Funding your Fleet When it comes to fleet purchases, many companies will view outright purchase as the default option. A recent survey suggested that 60% of all fleet operators will look at their requirement for new vehicles and, without hesitation, contact the nearest car or commercial dealership and haggle the best deal they can on […]

The “World” Car Trend Ford has recently announced a glut of new models that will be marketed the world over. A series of “global cars” built in Ford factories local to the market that the vehicle is being sold in to. This trend seemingly started with the Fiesta model being made available in the US […]

For a long time now, manufacturers of vehicles have been championing the Petrol/electric hybrid car as the car of the future. Toyota, in particular, were an early adopter of this technology with a range that today incorporates a hybrid for every occasion from the diminutive Yaris right up to the Lexus LS luxury saloon. These […]

Removing Red Tape – Or an Invitation to Drive Uninsured? We all know we have to insure our cars and motorcycles and it’s so that if they get stolen, or get damaged in an accident, well we will get compensated for their loss, or our vehicle will be repaired, without us having to pick up […]

£5,995 Dacia Sandero – How Cheap Is That? Dacia Announces Prices for New Sandero Supermini on Sale in the UK from January 2013. I guess many of us would have heard of the Dacia brand, although not many of us have probably owned one, or even know someone who does.  Come to that, its built in […]

Mercedes Benz Want To Be Number One In The UK Charts by 2016 – Then On To World Domination! IOK, we are not talking music here, but it is the ambition of Mercedes Benz to become the UK’s number one “posh brand” and in doing that, outsell its German rivals BMW and Audi. So how’s […]

Poor Driver Vision Responsible for Nearly 3,000 Road Casualties a Year A recent report commissioned by a leading insurer RSA suggests that poor driver vision is responsible for around 2,900 road casualties and repair costs of £33 million every year, though I guess if we drill down a bit further, I suppose many drivers would […]

Overtaking On the Left Hand Side – Should it be Made Legal? OK, so the rules say “keep left – pass right” but is it time the law was changed?  Well this wouldn’t be necessary if it were it not for a group of pathetic right-lane-hogging drivers, who clearly get a buzz out of deliberately […]

Don’t Make the Dark Nights Scary For Your Car Protect Them from Vandalism or Theft Its easier to get away with doing something wrong when no one can see you do it and here in the UK, in the winter months, its dark for up to 12 hours a day and with councils now switching […]

As If You Didn’t Know That! Just read that having a fag when you get behind the wheel isn’t good for you, because scientists have declared that smoking inside your car, produces levels of pollution that exceeds official safe limits. Wow, they will be telling us Santa Claus isn’t real next. Now, I can speak with […]