The IAM has re-launched an initiative to encourage older drivers, who are statistically the safest on the roads, to get their skills checked out to allow them many more years of happy motoring.
With over four million full licence holders in Great Britain over the age of 70 and over one million over the age of 80, mature drivers represent a growing segment of licensed drivers but many choose to give up too early because they simply believe they are too old to continue.
Maserati confirms the results that set a new record in the first quarter of 2015.
With 148 new cars registered in April, the UK market reaches a cumulative figure of 523 vehicles for the year so far, an increase of +65% compared to the same period of the previous year.
Idris Elba, star of Luther and The Wire, piloted a Bentley to break the historic ‘Flying Mile’ UK land speed record set by Sir Malcolm Campbell in 1927.
The award-winning actor hit a top speed of 180.361 mph at the wheel of a new Continental GT Speed on Pendine Sands, Wales. This broke the existing record of 174.8 mph set by Sir Malcolm nearly 90 years ago in his legendary Napier-Campbell Blue Bird.
Dacia has clocked up its 50,000th new car sale in the UK, confirming its position as the nation’s favourite value car brand.
The smart-buy carmaker – known for its straight-talking approach and ‘shockingly affordable’ pricing – has reached the landmark despite only coming to the UK in 2013.
