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...]
Weekend roadtest: Vauxhall Astra Sports Tourer 200ps
Built in Britain and voted the best sports tourer for the money, the Vauxhall Astra ST packs a hefty sales punch. The car is made at Ellesmere Port and uses the familiar Astra Hatchback mechanicals and trim levels in an all new roomier body which at minimum will seat five and take 540 litres luggage or with just two occupants it expands … [Read more...]
Dacia voted better quality buy than Land Rover
The 2016 Which? Car Survey, the largest of its type in the UK, reveals premium brand Land Rover ranking among the least dependable cars on the market and budget brand Dacia breaking into the top five. The annual Which? Car Survey, measuring reliability and customer satisfaction, is based on feedback from 59,387 UK car owners. As well as … [Read more...]
Ford apprentice skills on parade for Army charities
The skills of BEP apprentices went on parade for the Army in Wales. The capable company of apprentices under the guidance of mentor Gary Fender used their imagination to create a modern range of furniture from recycled engine components. The engine-block table, chess-board and pieces, candlesticks and stands, was the star auction at the summer dinner … [Read more...]
Newslines 22 July
Four million Ford Fiestas have been sold in the UK in 40 years of production. There have been seven generations of the car and its consistently Britain’s best seller. More than four-fifths of UK drivers (83%) admit to ‘switching off’ and not concentrating when making routine car journeys, says Aviva. A further two in five (41%) admit they sometimes … [Read more...]
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