Kia has announced its new range of offers for Q4, available throughout its 190-strong dealership network until the end of the year. Customers taking a test drive in the Sportage between now and the end of December will benefit from an additional £500 saving if they go on to buy any model in the Sportage line-up. All Sportage diesel models now benefit from new mild-hybrid technology as standard, … [Read more...]
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Road tolls talk resumes
The Transport Committee want to start a national debate about road pricing. Talk on future tolls has been lacking for more than a decade since the then Labour Government’s road pricing plans were abandoned. This is in advance of an inquiry to be formally announced in early 2020, when the Committee will invite views from across the country from drivers and non-drivers alike about the future of … [Read more...]
Newslines 14 October
The next Nissan Juke will be assembled in its Sunderland plant after a £100M investment. The confirmation came just days after Nissan ended night shifts at the plant which opened in 35 years ago but the future of the Qashqai being built there is uncertain as the car makers wants to study and react to Britain’s Brexit deal. Automotive charity BEN has found that mental health is still one of the … [Read more...]
Premiums jump for Welsh drivers
There’s bad news for drivers in Wales, as latest data reveals the average cost of car insurance has increased in the past 12 months, but savvy drivers can combat these rises by shopping around. New figures reveal the average price of car insurance in Wales is now £686 following a £12 (2%) increase over the past year. That’s according to Confused.com’s latest, powered by Willis Towers Watson. … [Read more...]
BMWs score top marks in safety tests
Two BMW’s - the 1 Series and the 3 Series – both achieve a maximum five-star rating in the latest EuroNCAP crash tests. The Jeep Cherokee and the Peugeot 208 settle for four stars apiece. The Peugeot 208 narrowly misses out on a five-star rating, so drops a star compared to the previous-generation vehicle, that offered fewer standard safety technology but was tested against less stringent … [Read more...]
New drivers lacking confidence
Research for Young Driver pre-17 driving questioned 1,000 UK drivers and found more than a third of newly qualified motorists actively avoid having to perform manoeuvres or tackle roads they aren’t experienced in. Parking was the area where new drivers lacked most confidence. One in three new drivers (36 per cent) admitted they went out of their way to avoid having to parallel … [Read more...]
£2 Billion Dyson electric car project stops
The £2-Billion Dyson electric car project is dead. In an email to staff yesterday, Sir James Dyson said it was no longer considered a commercially viable project and the 500 people engaged in developing the car would be relocated. Dyson had been working on his idea for a groundbreaking mass market electric car for over three years and bought a former UK airfield to set up an R&D base and … [Read more...]
Newslines 11 October
South Wales Police are cracking down on illegal off-road motor cycles. Special patrols working with other agencies are targeting known trouble spots but still want residents to help by passing on details of riders, machines, locations and garages where they may be kept together with any video or camcorder footage. More than 880,000 people over 60s in Wales use Welsh Government’s free bus travel … [Read more...]
Tänak tanks to WRGB win in poor conditions
Estonian Ott Tänak gave Toyota its first Wales Rally GB win since 1996 by storming to victory at the gruelling event 3-6 October, delivering his Yaris WRC a scintillating 10 second win over Belgian rival Thierry Neuville. Tänak charged into the lead on the ninth of the event’s 22 stages and would never be headed whilst fastest time on the final Wolf Brenig Power Stage landed him an … [Read more...]
Sam’s skills shine before WRGB
Local schoolboy Sam Scharer aged just 10 from Ysgol Bro Gwydir School, Llanrwst, Conwy, won the nationwide competition to design a striking livery for a sports car at last week's Wales Rally GB. The resulting Toyota GT86 sportscar wrapped in Scharer’s prize-winning sea-themed design was publicly unveiled in Llandudno on the eve of this year’s Wales Rally GB, the UK’s round of the FIA World Rally … [Read more...]