Motoring News

24 November 2007

Selling Cars Online

Wantacar.co.uk sets out to revolutionise the future of UK car buyingWantacar.co.uk, the pioneering internet search engine and price comparison site, went live this month ... and is set on revolutionising ...

24 November 2007

British Invention Shows Way Ahead In Night-Time Driving

Shorter days and longer hours of darkness, along with inclement winter weather place particular emphasis on the need for road delineation, to show the driver where the road goes next.The ...

24 November 2007

Women Listen More Than Men ... What A Surprise!

Women drivers are more likely to take advice from the Highways Agency and the Met Office thereby less likely to get caught out by the weather, according to newly published ...

3 November 2007

Motoring - Girls Guide To Selling Used Cars

Women are losing out on millions of pounds each year because they’re unnecessarily frightened of selling their cars privately, a report from evecars.com, reveals.Worried about the pitfalls of a private ...

3 November 2007

Motoring - Ultimate Petrolhead’s Christmas Delight

OK, I know its only November but all thoughts are heading towards Christmas so how about a year’s worth of driving virtually every supercar ever worth climbing into for your ...

27 October 2007

Pictures On New Licences?

The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) have launched a public consultation on proposals for a trial of smart card provisional driving licences.The trial will investigate the concept of using ...

27 October 2007

Concern Over Foreign Drivers

Companies considering employing foreign drivers are being advised to ensure they are made aware of all the relevant regulations before allowing them to begin work here.The warnings come after a ...

20 October 2007

Personal travel planning can cut car use by 10%

More people walk, cycle and use public transport after using personal travel planning (PTP) schemes, research unveiled today by Transport Minister Rosie Winterton shows.PTP encourages people to consider alternative transport ...

20 October 2007

Almost Half Of In-Car Smokers Will Ignore New Highway Code Rule

Although over 3 million UK motorists have had accidents, ‘near misses’ or lapses in concentration as a result of in-car smoking distractions.A staggering 45 % of motorists who smoke questioned ...

20 October 2007

Brits’ Regular Car Journeys Are The ‘Journeys From Hell

Do you feel stressed out even before you get to work?Research by online insurer swiftcover.com reveals that one in eight British drivers (12%) find driving to work the most stressful ...

13 October 2007

Hard Shoulder As The ‘New’ Fourth Lane?

Following leaked document (yeah right) Gordon Brown will this week lead the Labour fight back with radical plans to ease traffic congestion by allowing motorists to drive on the hard ...

13 October 2007

Car Kissing Contest - This Got My Lips Salvatating

A 27-year-old Chinese woman won the chance to buy a car for the equivalent of 6p by kissing it for more than 24 hours.A shopping mall in Beijing invited people ...

6 October 2007

Superfuels Are Not So Super, Says What Car?

Drivers who fill their cars with expensive ‘superfuels’ and expect to see big economy gains should think again, according to a report by What Car?.Real-world tests were carried out for ...

6 October 2007

We’re A Nation Of Music Motorheads

Forget muddy fields, mp3 players, nightclubs or state of the art sound systems at home, a study of the in-car listening habits of 1,200 drivers by Vauxhall Motors reveals that ...

6 October 2007

Bereaved families’ impact statements

Bereaved families’ impact statements welcomed by BrakeBrake, the national road safety charity, has welcomed the expansion of a Government pilot scheme allowing families bereaved by murder and manslaughter to have ...

29 September 2007

Bad Drivers, Not The Elderly or The Young

Based on a claim that 'Elderly' drivers are three times more likely to crash, a silly government quango is promoting a "new test at 70 to stay on the road". ...

29 September 2007

New Driving Laws. What New Driving Laws?

Did you know about these new driving laws coming into effect soon?Apparantly a wave of new motoring offences have come into force with serioulsy tough penalties that will increase ...

26 September 2007

Car Wash King

The first ever British Car Wash King has been crowned.After securing hundreds of nominations ,Mark Leslie and his team at Glasgow City Car Wash finally waxed their way to overall ...

22 September 2007

British Men Spend More Time On Their Wheels Than Their Women

UK men spend more time buffing their bonnets than pampering their partners.This is according to research from fish4cars that reveals one in three men spend almost £20,000 on extras for ...

22 September 2007

Hold Off The Petrol Price Increase

Ray Holloway, director of the RMI Petrol Retailers Association (PRA) is urging the government to postpone the fuel duty increase scheduled for 1 October, or risk putting undue financial strain ...

15 September 2007

Five Million Empty Car Seats

Over Five Million Empty Car Seats On The School RunResearch conducted by Honda (UK) has found that nearly half of all parents who drive their children to school take only ...

15 September 2007

Busy Doing Nothing Whilst Driving!

Studies show that up to 90% of all traffic accidents are caused by driver distraction and, based on these high statistics; Volvo is introducing a world-first technology, the DriverAlert Control ...

15 September 2007

Females Are Still Walking Out Of Showrooms.

With new ‘57’ plate cars leaving forecourts across the UK, Britain’s automotive industry could be out of pocket by an estimated £17.4 million in the first week due to lost ...

15 September 2007

Car Drepreciation - £497 a month

New Car Owners Lose £497 In Depreciation Every MonthIf you have or are thinking of buying a brand new car this month, then brace yourself for a sharp financial shock ...