Accident Stats from Your Legal Friend
New research from law firm Your Legal Friend delves into the statistics of recent road accidents within England and Wales, highlighting the most dangerous drivers on our roads. There is a great graphic here which it explains it all at Your Legal Friend. The research...
Vauxhall Corsa is 25! Let’s celebrate with some special offers.
With the iconic Corsa reaching 25 years on the UK market this year, Vauxhall is starting the party early by offering one year’s free insurance and five years’ zero per cent Flexible Finance, with no minimum deposit, to all buyers of the best-selling supermini. Open to...
MotorEasy partners with UK’s first car leasing comparison site, Moneyshake.com
Car maintenance and ownership expert, MotorEasy, has partnered with the UK’s first car leasing comparison site, moneyshake.com, to offer its customers an easy-to-use tool for finding the best available leasing deals in the UK. The tool uses revolutionary technology...
TRACKER PROTECTS MOTORISTS FROM THE JAMMERS
The rising threat of criminals using GPS/GSM ‘jamming’ technology to block systems designed to track stolen cars, means motorists need to think carefully about their security choices. TRACKER (part of the Tantalum Corporation), the leaders in stolen vehicle recovery...
A Valentine Love letter to the Morris Minor Traveller
A Classic Car to fall in Love with is the Morris Minor Traveller. Pictured here with our hero the late Charles Ware at his famous Morris Minor Centre.Here's why you should buy one. The Estate was introduced 1953 Models Estate, 2dr and 4dr saloons, convertible, van and...
TRACKER HELPS CAR ENTHUSIASTS PROTECT THEIR MODERN CLASSICS
Classic cars will always be hot targets for thieves, which is why TRACKER (part of the Tantalum Corporation) is heading down to the London Classic Car Show to help enthusiasts protect their beloved vehicles. Taking place from the 15th to 18th February, the London...
2018 RETROMOBILE SHOW: RENAULT CELEBRATES 120 YEARS OF ‘EASY LIFE’ MOTORING
Renault’s stand at the 2018 Retromobile Show – which runs at the Paris Porte de Versailles exhibition centre in Paris, France, from February 7th to 11th – will see Renault celebrate its 120th anniversary with a display of 20 vehicles that marked their respective eras...
USED CAR BUYERS BEWARE A THIEF IN SHEEP’S CLOTHING SAYS TRACKER
With news that car theft has increased by 30% over the past three years, and the last annual police recorded vehicle theft count exceeding 85,000*, stolen vehicle recovery (SVR) expert, TRACKER, is urging used car buyers to remain vigilant when on the hunt for a...
Peter Boswell makes a film with a Ford Mustang
Peter Boswell is back with a follow up video which seems to take a very bizarre turn indeed. Anyway we post this without too much comment, although the last we heard his Audi was going to an Audi garage for the bonnet to be popped.
BCA say Luxury and Supercars in high demand
BCA reports strong demand for the luxury and supercar sectors in the UK as sales of high value vehicles in 2017 often substantially outperformed guide price expectations. BCA sold a range of vehicles from the luxury and supercar sectors for over £100,000 last year,...
HOT HATCH CABBIE
A taxi driver in Norway has a less-than-conventional approach to his car of choice for work – A Ford Focus RS. Whereas larger, more fuel-efficient Ford models are the vehicle of choice for some UK private hire companies, Evald Jåstad has clocked up an impressive...
Top Gear is Back – very soon
The world’s biggest motoring show is back! Top Gear Series 25 sees Matt LeBlanc, Chris Harris, Rory Reid and The Stig return to your screens. Six hour-long episodes see the team confronting the big issues: building the world’s fastest tractor, tackling America's Wild...
Ginetta G60-LT-P1 at Leeds East Airport
The new Ginetta G60-LT-P1 had its first roll-out test after being unveiled just over a week earlier, at the Autosport International Show.Now this is something to look forward to. The LMP1 machine undertook several high speed straight line runs at Leeds East Airport,...
This Customer Complaint Film should win an Oscar
If you have gripe with a major motor manufacturer, in this case Audi, it pays to make your point with as much good humour and style as possible, rather like Peter Boswell has. Using the hashtag #AudiBrokeMyAudi he relates the story of just what happened when his...
AVERAGE PRICE OF A USED PETROL CAR RISES ALMOST 10% AS DRIVERS DESERT DIESEL
The average price of a used petrol car rose by almost 10% (9.4%) during 2017, following the Government’s continued demonisation of diesel vehicles. Over the same 12-month period, the average price of a used diesel car fell 5%, according to research conducted by car...
CHRISTOPHER WARD’S EXCLUSIVE MORGAN COLLECTION
You don't need to have a handbuilt Morgan to get your hands on a fabulous watch. Due to popular demand, premium British watch brand Christopher Ward, and luxury motor car manufacturer Morgan Motor Company, have announced the exclusive C1 Morgan three-piece watch...
Used Diesel vs Petrol, Motor Easy proves diesel three times more likely break down
Diesel cars are more than three times as likely to break down as their petrol counterparts and are more expensive to fix when they do, according to data from car ownership and maintenance firm, MotorEasy. Based on analysis of 30,000 faults on 3-8 year old cars across...
THE 10 BIGGEST CAR RECALLS EVER
When Volkswagen had to recall many of its vehicles a few years back because of the emission cheating software they had installed, you might have been forgiven for thinking that this was the biggest mistake a car company has ever made. The truth is that car recalls are...
Latest Motoring Podcast
We have been meaning to give a regular mention to our friends at the motoring Podcast. We will try and remember to do this every week, because it contains all the motoring stories we want to listen to, learn about and sometimes pulled to pieces and spat out the other...
MOTOREASY ARE HEADLINE SPONSOR OF NEWSPRESS AWARDS
MotorEasy, one of the leading providers of warranties, service plans and supporting products, is joining the 2018 Newspress Awards as headline sponsor. We like the Newspress awards as Free Car Mag seem to do rather well at the annual event. We are even more pleased...
