Why buying a convertible in winter is the best time of year to get into al fresco motoring
Tweet It’s not the most natural time of the year to be thinking of buying a convertible is it? We’re still deep in the darkest portion of the winter, the roads are still salty and slick and the conditions are definitely not conducive to open-top motoring – if it’s not raining then it’s almost certainly [...]
Tesco Autocentres – How Are They Changing The Industry
Tweet A few months back Tesco launched its rage of Autocentres. The once supermarket now offers servicing, MOTs and repair work in what it calls ‘the largest independent group of centrally controlled garages’ in the UK. So has the launch of these Tesco Autocentres changed the car servicing industry in the UK and do we [...]
Phantasy Number 1: If you won the lottery.
Tweet Imagine that on Sunday morning you made a cup of tea, swallowed a couple of ibuprofen and booted up your computer to find an email from the National Lottery that informed you that it was YOU…that your numbers had come up on the big money balls and you were now a multi millionaire. Imagine [...]
Skoda Octavia Green E Line
Tweet Skoda has joined the green revolution with the unveiling of the Octavia Green E line at the Paris Motorshow. The car is being aimed at their ecologically concerned customers and the company have said they intend on producing a fleet of electric cars throughout 2011 for testing. The Octavia’s modular platform that is used [...]
New Jaguar XKR
Tweet Anyone who purchases a Jaguar XKR will tell you that the car is sleek and nothing short of gorgeous. Like its animal namesake, the Jaguar is a sleek and fast creature and whether yours is a new one, straight off the production line or a well cared for used model, in either case you [...]
The Car Gadgets Debate
Tweet When is too much of a good thing bad for you? Car gadgets have come on in leaps and bounds over the last couple of years and drivers are finding more and more that new cars are more like a jet fighter than a way to get home. Humans have always been impressed by [...]
New Chevrolet Captiva
Tweet Plugging into the European fascination with 4×4, MPV cars Chevrolet have just released the new Chevrolet Captiva. There is still plenty of desire by the new car buying public for roomy, robust vehicles and the new Chevrolet is just that. There is a massive cabin space that is well equipped, nicely designed and easy [...]
The New Ford C-Max
Tweet The new Ford C-Max MPV goes on sale from next month and it will be the latest in a long line of people carriers to hit the streets this year. So with five different engine types and two trims, how does Ford’s latest offering shape up? Both the five-seat C-Max and its bigger brother [...]
Volkswagen service – new fixed price scheme
Tweet Dealer servicing has always been a critical issue in car maintenance but Vokswagen have set up a new scheme aimed at making it straight forward for customers to have their car maintained at a recognised VW dealer. The initiative, which is aimed at cars between the ages of three and 10 years old, [...]
