Four-door coupes: the cake-and-eat-it niche

Splicing a saloon with a coupe may have seemed fanciful a decade ago, but four-door coupes are now a firmly established breed.Mercedes-Benz pioneered the four-door coupe concept with the 2004 launch of the CLS. The car was widely derided at the time, with many...

New Car Sales Increased Across UK

Britain’s automotive industry seems to be recovering slowly from the recession with a surprise increase in sales of new cars in April. This prompted the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) to revise its 2012 sales forecast upwards. There were a total of...

How You Can Control Your Family’s expenditure

Family budgeting in these times can sometimes be a struggle, but there are several simple and effective measures you can take to cut your costs without losing any benefits.Switching utilities suppliers should be one of the first things to think of. Sites like...

Used car prices fall 3.9% as running costs soar

According to a report from the UK’s number one motoring website Autotrader, prices of used cars in the UK have fallen on average 3.9% since January. The report has been compiled using the Auto Trade Price Index, which takes into account vehicle listing details...

Electric cars and the heat of technology

When you first start driving an electric car, one of the biggest adjustments you have to make is with the heating. While it’s an equal pain to scrape ice from any kind of car, once a combustion engine is running it soon warms up. Electric cars, by contrast, won’t warm...