read more...]
Weekend roadtest: Kia Sportage 4×4 1.6 T GDi GT Line
Kia has just slapped the face of the SUV sector. The latest best selling Sportage is brimming with technology and improvements which build on the legendary seven-year warranty cover and faith in its engineering. Kia has very carefully pitched the Sportage into the modern SUV sector it helped create and the new range comes in 18 versions … [Read more...]
Clock the classics from the ’80s and reap rewards
Hot hatches are future classics and highly collectable, says one insurer. Who can forget the incredible 80s, well except Gen Ys and millennials perhaps? The era of vintage Madonna, neon bodysuits, E.T. and of course amazing hatchbacks, thanks to the popularity of KITT, the almost-human like companion of Michael Knight in the iconic hit hit Knight … [Read more...]
Welsh mountain roads popular with holiday drivers
Wales is going to be one of the most popular driving destinations this weekend. A “staycation” survey for Wales-based Confused.com found the Welsh Route 66 along the A470 through Snowdonia from Cardiff to Llandudno will be driven by 11% of those questioned. A similar number plan to explore the Black Mountains range in the sourthern part of Mid-Wales … [Read more...]
Mustang gallops into the lead
The Ford Mustang is UK’s most popular high-performance sports coupe, ahead of competitors from Porsche, BMW, Jaguar and Mercedes. Figures for sports cars with 250PS or more put the Mustang at the front of the pack from January to July 2016. Since Ford started taking orders in January 2015, the Ford Mustang has topped 4,000 sales to date, with total … [Read more...]
Golf & Passat production resumes after settlement
Volkswagen Group will compensate a supplier to end a six-day standoff that stopped Golf and Passat production in Germany. The $14.7 million amount is well below supplier Prevent Group's initial demands seeking about €58 million ($66 million) to cover factory alterations made in preparation for a €500 million order that VW cancelled. The deal also … [Read more...]
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