A bumper crowd witnessed two days of thrilling race action as the annual Aberdare Park Road Races enjoyed a full entry of racers last weekend. There was plenty of success for local racers as well, including Aberdare man Matthew Rees competing for the first time on an MV Agusta bike, Alex Sinclair, now resident in Swindon, and Merthyr Tydfil’s Jay … [Read more...]
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Welsh driver faces pivotal races this weekend
Marford-based title challenger Seb Morris has his sights set on a major push for glory in the British GT Championship pivotal pair of one-hour races this weekend. Snetterton 300 Circuit plays host to the penultimate race meeting of the British GT Championship season this coming weekend, 6 & 7 August. Marking the last double-header of the campaign, … [Read more...]
Hauliers to carry fight to Europe for cartel compensation
The Road Haulage Association has sought legal advice and intends to honour its commitment to its members by pursuing the case for compensation from the truck manufacturers who have been identified as being involved in a coordinated truck price fixing cartel. RHA chief executive Richard Burnett said, “As the representative body with sole responsibility for … [Read more...]
Brokers expect leasing demand to grow
The first ever survey of vehicle leasing brokers suggests good times ahead for the sector with 87% of brokers reporting a buoyant market with demand for leases or other financial products on the up as SMEs, corporates and private buyers take advantage of low lease rates. Conducted by the Leasing Broker Federation, an independent membership organisation … [Read more...]
Fleets suffer with SUV orders
The growing popularity of SUVs in all sectors of the company car fleet market means that fleets could increasingly struggle to hit cost and emissions targets, says Chevin Fleet Solutions. The fleet management software specialist points out that even the most car-like of SUVs tend to have worse emissions and fuel economy than their equivalent hatchbacks or … [Read more...]
Trade lines 3 August
After four consecutive months of pump price rises, the average cost of petrol on Britain’s forecourts has started to fall again, shows data from the RAC’s July Fuel Watch report. While the reduction in the price of unleaded is only small – 0.41p from 112.20p to 111.79p – it reverses the rising price trend which began in March. The average price of diesel … [Read more...]
Audi R8 Spyder and Kuga ST to come
The latest Audi R8 Spyder can be ordered now for delivery end of 2016. The £129,990 convertible of the R8 becomes open-topped in 20-seconds and uses the 530ps V10 engine and a strengthened version of the space-frame body for rigidity. Inside it will debut a new smartphone interface and Bang & Olufsen system with headrest mounted … [Read more...]
Experienced drivers confused by road signs, survey suggests
Young driver insurance brand ingenie is calling for schools to teach the Highway Code, following a social experiment to see if experienced drivers could pass a test on road rules – 20 years after passing their driving theory tests. The experiment shows Tracey, aged 45, and Lester, aged 51, quite spectacularly failing a road quiz . ingenie suggests that … [Read more...]
Crafter takes to the streets
There is an all new Volkswagen Crafter van on the streets. The clear objective when designing and engineering the all-new Crafter was to produce a customer-focused transport solution, offering high economy and low total cost of ownership. To that end it was developed precisely in line with the specific demands and requirements of … [Read more...]
Newslines 2 August
A 2p a litre supermarket cut in the price of petrol and diesel from a major supermarket is of course good news for motorists, it’s just a shame it didn’t come sooner. “We wonder how long motorists would have had to wait for a decent forecourt cut had the RAC not drawn attention to the fact that wholesale fuel costs had reduced substantially in the last … [Read more...]
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