A Welsh family has gone into the record books and bought four new cars within days of each other because they liked them so much. While shopping for a car with her parents, Danielle Shearing heard a radio advert for MG3 at Nathaniel Car Sales Ltd in Bridgend and with her parent decided to call in. After a test drive, Danielle Shearing, nee Dyer, began … [Read more...]
From horses to horsepower for WRGB
VIP hospitality at this year’s WRGB spectator venues will be provided by a subsidiary of the Chester Race Course Company. For the Dayinsure Wales Rally GB 27-30 October) Horseradish will also create up viewing opportunities. Friday’s hospitality is located at the Sweet Lamb Rally Complex, in the heart of mid-Wales, and offering a panoramic 180-degree … [Read more...]
Olympic Welshman boxes clever with Mercedes-Benz Vito
Welsh Olympic boxing contender Joe Cordina has one word to describe his Mercedes-Benz Vito – knockout! The 24-year-old Cardiff fighter is in the final stages of preparation for this summer’s Olympic Games in Brazil and training just became a great deal easier, because he has local Mercedes-Benz Dealer Euro Commercials in his corner. The Cardiff-based … [Read more...]
Car makers and “greens” welcome EU carbon plans
Following publication of the ‘European Strategy for Low-Emission Mobility’ by the European Commission, the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association welcomed the initiative to explore how to further decarbonise transport in Europe. “The automobile industry is fully committed to continue reducing CO2 emissions across all business segments, from … [Read more...]
Britain is a nation of wheeler dealers
According to research, within three months of buying a used car half of Brits have found a fault that has had to be repaired. The online vehicle purchasing company, SellCar, has discovered that on average Brits are forced to spend £182.65 to fix their used car within the first three months of ownership. But is this the buyers or the sellers fault? … [Read more...]
Britain’s secret ‘grey fleet’ is keeping UK moving
The full extent of the UK’s “grey fleet” is revealed in the most comprehensive report into private vehicles used for business. The nation’s grey fleet comprises 14 million cars – 40 per cent of all vehicles on the road – and costs employers more than £5.5bn a year in mileage claims and car allowances. Many are used in the public sector instead of … [Read more...]
Ford to create JLR battery plant?
Jaguar Land Rover declined to comment on a newspaper report that it is in talks with Ford Motor and BMW to build a battery plant in the UK. JLR executives have met Ford and BMW officials about collaborating on a plant with the capacity to supply "several hundred thousand vehicles," the Sunday Times paper reported. JLR may launch an electric Jaguar … [Read more...]
EU put pressure on VW to compensate buyers
Europe's Commissioner for Justice is working with EU consumer groups to pressure Volkswagen to compensate buyers in Europe as it has in the United States over the diesel emissions scandal. The German carmaker has pledged up to $15.3 billion to compensate 475,000 owners of VW diesel-powered cars, but has so far rejected such calls for the 8.5 million … [Read more...]
Newslines 26 July
Motorists who flouted variable speed cameras along the M4 around Newport have not been prosecuted since they went operational five years ago. But now Welsh Government says they will be after the “scoping exercise” to gain knowledge of the cameras’ effectiveness. Fiat Chrysler Automobiles inflated sales figures for US models. They were then “unwound” … [Read more...]
Sunday drive: The Qs start here
Audi's latest luxury SUVs are seriously quick and also electrifying new models in two ways. First, electrifying performance from the SQ7 4.0 V8 TDI 435hp 900Nm quattro, the UK’s fastest and most powerful diesel SUV priced from £70,970 on-the-road. Second, the most frugal Q7, the e tron 3.0 TDI quattro plug-in diesel electric hybrid SUV which officially … [Read more...]
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