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Open air A5 range flagship adopts supercharged V6 power to maximise efficiency without diluting driving pleasureCabriolet lovers hopeful of an Indian summer will welcome the new Audi S5 Cabriolet, which becomes available to order in the UK this month priced at £42,245 OTR and will touch down here in October. The latest A5 range flagship [...]

July 31st, 2009

Nissan’s latest city car offering, the Pixo, is likely to be a car you have seen advertised on the telly of late, joining the range in the beginning of June. But wait a minute, this car looks very familiar, have I not seen it somewhere before? you might well ask. Well yes, likely you have, [...]

July 31st, 2009

Latest figures from the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show that 53 per cent of all new cars are bought using finance sold by motor dealerships. The FLA has launched a new ‘top tips’ website to help guide car buyers to the best finance deal for them. A brand new certification scheme for motor dealerships [...]

July 31st, 2009

Have you ever wondered how you would fare if you re-sat your driving test after years behind the wheel? In a new experiment, Kia Motors UK challenged experienced drivers to retake their test, resulting in a shocking 50 per cent  failure rate. This compares bleakly to the national average pass rate of 42 per cent for new [...]

July 31st, 2009

The car scrappage scheme may have revived interest in the new car market, but Which? Car has found that some manufacturers have raised their list prices by as much as 14 per cent meaning buyers are often no better off. The price of a mid-range Ford Fiesta for example has jumped from £11,570 in October 2008 [...]

July 31st, 2009

In less than three months since the government’s vehicle scrappage programme began, Skoda has taken over 4,500 new car orders from customers across the UK.  Customers have discovered that the Czech manufacturer really does make happy drivers as they have become proud new owners of cars across the entire Skoda range, from entry-level Fabia superminis [...]

July 30th, 2009

Leading used car supermarket, The Car Shop has three outlets, in Cardiff, Northampton and Swindon. Offering a wide choice of quality used cars, plus additional services such as financing, advice on vehicles choices and drive-away insurance, The Car Shop pride themselves in offering the best price, best choice and best quality vehicles to all their [...]

July 30th, 2009

Second hand cars bought from independent dealers remained at the top of the list of complaints received by Government-funded advice service Consumer Direct in the first half of this year. In total, the Office of Fair Trading-managed service took more than 414,000 consumer complaints in the six month period to the end of June 2009, [...]

July 30th, 2009

Predictions that used car values would stabilise this summer have proved premature as  research by CAP reveals ongoing trade price increases. August edition of Black Book, the independent benchmark guide to used car trade values, reveals that used car supply shortages are continuing to push prices higher. In an unprecedented market, dealers are still desperate [...]

July 30th, 2009

The vast majority of drivers still enjoy motoring and oppose to tolls or congestion charging, according to a report pulling together results from the AA Populus panel, the largest dedicated motoring panel in Europe. Transport economists talk up road pricing but any political party proposing tolls or road pricing are treading on dangerous ground, according [...]

July 30th, 2009