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The new Toyota Prius has clinched its first major award, voted Japan Car of the Year by a panel of motoring journalists and industry experts at the Tokyo motor show. The 41st Japanese Motor Show which runs from October 24 until November 4, has proven disappointing this year, as a number of carmaker decided not [...]

October 28th, 2009

Male motorists are almost three times more likely to be killed or injured on the hard shoulder than women, according to new research from car care specialists, Comma. Department for Transport statistics show that over the last 15 years, 2,058 men have been killed or injured on the hard shoulder, compared to 768 women when [...]

October 28th, 2009

Nissan has had to increase production at its Sunderland Plant as the carmaker like many others, feels the benefits of the UK scrappage scheme. The success of the scheme, has lead Nissan to announce a 40 per cent increase in production of its popular Micra.   The news comes as the Society of Motor Manufacturers [...]

October 27th, 2009

Need help with finding the best tyres for you? Well a newly launched will help you find all the information on tyre types, sizes and functions. MyTyres.co.uk is a new website launched to help out the staggering number of motorists who do not know what size tyres their vehicles require. Part of Europe’s largest web [...]

October 27th, 2009

Sports crossovers are all the rage at the moment, and with the difficult winter driving conditions before us, Mazda could not have picked a better time to launch a new CX-7 which will be available in showrooms in the UK from 1 November. With the kids back at school to the Mazda CX-7 has the [...]

October 27th, 2009

Scottish Motor Auction group (SMA) will soon become the first car auction house in the UK to fully embrace the internet by providing real time access via the company’s live bid system to every one of its sales across its auction sites. The pioneering move ensures trade buyers will be able to buy any vehicle [...]

October 26th, 2009

Local dealership Loughborough Kia recently hosted a visit from a rare guest – a unique Kia Soul designed exclusively by Jeff Banks for fashion retailer Matalan.  The one-of-a-kind car was styled by the celebrated designer for an in-store competition that Matalan will be launching to its customers in the winter. The ‘Unwrap a car for [...]

October 26th, 2009

A Volkswagen Caddy Maxi has set a new world record by travelling 9,630 miles non-stop across the Transeurasia route from the Atlantic coast in Portugal to the Pacific coast in Russia in eight days, 13 hours and 30 minutes. The Transeurasia is the world’s longest west-east route on one continent, which took the Caddy Maxi [...]

October 26th, 2009

Redundancy cover that protects car buyers’ finance payments for up to 12 months is now being offered by MB&G, the UK’s largest independent warranty provider. Available on both new and used vehicles, the new product is available to both employed and self-employed customers and payment is based on a percentage of the retail finance monthly [...]

October 26th, 2009

The world’s most expensive Bugatti Veyron, complete with F1 number plate, will be a star attraction at this year’s MPH Show featuring Top Gear Live at London’s Earls Court between 5-8 November. If ever the phrase ‘if you need to ask the price, you can’t afford it’ was appropriate it’s now.  But at the right [...]

October 23rd, 2009