To mark the 10th anniversary of one its most successful models, the Qashqai, Nissan is running a special sales offer this January with up to £1254 in savings on the popular crossover. Available on all grades, the offer includes an additional £750 Nissan Deposit Contribution on 3-year finance packages (on top of existing £1,500 deposit contributions for up … [Read more...]
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Newslines 9 January
Despite all its diesel issues and bad publicity, Volkswagen ended 2016 as the world’s best selling group. It knocked Toyota from top spot and the merged Renault-Nissan company was third with Hyundai in fourth place, GM beat Ford followed by Honda and Fiat Chrysler and top marques were completed by PSA Peugeot Citroen and Suzuki. A South Korean court … [Read more...]
Newslines 7 January
This is the all-new Kia Picanto, the third-generation of one of Kia’s global best-selling cars. Created by Kia’s design centres in Namyang, Korea and Frankfurt, Germany, the new Picanto comes to Britain in the spring after is full reveal at the Geneva motor show in March. More than half of drivers, who made a New Year’s driving resolution, have opted … [Read more...]
Costs exceed income for pothole repairs
The bottom is dropping out of the pothole budget this year, say councils. Repair costs are fast exceeding the money allocated to repair the crumbling road network and now the Local Government Association says 2017 will be the tipping point. That will be when the costs escalate inside two years to £14 Billion but the money coming in is falling and roads … [Read more...]
Car market is thermometer of UK economy
It has been a year of ups and downs for the economy. The first half of 2016 was dominated by uncertainty in the lead up to the EU Referendum, which caused many businesses to halt investing and hiring until the result of the vote was known. Once the result for Brexit was confirmed, this understandably shook the economy and caused several industries to … [Read more...]
Winter warning – be prepared
As forecasters predict an end to the mild temperatures and a period of cold weather and storms Britain is expecting widespread travel chaos. According to Goodyear Tyres UK, 53 per cent of motorists surveyed say they find driving in the snow and ice nerve-racking, with a further 48 per cent listing de-icing wind screens in the mornings as a … [Read more...]
Newslines 6 January
Petrol and diesel prices rose by around 3p a litre in December taking them to their highest average since July 2015. RAC Fuel Watch data for the last month of 2016 showed unleaded hit 117.23p a litre and diesel 119.63p having been 114.24p and 116.56p a litre at the beginning of the month as petrol went up the most in Scotland and the north east while it … [Read more...]
‘Grey sales’ are bringing colour to UK market
New car registrations are booming but there are doubts over who is actually making sales. The SMMT said yesterday that 2,685,724 new cars were registered last year, a 2.3% increase on the year beforehand and fifth year of growth. But the registrations in Wales, the only part of the country to see a fall, dipped 1.4% to 91,940. That could be … [Read more...]
Circuit of Wales to have world’s biggest Extreme centre
Extreme Sports Company has confirmed it will open the world’s largest action centre at the proposed Circuit of Wales site near Ebbw Vale. While Welsh Government has yet to decide if it will back the Circuit of Wales motor sports complex, Extreme chairman and ceo Alistair Gosling, Chairman and Chief Executive of Extreme, said they have a master-plan in … [Read more...]
Channel 4 confirms GP season coverage
Channel 4 today confirmed the ten Formula 1 Grand Prix it will broadcast live this year. They will include the 2017 British GP 16 July and the Monaco GP 28 May, marking the first time this iconic race will be shown live on free-to-air TV for five years. They will also include rounds in the Far and Middle East, Russia and America. As part of a three … [Read more...]
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