The new Peugeot 308 due to hit UK roads in September is the most connected and safest yet with a range of technology and styling enhancements for the 2018 model year. In a class driven by connectivity, new PEUGEOT 308 customers benefit from a 9.7” capacitive touchscreen which puts the key functions of the interior safely at the fingertips of the driver as … [Read more...]
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Over-the-counter drugs danger highlighted
This week’s case of Tiger Woods being arrested by US police has again highlighted the dangers of taking some prescription drugs. The renown golfer has been suffering for several years from a back injury and takes medicines to reduce pain, and was this week spotted sleeping in his car beside a highway. He told officers he was suffering from the … [Read more...]
Bale in trouble with police, over street football
Wales’s best known football player and son-of-Cardiff, Real Madrid C.F. winger Gareth Bale, has spoken about what the Champion League’s Final’s host city means to him. As well as reflecting on his favourite memories, places to visit and what lifting the trophy in his beloved Welsh capital would mean, Gareth revealed it was his love of the beautiful game … [Read more...]
Car makers optimistic for rising sales in 2017
European car makers are now more optimistic for sales this year than at the beginning of 2017. Following its annual meeting in Berlin it forecast 2017 car registrations in the EU will rise +1.5-2% compared to the earlier prediction of 1%. Over 12.5 million Europeans now work directly or indirectly in the automotive sector, representing 5.7% of total EU … [Read more...]
Driving the dream – a car designed by a committee
If you could design the perfect car, what would it look like? That’s the question that the UK’s leading independent car specialists, OSV, asked 1,000 members of the British public and the results aren’t necessarily what you might expect. The lights of an Audi A5, the wheels of a Range Rover Sport, and the grill of a Lamborghini Huracan; so far, so … [Read more...]
Newslines 2 June
UEFA Champions League final this Saturday in Cardiff will see a clash on field, but possibly on city roads as well. As tensions run high, Welsh motorists may find themselves driven to distraction, according to research for locally–based Confused.com which found one in 20 Welsh drivers have had an accident as a result of being distracted by sport on the … [Read more...]
Hottest classic car investments this summer
Classic cars can often turn in a bit of useful extra cashflow this time of year. Always with one eye on the market, leading classic car insurance specialist Heritage has selected four of this summer’s hottest investment tips, with the value of the following motors set to rise along with the temperature. Here’s what Heritage’s Mark Wilkinson, Managing … [Read more...]
Tradelines 31 May
The first consignment of Chinese made Volvo S90s have started arriving in Europe after being shipped by rail from their factory, writes Robin Roberts. Up to 225 Volvo cars a week are shipped in special containers so they cannot move in transit on the Iron Silk Road trade route over 6,000 miles in about 18 days, reaching the UK in July. Electric cars … [Read more...]
Drivers’ dreams steer towards safety
Drivers chose safety (36 per cent) as the most important reason to have an innovative feature on a car, rather than whether the feature looks good (2 per cent) according to Goodyear Tyres. Practicality ranked second highest (34 per cent), whilst vanity dropped to the bottom of the priority list, with just 2 per cent of drivers admitting that having a … [Read more...]
Newslines 27 May
A new report into the proposed Circuit of Wales in Ebbw Vale has concluded that the project could make a "significant positive contribution" to the South Wales economy despite the risks. The report from Professor Brian Morgan of Cardiff Metropolitan University concluded that the racing circuit could kick-start a revival in the Valleys and provide … [Read more...]
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