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Small car big hitters’ debut

5 August 2016

Citroën is extending its C1 city car range with the introduction of a new C1 Furio, offering young drivers an affordable, sporty looking car as from this week. Bringing a new sporty style and unique features to the Citroën C1 city car range, C1 Furio will go on sale from £10,855 on the road. Available as a three door hatchback, the new C1 Furio boasts … [Read more...]

Hauliers to carry fight to Europe for cartel compensation

3 August 2016

The Road Haulage Association has sought legal advice and intends to honour its commitment to its members by pursuing the case for compensation from the truck manufacturers who have been identified as being involved in a coordinated truck price fixing cartel. RHA chief executive Richard Burnett said, “As the representative body with sole responsibility for … [Read more...]

Audi R8 Spyder and Kuga ST to come

2 August 2016

The latest Audi R8 Spyder can be ordered now for delivery end of 2016. The £129,990 convertible of the R8 becomes open-topped in 20-seconds and uses the 530ps V10 engine and a strengthened version of the space-frame body for rigidity. Inside it will debut a new smartphone interface and Bang & Olufsen system with headrest mounted … [Read more...]

Crafter takes to the streets

2 August 2016

There is an all new Volkswagen Crafter van on the streets. The clear objective when designing and engineering the all-new Crafter was to produce a customer-focused transport solution, offering high economy and low total cost of ownership. To that end it was developed precisely in line with the specific demands and requirements of … [Read more...]

Lorry makers have been taking Europe for a ride

1 August 2016

Leading international automotive economist Prof Garel Rhys has been looking behind the scenes of the latest price fixing by major lorry makers and its implications for all of us, with some shocking fines for the truck makers The medium and heavy commercial vehicle makers in the European Union enjoy considerable tariff protection of around 22% in … [Read more...]

EV stock is on a charge

31 July 2016

The growing popularity of electric vehicles has seen a massive rise in the availability of affordable, second-hand electric vehicles in the UK over the past two years, according to the AA’s used car portal AA Cars. It looked at the numbers of EVs advertised on its portal in Q2 2016 and found that stock levels were a staggering 652% higher than Q2 2014 and … [Read more...]

Olympic Welshman boxes clever with Mercedes-Benz Vito

27 July 2016

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...]

Sunday drive: The Qs start here

24 July 2016

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...]

Trade lines 20 July

20 July 2016

BCA has reported an upturn in auction sales values for soft tops for June 2016 compared to the previous month. According to the latest BCA Pulse report, average convertible values at BCA rose by over £1,000 on the back of increased demand, reaching £10,314 in June, compared to £9,288 in May – an increase month-on-month of 11.05% and average prices also … [Read more...]

Commercial test: Toyota Hilux 2016