The Volvo XC60 T6 Plug-in Hybrid AWD Plus has won this year’s overall trophy and been crowned Caravan and Motorhome Club Towcar of the Year 2025. It also triumphed in the Caravan Weight over 1800kg Category, the Hybrid Towcars and Family Classes in the 42nd Caravan and Motorhome Club Towcar of the Year Competition. The leisure vehicle industry’s original and longest-standing towcar testing … [Read more...]
Newslines 23 September
The prices of both unleaded petrol and diesel at UK forecourts are now falling more quickly than at any other point in 2024 so far, with both fuels now nearly 7p cheaper than a month ago, RAC Fuel Watch analysis shows. As of Thursday 19 September, a litre of unleaded is being sold for 136.15p on average – down 5p since the start of September (141.26p) and almost 7p lower than a month ago … [Read more...]
£12.6bn fines looming for car makers
Falling demand for EVs means that carmakers could be slapped with billions of fines for missing strict 2025 emissions targets, Renault’s chief has said on French radio. Volvo has reversed plans to end its petrol lineup due to falling ev models' sales and complaints from dealers and now Europe’s car industry faces fines totalling €15bn (£12.6bn) for failing to hit an EU CO2 cap on average … [Read more...]
Newslines 9 August
The North East is home to Great Britain’s safest roads, with just under 2% of all the country’s collisions in 2022, according to analysis of accident data. The study by Go.Compare Car Insurance said North East had just 6,122 accidents across the year, while Wales and Scotland complete the three safest British regions, both boasting just 4% of all total collisions while they jointly made up less … [Read more...]
New convertible cars hit 20 year low
U.K. buyers in the market for a new convertible car have the fewest models to choose from in almost 20 years. The latest annual Convertibles Report by CarGurus - a leading automotive marketplace in the U.K. to shop, buy, and sell used vehicles - found consumers have the choice of just 22 new convertible models from the U.K.'s 30 most popular manufacturersi. This represents a 41% decline from the … [Read more...]
Newslines 26 July
With the Olympics starting in Paris today, UK visitors to France are set for record levels - but motorists are being warned they are 20 times more likely to be breathalysed than in the UK. French police randomly test over 100 drivers per 1000 population, compared to just 5 per 1000 in Britain and the drink drive limit is 50mg, lower than the 80mg in England & Wales, so its wise to put a £5.99 … [Read more...]
The chips are down in tech-trade war
New research out this week reveals why German firms are refusing to join the United States’ tech trade war with China over semiconductor chips, a key component in modern electrical devices. University of Sussex and Kings College London researchers found heavy links between German car makers like Mercedes-Benz, BMW and Volkswagen, and the country’s semiconductor firms. With automotive companies … [Read more...]
Black is back with Volkswagen range
New Black Editions are being added to the Volkswagen line-up. The new trim sits above R-Line on four popular Volkswagen models – Polo, Taigo, T-Roc and the new Golf – and all come with additional features including larger alloy wheels, black styling elements, upgraded lights, heated front seats and wireless charging as additional specification varies by model. The styling elements differ by … [Read more...]
Drivers are game for a Golf
A survey has crowned the Volkswagen Golf as the country’s favourite car from the noughties. One in 10 picked the Golf as the car they love the most from the decade, placing it above every other model on the list and it was closely followed by the MINI (7.4%) and the Ford Focus (5.3%). Car-changing marketplace Carwow asked car enthusiasts about their favourite vehicles from the … [Read more...]
Car makers want more EV incentives for private buyers
The UK new car market has recorded its best year since the pandemic as a strong December up 9.8%, wrapped up the 17th month of consecutive growth. Some 1.903 million new cars reached the road during 2023 – an increase of 17.9%, according to the latest figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders. In Wales last year, registrations reached 66,761, a rise of nearly 16% over 2022 and … [Read more...]
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