Views of used electric cars on AA Cars website rose 49.6% in September compared with the same month last year, pointing to a sharp rise in interest among used-car shoppers. Views were also 37% higher than in August, according to the latest quarterly AA Cars Used Car Index. The September surge comes against a backdrop of high petrol and diesel costs. Page … [Read more...]
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First drive: Changan Deepal SO5 Phev Max
Barely six months after launching its first mid-sized SUV pure electric model in Britain, China’s latest entrant has just strengthened and doubled its offering with the introduction of the plug-in hybrid derivative which has a range extender petrol generator. The Changan Deepal SO5 Ultra Phev is now on sale as the Birmingham based importer seeks to widen … [Read more...]
Fuel prices to soar next summer
Tradespeople, house movers and holiday hirers are being urged to use the next eight months to plan, after the Budget confirmed that the 5p fuel duty cut will end on 1 July 2027. It is especially bad news for people living or working in rural Wales. In his Budget on 28 October, Chancellor John Healey extended the temporary 5p per litre cut, and the freeze … [Read more...]
Welsh Labour “gaslighted” public over M4 plan – claim
Conservative Senedd member for the Vale of Glamorgan and Bridgend Andrew RT Davies has said Labour’s attempts to blame Brexit for its decision to cancel the M4 Relief Road are “gaslighting the public”. Mark Drakeford’s administration scrapped the project in 2019, despite the then Conservative Government pledging to fund it in full. Labour Senedd leader Ken … [Read more...]
Wales’ ghost roads found on-line
Classic car insurance specialist Lancaster Insurance explores some of the ‘ghost’ routes that once connected Britain. Long before sat navs and motorways, a network of smaller roads carried generations of motorists on family holidays, business trips and weekend drives. Now, the route of some of these roads has changed, leaving forgotten stretches of roads … [Read more...]
St James’s Motoring Spectacle is history in heart of London
London’s largest and most spectacular free-to-attend car show returns to Pall Mall on Saturday, promising an unmissable celebration of motoring past, present and future in the heart of the capital. From pioneering veteran vehicles and legendary racing machines to iconic family cars, seminal supercars, cutting-edge electric vehicles and some of the world’s … [Read more...]
Pryce powers to British Rally Championship on home event
Osian Pryce is the 2026 British Rally Champion after winning the Cambrian Rally last Saturday in his Castrol MEM Rally Team Toyota GR Yaris Rally2. It marks the third consecutive British Rally Championship drivers' title for the Castrol MEM Rally Team. Strong winds, torrential rain and deep standing water courtesy of Storm Boelo made conditions in the … [Read more...]
Budget doesn’t go far enough down the road for drivers
The Budget announced today will continue freezing some costs for drivers, increase allowances but also delay implementing new charges as the Government struggles to work out how its going to calculate duties for electric vehicles to make up for lossses on petrol and diesel sales. Chancellor John Healey said he was concerned about rising fuel prices and the … [Read more...]
Common drugs can fail a roadside test
Almost four out of 10 motorists (39%) don’t know prescribed and over-the-counter medicines could lead to a drug-driving test fail, new research shows. October’s Startline Used Car Tracker reveals 70% agree more should be done to make motorists aware of the hazards of common medications such as co-codamol, antihistamines, and cough and cold remedies. Almost … [Read more...]
Allstar identify wasted hours of fleet managers
New independent research commissioned by Allstar, a Corpay company, has found that mid-market fleet decision-makers across the UK are spending an average of 4.27 hours per week personally downloading, checking, reconciling, analysing and reformatting fleet data, equivalent to almost six working weeks every year. The study, conducted by independent research … [Read more...]
