Motoring

19 September 2008

Pay-As-You-Drive Insurance

There has been much criticism over the new proposals to charge motorists per journey. Well, hot on the heels are insurance companies who have come up with the idea of ...

19 September 2008

New ‘Eco-Friendly’ Sat Nav?

An eco-friendly satellite navigation system that could save logistics operators thousands of pounds a year in fuel costs and also cut down on CO2 emissions has been developed by Cranfield ...

19 September 2008

Big Brother Really Is Watching You

The police are to expand a car surveillance operation that will allow them to record and store details of millions of daily journeys for up to five years.A national network ...

19 September 2008

Rock On Number Six

How many cars can you think of that have stood the test of time for thirty-four years? Not many. The Ford Fiesta has come close celebrating thirty years but most ...

19 September 2008

New Book Celebrates 100 years of Morgan Sports Cars

This September will see the publication of Morgan 100 Years, the Official History of the World's Greatest Sports Car by Charles Morgan and Gregory Houston Bowden.Morgan's achievement is unique. It ...

17 September 2008

New In-Car Microwave Guarantees Meals On Wheels

Motorists with the munchies can now tuck into their favourite snack on the go, thanks to the new In-Car Microwave from electronics retailer, Maplin.Compact and portable, this handy in-car gadget ...

16 September 2008

Tougher Penalties For Non UK Drivers

Non-UK drivers and hauliers who flout the rules of the road face being fined and having their vehicles immobilised under new road safety proposals published by Road Safety Minister Jim ...

12 September 2008

Overweight Coppers?

There has been much debate in the papers over Britain becoming an obese nation. However it appears this is not just contained to adults and children but potentially fit able ...

12 September 2008

Motorhoming - The New Wave Of Holidaying

Motorhomes have been becoming more car-like for years. But the trend has gone even further this year, as everyone will discover at the industry’s autumn showcase, the Caravan and Motorhome ...

12 September 2008

Car Sales Crash

New car sales hit a 42-year low in August prompting calls from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders for the Government to take action as the country heads into ...

11 September 2008

Car carnage takes a back seat to other teenage risks

Ninety per cent of AA members underestimate the risk teenagers in cars face compared to higher-profile threats, such as drugs, drinking, gun and knife crime, prompting fears that tell-tale signs ...

11 September 2008

Close Encounter Of The Animal Kind

Europcar rents thousands of vehicles out a day so expects the occasional late return or damaged vehicle. But a recent survey of its branches revealed some of the strangest reasons ...

11 September 2008

Yawn! Yawn! Yawn!

The 200-mile stretch of motorway known as the M1 has been named the most boring road in Britain in a survey of company car drivers. The M1, Britain’s first full-length ...

10 September 2008

The New Honda Accord

Honda has sent the Accord to the cosmetic surgeons but it must have been a lunchtime job as the exterior changes are so subtle you almost need a magnifying glass ...

10 September 2008

Car Key To Love?

A well maintained car could be the key to a revved-up love-life, after research from Kwik-Fit found that 14 million Brits say they can tell much about a prospective partner ...

8 September 2008

The new Mercedes-Benz C-Class Estate

With airport security tightening along with the inevitable delays and general hanging around, us Brits are binning the plane in favour of, no, not the train but in fact the ...

8 September 2008

Seat Ibiza 1.4 Se

It appears things are hoting up in the SEAT camp. Their best selling car both here in the UK and worldwide has just been given a sizzling makeover. The result ...

8 September 2008

Review: Essential Car Care For Girls

After spending the last couple of days kangarooing down the dual carriageway on my way to work, when this book landed on my desk it couldn't have come at a ...

8 September 2008

Men Love Their Car More Than The Wife

Three per cent of male drivers would consider giving up their wife or partner rather than their car, according too new figures from an AA/Populus panel survey of 18,547 AA ...

5 September 2008

Vanity Over Vision

Over a quarter (27 per cent) of female motorists should wear glasses whilst driving but do not always do so, with 10 per cent of women questioned admitting to feeling ...

5 September 2008

Don’t Blink

Road safety champions GEM Motoring Assist said the human body has developed a very efficient system of warning of impending tiredness and loss of concentration - long before you become ...

5 September 2008

Brits’ Travel Fibs Exposed

Name-dropping exotic countries they have never visited and citing sites they have never seen - the little white travel lies told by British holidaymakers are being exposed.          New research from easyCar.com ...

5 September 2008

Fuel Price Rises Despite Oil Being Cheaper

Motorists are still being hit by rises in petrol prices - even though oil is up to 27% cheaper than in mid-July.The failure of oil companies to pass on the ...

5 September 2008

Motorists Face Road Toll Postcode Lottery

Motorists face a ‘postcode lottery’ under a national road pricing scheme that could see them charged according to where they live.The Government is considering using the electoral roll to set ...