Driving News

Audi A1 hot hatch revealed

admin — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 12:09:49 +0000

This is the new Audi A1, due for reveal at the 2010 Geneva motor show. It ‘condenses all the values of the brand down to less than four metres,’ according to Audi. The old A2 did that too (and arguably with more originality thanks to its all-aluminium construction) but while that was a car ahead [...]

The end of Ford’s 2.5-litre turbo

admin — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 12:07:25 +0000

Ford’s characterful five-cylinder engine is to die. The 2.5-litre turbocharged appears in a number of Ford products, from the Kuga SUV and S-Max people carrier to the Focus ST and RS. Now that Ford’s cleaner and cleverer Ecoboost engines are on the scene, though, the writing is on the wall for the warbling five-pot.

While it’s [...]

Insuring a provisional driver? Pay-per-month is the best policy

admin — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 12:05:40 +0000

Provisional Marmalade is offering to insure teenage learner drivers for as little as £91 a month

A new insurance policy for learner drivers, which costs around £90 a month, may be the answer for parents who are finding that putting their 17-year-old son or daughter on their own policy can cost £3,000.

The pay-per-month policy, which goes [...]

Rabble-rousing about petrol prices

admin — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 12:01:12 +0000

Labour’s Lindsay Hoyle is ignorant of the facts when he fingers fuel barons for pump prices when his government is to blame

In the run up to an election campaign, how useful for us to see how politics actually works in the raw. That view being given to us by Lindsay Hoyle MP in his recent [...]

Petrol prices heading for record high of £5.40 a gallon, AA warns motorists

admin — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 11:57:45 +0000

The AA and RAC are urging the chancellor to postpone a planned 3p hike in petrol duty, due on 1 April

Motorists should brace for record high petrol prices this year as the cost of unleaded fuel surges to £1.20 a litre or more, according to research by the AA.

In a stark warning to consumers, the [...]

Labour must do its fuel duty

admin — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 11:55:59 +0000

Ordinary motorists are being legally mugged by the price of petrol. It’s time to put the brakes on fat-cat fuel barons

It is with dismay that I note the current prices displayed at petrol stations up and down the country. What is particularly hard to digest is the total lack of justification for today’s prices. The [...]

Hospital parking costs add to stress of using NHS

admin — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 11:53:48 +0000

High charges, overcrowding and pre-payment all blamed by public in Which? survey

Overcrowded and expensive car parks add to the stress of visits to NHS hospitals for half of those using them, according to a report published today.

Problems finding a space, the cost of parking and a host of confusing payment systems are among the difficulties [...]

Belt up in the back – all three of you

admin — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 11:51:59 +0000

When her husband bought a new car that was perfect for a family of four, Mishal Husain found to her horror that it wouldn’t take three child seats in the back. Luckily she’s discovered a gadget that’s solved the problem

A s far as cars are concerned, our household lives up to the starkest ¬gender stereo¬types: [...]

Website glitch drives up parking penalty

admin — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 11:50:12 +0000

Southwark council was unaware its parking fine collection page was case sensitive – nearly costing one reader dearly

Lisa Geary’s night at the cinema proved a little more indulgent than planned when she was fined £40 for lingering too long in a London car park. She appealed, lost and resigned herself to the outlay.

A few weeks [...]

Car prices: No need to drive a hard bargain in the showroom

admin — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 11:43:55 +0000

A new car can cost £5,000 less online, and prices are expected to fall further when European rules change in March, says Miles Brignall

Motorists are finally overcoming their fear of buying new cars on the internet, tempted by savings of up to £5,000 offered by online brokers and added legal protection.

Which? Car recently trawled the [...]