Used Car Industry News and Resources

For the second year, a Ford Fiesta has won the ALD Automotive / Shell FuelSave MPG Marathon, beating more than 23 contenders. The exact Fiesta model was the ECOnetic Titanium, with a 1.6 litre diesel engine. Two members of the Leicestershire County Council, Rosemary Homer and Nick Chapman, were the drivers of the car during the annual eco-marathon, and covered 339.3 miles whilst achieving a...

Renault has picked up three awards at the recent Scottish Car of the Year awards, including one model being crowned the best small car. At the SCOTY awards, Renault saw their Clio receiving the accolade of best small car, whilst their ZOE was named the electric car of the year, and their Captur being awarded the best crossover at the awards. The French carmaker's Dacia brand also received a...

A leading road safety charity and major oil company have joined forces to highlight the care needed in using the proper engine oil for your car. The Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM) and Mobil have released figures from a poll of 1000 motorists, that show that a huge 96% of drivers blindly go with whatever oil their mechanic recommends for their car during a service, with only 4% actual...

The iconic and well-loved four-by-four, the Land Rover Defender, is to cease production in the next couple of years, it has been announced. The final Land Rover Defender will roll off the production lines at the West Midlands Solihull production facility owned by Jaguar Land Rover (JLR). These final models are thought to be scheduled to be produced in December of 2015. However, JLR have mad...

In the latest released official statistics, we see that he sales of cars in the UK is at the highest level seen in the last five years. According to figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), a record breaking 400,000 new cars were bought in the UK in September. This is the highest amount of new cars sold in the last 66 months, since March in 2008. The SMMT also sta...

Saving yourself from prosecution for driving with illegal tyres can be easy and simple; the cost of such a check, a mere 20 pence coin. In figures released for England and Wales, 2012 saw 10,228 drivers hauled in front of magistrates for driving on illegal tyres, which equates to more than 170 people a week being caught with dangerous tyres. Of these court appearances, 8,919 led to actual p...

Advice is being given to anyone thinking of buying a used car to make sure that the vehicle's V5C logbook is included with the deal, and that it is indeed valid. There has been an increase in cons and illegal activity involving V5C logbooks recently, according to leading automotive industry experts, and the number of used cars being sold either without a logbook or with an illegal forgery i...

Figures from a recent survey show that 253,000 cars this year failed their first MoT test, as well as unveiling the makes and models of vehicle most likely to pass their tests. With data from the Vehicle Operator and Services Agency (VOSA) filtered by a car comparison service, the figures show that over one quarter of a million cars received some sort of fail in their first MoT test, which...

In new figures released by the Government, we see that the current estimate for the cost of road accidents in the UK could be as much as £34 billion next year. The figures, released recently by the Department for Transport (DfT), are estimates of the next yearly figure for the cost of road accidents. The cost in 2012 for such accidents is reported to be £15.12 billion, which is...

MG has unveiled that their new MG3 supermini offering will be available by finance deal, starting at £99 per month when a deposit is paid. This finance deal is available on all levels of trim and kit, and means that the full costs of owning an MG3 can be spread over three years. Finance packages are fully Personal Contract Purchase (PCP) and allow you to choose what level of deposit t...