If you love the services of your garage, the industry want to know about it. With Valentine’s Day fast approaching, a time when many express their affection for one another, The Motor Ombudsman is also encouraging consumers to share their feelings on any accredited businesses that they have used to either buy a new or used vehicle, or to have their car … [Read more...]
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Shopping centres & councils missing out on revenue
Shopping centres and local councils can unlock a significant revenue stream by renting out unused car parking spaces to other motorists, such as office workers needing somewhere to park, advises online parking portal YourParkingSpace.co.uk. The company has already joined into partnership agreements with a number of shopping centres across the UK. Council … [Read more...]
Newslines 12 February
The along awaited Audi e-tron electric models will go into showrooms in April. There will be two versions from £71,490 after the ev plug in allowance and it will be a their version of the VW Golf sized I D Neo hatchback. The next generation Vauxhall Corsa range will include a plug-in battery-electric model. It will also have the intelligent LED … [Read more...]
MoT test widens to more vehicles from 20 May
More agricultural, delivery, recovery and construction vehicles are now liable to the annual safety test. The DVSA is introducing annual testing for some when their current tax is renewable but others must have a test done by 20 May 2019. Vehicles now needing a test certificate include: mobile cranes breakdown vehicles (not breakdown vans) … [Read more...]
Trial clears doubts & raises questions for evs
An extensive 18-month trial has thrown up interesting insights into the UK electric charging network and its use by vehicle drivers. By the time the Electric Nation project ended in December 2018, data had been collected from more than 140,000 electric vehicle charging instances. Analysis suggests that there is likely to be sufficient flexibility to … [Read more...]
Hola, the Hispano Suiza ev is coming
Next month’s Geneva Motor Show will see the world debut of the ‘Carmen’ – a fully-electric hyperlux grand tourer from iconic Spanish luxury car brand Hispano Suiza. Named after Carmen Mateu, granddaughter of Hispano Suiza’s founder, the new model is the ultimate expression of classically-inspired design, next-generation … [Read more...]
Exhaust-leak tests’ headache for car makers
After the chaos of last autumn’s new engine emissions tests, car makers are preparing and bracing for even tougher legislation covering stationary vehicles, and which could be more favourable to diesel models. Volkswagen Group's sales chief Christian Dahlheim said that to pass the latest tests nearly all engine-transmission variations will again have to … [Read more...]
Latest data reveals reasons motorists sell their cars.
Almost one in 10 motorists aged between 45 and 54 believe that they no longer need a car according to automotive data experts, HPI. They say this age group cited no longer needing a car as one of the main reasons for selling a vehicle and over a third (39%) of 18-24-year-old drivers sell their car because they’ve grown bored of it and want something more … [Read more...]
Newslines 8 February
A £20m new railway station north of Swansea could slash journey times and boost business, says the Welsh secretary. Alun Cairns is pressing for a West Wales Parkway station on a Swansea District Line at Felindre, after a report said it could cut congestion on the M4 and utilise a line currently kept for freight trains. Renault has told fraud … [Read more...]
Newtown bypass to open up Mid-Wales economy
The opening of the Newtown Bypass will be a “momentous occasion” for Mid Wales, according to the Shadow Minister for Economy and Transport, and Montgomeryshire Assembly Member, Russell George. Thursday 14 February will see the long awaited opening of the Newtown bypass, over 70 years after the need for a bypass was first suggested. In March 2011, over 30 … [Read more...]
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