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In the 2013 JD Power survey, in association with What Car?, Skoda have come top for customer satisfaction, with the suitably-named Skoda Superb topping the survey. The Czech carmaker, who's Yeti vehicle also came second in the survey, and who saw a whopping 20% sales increase in 2012, was praised for the affordability of it's vehicles; offering such incentives as 0% finance offers and zero...

In a recent survey covering different areas of the UK and noting prices of fuel at the petrol pumps, we see a trend of falls in average costs, which will come as welcome news for many. During the past year, motorists have been hit hard by ever increasing prices at the fuel pumps. We've heard of stories where family cars are costing their owners over £100 for a full tank of petrol. Wit...

Going by year-on-year sales figures supplied by Jato Dynamics, a provider of European automotive market research, Europe has seen new car sales increase in April by 2%, with both the UK and Germany seeing rises in the number of new registrations during the month. Despite the upturn in new car registrations last month, this years sales are still 7.1% down over the same period in 2012. Also,...

Soon to be arriving on British roads is the new Mercedes C-Class 63 AMG Edition 507, a potent vehicle focusing on both power and performance. The German carmaker giant will be bringing it's new offering to the shores of the UK this July, with prices starting at £66,960 on the road. Packing a huge 451 horsepower as standard, the Edition 507 also gives 10 Nm more torque than th...

The wheels of industry in UK car manufacturing were slowing in March, with figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) showing a fall of 6.3% in output over the same period of 2012. The output of cars in March was 126,909, whereas the production of commercial vehicles also fell in March. A drop of 18.7% was seen in such production, over the same period of 2012, w...

The UK is in the top five European countries for road congestion, figures released by Inrix show, but they also show that our roads are slowly getting clearer. The UK came fifth in a list of European countries with the least clear roads, stuck behind Holland, France, Germany and Belgium. Motorists here were stuck in traffic jams for an average of 29 hours in 2012, however this figure is les...

Starting next month, A3 models featuring Audi connect will be able to utilise a new 'fuel finder' service to locate the cheapest fuel for their vehicle in the vicinity. The fuel finder service, named 'Refuelling Stop', queries a live database of petrol stations and sorts them by price and location. The location can either be nearby the vehicle's current location, or any other destination th...

A slew of hidden costs and a lack of transparency prevent car hire customers from getting a good deal, a report from watchdog Which? has found. During it's investigation, Which? found that 53% of it's participants suffered confusion about the actual cost of booking their hire car, even after the process was completed. The executive director of Which?, Richard Lloyd, said that it was "almost...

Whilst new car registrations in Europe have been falling every month for the past year and a half, the UK is resisting this trend and seeing steady growth. For the last 18 months in a row, new registrations in Europe has been consistently falling, with a 10.2% fall in March alone. However, this is not so in the UK, which has seen new car sales grow for each of the past 13 months, and saw a...

Volkswagen has recently released details of the new edition of the Golf GTD, which boasts both speed and efficiency, and as a result, also a tiny road tax charge. Featuring a 2.0 litre TDI diesel engine, the Golf GTD generates 181 bhp, and is capable of speeds of up to 142 mph. Acceleration sees the car go from naught to 62 mph in 7.5 seconds. With such power under the bonnet, moto...