Motoring News

22 March 2008

Young Drivers 'Black Boxed'

Council takes lead with ‘black box’ young driver trialStaffordshire County Council has become the first UK local authority to introduce a ‘black box’ to improve teen driving.As part of its ...

22 March 2008

Cut The Cost Of Motoring

How To Cut Record Bank Holiday Motoring Costs As families embark on an Easter getaway break, they may feel the pinch at the petrol stations with record high fuel prices.According ...

21 March 2008

4x4 Sales Fall As Drivers Go Undercover

New research shows that whilst UK 4x4 sales continue to fall, bucking the trend for rising sales across the rest of Europe, British motorists are yet to be truly converted ...

15 March 2008

We females are a gender of car closets

An average of £129 worth of personal items are being left in the cars of female motorists on a daily basis – not surprising when you consider that over half ...

15 March 2008

Thankyou Darling

I really did not want to mention the budget through fear of losing the will to live. But as your motoring correspondent I guess I had better outline more doom and ...

15 March 2008

Chancellor turns his back on biofuels, says SAAB

In response to the Chancellor’s announcement that the fuel duty rebate for biofuels will expire from 2010 Jonathan Nash, Managing Director of Saab Great Britain, ‘fears that the Government has ...

15 March 2008

Porsche Goes To Court

The giant Porsche manufacturers are taking on the giant guru of ‘lets have a go at motorists again’, Ken Livingstone in a judicial review. Porsche Cars Great Britain are going ...

15 March 2008

Time For A Clean Sweep

A recent innovation has excited some in the car design business – a move that could see the end to windscreen wipers. Apparently, using “nanotechnology”, Italian car designers have ...

14 March 2008

Car Buyers Respond To Emigration Boom

More than 100 cars a week sold by Brits fleeing the UKA boom in the secondhand car market is being fuelled by record levels of emigration*, with online car buying ...

12 March 2008

As The DVLA Issues A Stolen V5 Warning

HPI is warning motorists to be on their guard after the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) has again issued an alert listing serial numbers of vehicle registration documents that ...

9 March 2008

Alert Over Freezing Biodiesel!

The recent cold snap has thrown into focus the varying quality standards of biodiesel and the issues of running fleets on high levels of the eco fuel, which could freeze.The ...

9 March 2008

10-Year Olds Tick Of Speeding Motorists

We all know that sometimes it feels like the children are ruling the nest but in Norfolk this has become quite a reality.For the schoolchildren there are certainly laying down ...

8 March 2008

BSI Kitemark Scheme To Protect Women Drivers

Kitemark® stamps out shoddy service at the garage Steps are being taken to improve the standards that UK garages are working toWomen motorists may never have to fear taking their vehicle ...

7 March 2008

Are You Buying A Virtual Car?

Don’t be an online scam victim warns HPI www.hpicheck.comWith more and more used car buyers choosing to shop online for vehicles, HPI is warning motorists of internet scams being used to ...

4 March 2008

Hard Shoulder To Ease Motorway Congestion

Drivers are to be allowed to use the hard shoulder on busy stretches of motorways in England, Transport Secretary Ruth Kelly has announced.This follows a successful trial on the M42 ...

1 March 2008

Two thirds of lone drivers would be scared if they broke down

In the event of a breakdown, 93% of women and 45% of men admit they would be scared.21% of women said they would question the motives of anyone who stopped ...

1 March 2008

Car Sharing Cameras To Be Tested

Big Brother is out there as a new generation of road cameras, which can deduce how many people are in a car, is to be tested for the first time. ...

1 March 2008

Good News For 4x4 Drivers-I Think

Drivers of 4x4’s are less likely to be involved in crashes than any other type of motorist, but when they are involved in an incident the injuries inflicted are more ...

1 March 2008

Most 08 plates are going green

Green may not be the most desirable colour to choose for your car nor is it a good colour if you want to sell it on at a later date. ...

29 February 2008

10 steps to a stress free commute

We all know that the daily commute can be a nightmare. No matter how much you love your car, sitting stationary in a traffic jam is never enjoyable. Workers in ...

29 February 2008

Britons driven to in-car love

A new study reveals that Britain is a nation of adventurous lovers as 41% of us admit we’ve made love in our car. Women’s car insurance specialist, Diamond, questioned 1,000 ...

23 February 2008

Cars That Can’t Crash?

It sounds like a sci-fi fantasy - cars that can’t crash! But the fictional notion is about to become reality thanks to new technologies being fitted to vehicles driven in ...

23 February 2008

Potholes Getting Deeper

Damage caused by potholes to the UK’s 33 million vehicles could have increased by nearly 50% last month, as January’s chillier temperatures kicked in, according to the latest figures from ...

22 February 2008

Transport beats rent as worst expense for Londoners

* 45% of Londoners find transport the most discouraging expense of living in the City* New Years resolution to review transport use could net £5000 a yearLondon, 21 Feb 2008 - ...