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One could almost accuse Hyundai of being smug now, with their recent announcement that  four ships loaded with brand new Hyundai cars has just docked at Tilbury in Essex and unloaded 1,100 i10 city cars- all of them already assigned to paying customers. Further boats loaded with similar numbers of i10s and i20 models are [...]

June 25th, 2009

Each month, RoadTestReports.co.uk will recommend to you a car which the staff here working for the website think is a bit of a hidden gem. That is to say, a car which prehaps is not that well-known or does not have the sales figures of some of its competitors in it’s class yet is still [...]

June 24th, 2009

A UK-wide trial of electric cars has been launched. Ministers gathered at London’s Guildhall yesterday to unveil the range of electric and low carbon technology vehicles to be used in the trails. Set to be the biggest trial of its kind, the scheme, which uses £25 million of government funding, was organised by the Technology Strategy Board [...]

June 24th, 2009

Carmaker Ford has announced a third price hike in the cost of its cars since the start of 2009. Blaming the sustained weakness of Sterling against the Euro, Ford is to increase prices across its UK range by an average of 4.0 per cent from the start of July 2009. The 4.0 per cent more [...]

June 24th, 2009

Over the last 60 years, Volkswagen campers, vans and kombis have become unique style icons, used to escape from our daily routines to the reality of having fun doing what we want in our leisure time. To celebrate this heritage, Volkswagen has launched a new website, www.vwescape.co.uk to showcase the modern equivalents of these vehicles [...]

June 23rd, 2009

Healthy demand for certain second-hand cars, coupled with low levels of availability in the used car market, means that many consumers benefitting from the Government’s vehicle scrappage scheme currently have the option of selling their new car for a tidy profit. Glass’s, publisher of motor dealer ‘bible’ Glass’s Guide, says that for in-demand superminis such [...]

June 23rd, 2009

Volvo is reporting huge success with the recently launched scrappage scheme. With an extensive range of environmentally conscious cars, the new scrappage scheme has served to created unprecedented interest in Volvo cars. In just one month, Volvo has sold 1,234 cars under the scrappage scheme with the C30 SportsCoupe accounting for 679 of those ordered. [...]

June 22nd, 2009

Spanish carmaker, SEAT UK is today reminding all of its 275,000 UK owners that their vehicles qualify for a free fluids and safety check at any of its 100-plus dealerships nationwide. The free check, which takes just a few minutes to complete and does not need to be booked in advance, covers oil and coolant [...]

June 22nd, 2009

More than a third of parents underestimate the age or height at which a child can travel without a child car seat, reveals Which? today, as Child Safety Week begins. The law states that parents must use an appropriate child car seat when carrying any child up to 135cm (4ft 5in) or until they reach [...]

June 22nd, 2009

When you are a private seller, the task of trying to sell your car can be quite a challenge these days – you know it’s got to be on the internet, but how do you choose which site? Well, newly launched website, SpotMyAuto.com has come up with a pretty neat concept. You can upload your [...]

June 19th, 2009