The RAC is warning anyone dropping off or picking up friends or relatives from a UK airport this summer not to get stung by parking charges, as new research reveals some airports charge six times more per minute to park than it costs to make a mobile phone call back home while abroad.
If you want to be able to leave your car to greet someone at arrivals, London Luton Airport is easily the most expensive for pick-ups – the minimum charge is a staggering £7 for up to 40 minutes but its free in Cardiff to drop off and £1 for 20 mins to pick up.
A revitalised Lada range is now accounting for a fifth of Russian car sales.
The Renault-Nissan based Vesta saloon and XRay crossover built in Russsia are winning buyers from western-based brands.
Accidentally driving on the wrong side of the road is such a big fear for Brits heading to the continent by car with a quarter (26%) of those surveyed by RAC European Breakdown listing it as their greatest worry.
While the majority of those who take car trips to Europe do not experience anything untoward or unusual happening, two in five (42%) do. But for more than one in 10 (13%) the frightening experience of driving on the wrong side of the road becomes a reality.