Honda has revealed a one-of-a-kind Civic e:HEV sprayed in the world’s most silver paint to celebrate 25 years since the brand launched Europe’s first ever hybrid model – the Insight – in September 1999. To celebrate its hybrid silver jubilee, Honda painted the Civic in a specially made batch of unique silver paint created by renowned artist and colour … [Read more...]
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Toyota want bright sparks to fire imaginations
People and businesses with the brightest ideas are being encouraged to work with the world’s biggest car maker on the next generation of sustainable products. Toyota Motor Europe and partners have launched an open call for the second cohort of the Toyota Open Labs innovation initiative which aims to connect startups with Toyota group business units and … [Read more...]
Lexus UX300e gets new look and features for 2025
Lexus is increasing customer choice with a refreshed and extended range of its battery electric UX 300e luxury compact SUV. The new-look line-up offers additional grades and adjusted equipment specifications, together with styling changes for the cabin. The renamed entry point to the UX 300e is Urban grade opening at £39,995. Key standard features include … [Read more...]
Drivers unaware of data spying
Modern cars come with a feature most drivers and owners are unaware of, a data spy. Many modern cars can collect and transmit data about the driver to external parties using integrated internet connection and technology - but are car owners aware that they can? Uswitch car insurance wanted to understand how knowledgeable car owners are about their … [Read more...]
Complaints rise as motor trade fails more customers
The Motor Ombudsman has reported the highest ever volume of service and repair cases brought by consumers to its dispute resolution service during the third quarter of the year. Between 1 July and 30 September, the Ombudsman for the automotive sector received a total of 1,586 new submissions from motorists, up 18% from 1,348 in Q3 2023. This was slightly … [Read more...]
Dealerships in chaos after commission ruling
Car and van buyers have been blocked from collecting new models this week for 1 November as UK finance firms hold back monies due to dealers. It follows a Court of Appeal decision last week which outlawed undisclosed commission payments. Dealers were unable to allow collections or deliver cars as finance companies paused paying out on business already … [Read more...]
EV vans rising registrations
The latest data from the Department for Transport shows a 111% surge in the number of company-owned electric vans over the past two years. However, despite this significant growth, Vansdirect warns that there is still a long way for British businesses to go when it comes to embracing electric, as EVs only accounted for 7% of all newly registered fleet vans … [Read more...]
Vauxhall Corsa is most scrapped car
Scrap vehicle experts National Scrap Car have combined their internal data along with DVLA data to calculate the number of 10-year old vehicles still on our roads to understand how reliable are some of the UK’s most popular models. Top manufacturers like Vauxhall, Ford, Volkswagen and Peugeot have seen high percentages of their vehicles scrapped within this … [Read more...]
Girls get a grip as tyre fitters in ETB Autocentre, Llanelli
Lifelong friends Talia Wilson and Olivia Smolicz are putting a Llanelli autocentre on the map as one of the most female-friendly in the area, after becoming fully fledged tyre fitters – with another apprentice following in their footsteps. The former Bryngwyn Comprehensive School pupils, both 18, are forging careers at ETB Autocentres in Trostre Industrial … [Read more...]
Newslines 28 October
Toyota Manufacturing is celebrating the five millionth car to be built at its Burnaston plant in Derbyshire since it opened in 1981. The milestone model is a Corolla GR Sport Hatchback hybrid, finished in blazing Scarlet Flare paintwork, and parked nose-to-tail, the UK-built Toyotas would form a line almost 14,000 miles long – more than half way around the … [Read more...]
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