A perfect storm is battering premiums for younger drivers, says MoneySuperMarket. Quarterly data from MoneySuperMarket, reveals that young drivers shouldered hefty car insurance premium increases from July to September 2017. Of the three main factors affecting premiums in 2017 - changes to the discount rate applied to claims pay-outs, the increase in … [Read more...]
Features
Facial recognition unlocks new opportunity for cars
The prospect of looking at your car and opening it is becoming a reality. Insurance specialist Rias has conducted research in to patents filed over the past two years by the world’s leading car manufacturers, giving us an insight in to what the future of driving may look like. Imagining a world with driverless cars seemed the stuff of dreams only a … [Read more...]
Newslines 29 September
Wales-based insurer Confused.com will be the main sponsor of the London Motor Show next year at ExCel. The Cardiff company first backed the event this year when 25,000 people attended and tickets are already on sale for next May’s four-day event. British car production fell again in August, reflecting the impact of uncertainties about Brexit on … [Read more...]
Newslines 25 September
Supermarkets have slashed fuel prices and put pressure on petrol companies to reduce their own as a result of a strengthening pound. RAC fuel spokesman Simon Williams said, “This is some very welcome relief for motorists who have suffered a 3p a litre rise in the average price of petrol since mid-August as a result of Storm Harvey hitting the US Gulf … [Read more...]
Clocking cars increases under PCP limits
The number of cars on UK roads showing mileage discrepancies is costing motorists over £800 million every year according to hpi, one of the UK’s leading authorities on vehicle checking services. The automotive data experts say the number of cars affected has also risen to one in 16. The figure has worsened from one in 20 cars less than three years … [Read more...]
Back to school lessons for parents
With the majority of schools going back last week, AXA Insurance says one in four parents were involved in a car accident whilst taking their children to school during the last academic year. Nine per cent claimed that they had been in a somewhat major accident, whilst another eight per cent said their accident was ‘severe’. Eighteen per cent also said … [Read more...]
Milestone reached on the road to a safer world
Future safety developments put a new onus on car makers to be clear about their systems and what they can and cannot do before a driver must take over. Since its establishment in 1997, Euro NCAP has been the catalyst for significant and sustained advances in automotive safety. It's independent crash tests and continuously evolving assessment … [Read more...]
Jaguar show E-type Zero
Behold, the Jaguar EV-type. Jaguar Land Rover Classic is presenting an electric-powered Jaguar E-type at the Jaguar Land Rover Tech Fest in London opening today and running until Sunday. The car, known as E-type Zero, has been restored and converted at Jaguar Land Rover Classic Works in Coventry, not far from where the E-type was … [Read more...]
Newslines 8 September
The Hummingbird Bike engineered by Prodrive is the world’s lightest folding bike and is now on sale from £3,495. The bike has been in development for more than 18 months and is the British motorsport and advanced technology group’s first venture into cycling, weighs just 6.9 kg and has a unique three-step folding mechanism, which allows the bike to be … [Read more...]
Audi TT heading towards classic status
The Audi TT is the most likely modern car to become a future classic, according to more than a third of British and Irish drivers, despite only 5% having owned one. Polling over 1,000 drivers across the UK and Ireland, Carole Nash quizzed the nation about which car they think has the greatest chance of becoming a future classic, on the back of launching … [Read more...]
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