A recent survey by RoadPilot Ltd has discovered that the majority of British motorists think speed cameras make them worse drivers. Its easy to say “well they would say that, wouldn’t they” but fact is that 1 in 3 drivers say they brake instinctively on seeing a speed camera, irrespective of the speed they are […]

The new Laguna really is a good car, a very good car and a major step forward, but lets face it, it aint pretty is it, or am I just being harsh. Here at BVL headquarters, we felt that the Laguna hatch was designed by committee and that they clearly never met until they came […]

An Australian couple has attained two Guinness Book of World Records and blown everyone away, by achieving a massive 90.75mg from their Peugeot 308 diesel. In a 25 day, 9000 mile journey along the Australian coastline, John and Helen Taylor managed to get 1192 miles on just one tank of fuel which is only 60 […]

Fords new Kuga was awarded a full 5 stars for adult occupant protection in its first NCAP test.  Proving it’s not just a pretty face, the kuga also went on to win 4 out of 5 stars for child occupant protection and 3 out of 4 for pedestrian protection. Seat’s Ibiza was the other big […]

We have always known how good Skoda products are and just what great value for money they offer and it now seems that fleets are wising up to this as well, for in April 2008, Skoda achieved its highest ever fleet market share, registering 2,015 new fleet vehicles in the UK, which represents 2.2% share […]

Nissan have announced details of their new Pickup. The NP300, is currently available in Single and King cab and will be available in Double Cab from July 08. Available in 4X2 and 4×4 formats this replaces the old D22 pickup and now benefits from a Euro IV engine. The range will also be enhanced by […]

Go ahead has been given to spend almost 90 million pounds of our hard earned cash on a 62 mile stretch of the A14. The stretch of road runs from Felixstowe in the East, and joins up with the M1 in the west and if you’ve ever driven that road, well you will know just […]

Figures show that 95% of all pedestrians’ casualties and 92% of all cyclist casualties are injured or killed on built up roads with speed limits which are under 40MPH.  Whilst that might seem shocking, if you think about it, it’s logical, it’s no surprise and it’s maybe what you would expect as not too many […]

WhatGreenCar? has awarded its first Green Car of the Year Award 2008 to the new Ford Focus 1.6 TDCi ECOnetic. The Focus has CO2 emissions of only 115g/km (65.6mpg on a combined test cycle) and, with a diesel particulate filter fitted as standard on the 110PS engine, a WGC? rating of only 33; the lowest […]

It’s in all of our interests to use the least amount of fuel we can, if only because of how much it costs and of course, for every gallon we burn, we chuck out CO2 into the atmosphere. The best way of doing this is by choosing the most eco-friendly cars you can and I […]