The RAC is offering motorists a “riding mechanic” with its latest technology. In the early days of motoring a driver would employ a mechanic to sit in the car in case assistance was needed on a journey, now the RAC has come up with an on-board black box to do the same. Every driver taking out RAC Black Box Car Insurance who opts for … [Read more...]
Newslines 11 May
The Rolls-Royce Cullinan has been unveiled and is likely to cost from £240,000. The unique three-box 2.6 tonnes SUV blends bespoke craftsmanship, engineering and design and will be powered by the 563bhp 6.75V12 engine with all-wheel-drive and all-wheel-steering when it goes on sale towards the end of this year offering up to 1930 litres adjustable … [Read more...]
Keyless Brits spend £181M to get into cars
Brits are a careless bunch when it comes to car keys. Millions of drivers waste hours every year searching for missing keys and those unfortunate enough to lose them have spent an eye-watering £181m on replacements. An RAC survey found that one in 20 drivers, or almost two million, admit they have lost their car keys for good and 6% of these say they … [Read more...]
Welsh traffic plan risks increasing pollution, warning
Welsh Government plans to reduce vehicle emissions and pollution actually risk making it worse, motoring organisations warned today. Welsh Government and councils are taking a shortsighted approach to tackling airborne pollution with the proposed new lower M4 speed limit and toxic-tax for urban areas. That’s the view of AA President Edmund King who … [Read more...]
Silver is a good bet for car colour
Silver has kept its title of being the most popular car colour in Britain despite a 3% decline in popularity which has seen its numbers fall by 205,326 to 6.6m vehicles. New DVLA data requested by RAC Insurance shows that as of the third quarter of 2017 silver cars made up just over a fifth (21%) of all cars on Britain’s roads and that the total number of … [Read more...]
Tradelines 18 April
PSA has cancelled all Vauxhall and Opel dealership contracts with two year’s notice. As expected since the new owners acquired the struggling former GM subsidiaries, PSA will only reappoint the best dealers which sell most cars and have high customer ratings experiences, which means over 500 could be dropped and those 1,100 who remain could sell all … [Read more...]
Newslines 6 April
The average price of petrol and diesel at UK forecourts stayed the same throughout March despite a rise in the wholesale cost of both fuels, data from the RAC’s Fuel Watch report reveals. A litre of unleaded now costs 120.11p (0.06p increase) and diesel 122.82p (0.01p increase) which means the cost of filling a 55-litre family car remains at £66 (£66.06) … [Read more...]
19 Million Easter journeys expected
Drivers are expected to complete nearly 19m separate leisure journeys by car this coming weekend as the arrival of Easter marks the first big getaway of the year. A study of drivers’ plans conducted by the RAC indicates that the largest number of getaway trips will take place on Good Friday with 4.45m individual journeys being taken, closely followed by … [Read more...]
New headlights, new hazard ?
Modern car headlights might be a shining safety issue because they are too bright, suggest the RAC. The headlights of some newer cars are so bright they are causing a road safety hazard for drivers with as many as two-thirds (65%) of motorists saying they regularly get dazzled by oncoming headlights even though they are dipped. Fifteen per cent of … [Read more...]
Diesel costs more than you may think, says analysis
The fall in oil prices will be a welcome relief for UK motorists as data shows drivers could be burning through as much as 75 per cent more fuel than stated by manufacturers. Carly Connected Car, the worldwide number one in car apps, has released data collected from over one million vehicles, including 150,000 from the UK. The data shows … [Read more...]
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