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Citroën is offering a wide range of fantastic LCV customer offers through participating Citroën dealers in June.  Customers with a vehicle which complies with the requirements of the Government’s scrappage scheme can buy a Berlingo First van from just £5,145.  Citroën also has a range of outstanding customer offers for non-scrappage buyers, with a Nemo [...]

May 29th, 2009

Figures released today show that the Government’s scrappage scheme has proved popular with consumers as manufacturers reported brisk sales, with more than 35,000 orders since the announcement of the £2000 scrappage subsidy. This equates to one scrappage scheme order out of every five new car orders in this period. Gordon Brown welcomed three new car [...]

May 29th, 2009

More performance, more equipment but no change in price It’s said that you get what you pay for, but where Toyota’s new full hybrid Prius is  concerned, customers enjoy great deal more for the just the same price they would pay for the current model (although it has to be stressed that this is mainly [...]

May 28th, 2009

The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) is today warning consumers about vehicle matching scams which cost UK consumers nearly £3 million every year. Vehicle matching scams work by approaching consumers selling their cars and promising falsely to match them with definite buyers. Typically, the seller is cold-called by phone once they have placed an advert [...]

May 28th, 2009

Volvo is giving an insight into the driving characteristics of the Volvo S60 Concept with the release of an innovative new PC-based racing challenge called Volvo – The Game. Available to download for free now from www.volvocars.co.uk/S60concept, it features five of Volvo’s racing legends as well as the new Volvo S60 Concept. The game has [...]

May 27th, 2009

Land Rover has some great 0 per cent finance deals for those who can make an advance payment with two payments, two years apart. This attractive finance offer is available on the Discovery and Freelander models. Example finance plan: Discovery 3 TDV6 GS 09MY (rated five stars on RoadTestReports.co.uk) On the road Cash Price   £30,190.00 [...]

May 27th, 2009

Euro NCAP, the organisation that assesses the safety of new cars, has released the results for six new cars. Five out of the six cars received Euro NCAP’s maximum five star award. Euro NCAP was impressed by the number of less expensive cars were among these high performers, ideal in these economically challenging times, with [...]

May 27th, 2009

In its latest round of testing, independent consumer champion, Which? found child seat, the Renolux Next Confort was so complicated to fit it concluded there was a high risk of installing the seat incorrectly and advises parents not to buy it. Installing a child car seat correctly is vital to prevent injuries in a crash. But Which? [...]

May 26th, 2009

A long held suspicion has been confirmed – BMW owners are deemed to be the worst drivers on the UK’s roads-according to the latest research. A massive 59 per cent of motorists voted BMW drivers the worst on the roads, in a survey conducted by Auto Trader Compare, the new motor insurance comparison service from [...]

May 26th, 2009

The Honda Jazz has recently broken the 500,000 sales mark in Europe, demonstrating the continuing popularity of this perception altering 5-door hatchback. The Jazz launched in 2002, attracted instant success with its mix of B-segment size, value and frugality combined with C-segment passenger space and boot capacity. Recently superseded, the 2002 Jazz was hugely popular [...]

May 26th, 2009