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Young drivers spending 18% of salary on car insurance
A report has shown that the UK's young drivers are spending in excess of 18% of their salary on car insurance. Obviously young drivers are a greater risk to insurers, with young men bearing the brunt of the insurance premiums. On average an "average Joe" who is aged...
Zipcar to offer 235.4mpg Vauxhall Ampera to London’s car sharing scheme
Zipcar has announced a pilot partnership with car Vauxhall, that will see the Ampera join its fleet of self-service, pay as you go vehicles for the next six months. Zipcar is a car sharing service that motorists "borrow" a car for short period of time. The pay as you...
EV West offers its 420BHP EV E36 M3 to “The Peak”
Not many people know this, but before the green bug bit, I was a bit of a performance car nut. Numerous quick cars came and went over the years including MR2 Turbo's, 3 Ford Capri's and an XR2-Turbo. Now I'm rocking a 1.6 Volvo estate from Sweedens heart lands, so its...
Engineering students on quest for a 3,300 mpg vehicle to compete in 2012 SAE Supermileage Challenge
The SAE International Supermileage Challenge is an annual event held for North American and Canadian engineering and technology students which has them competing to create the most fuel-efficient single-person vehicle. Students from the University of Michigan are...
Meet the Porshe 918 Spyder Hybrid Prototype: 199MPH and 78MPG!
First a Porsche pop out a diesel variant of its "marmite" Panamera capable of returning a combined 43.5 mpg and now this! Behold the Porshe 918 Spyder Hybrid Prototype, on paper its a mighty impressive and exclusive super car. With a top speed of 199mph and packing a...
Are green cars bad news for the Treasury motoring revenue?
According to research by the Institute for Fiscal studies, Green motoring could hurt the Treasury motoring revenue to the tune of £13bn as fuel and road duty dries up. The report, commissioned by the RAC Foundation estimates that the proceeds of fuel duty will drop...
Borrowing for repairs
Borrowing for car repairs is becoming increasingly common if recent reports are to be believed. Research by Ferratum, a leading provider of short term loans, showed that over half (54%) of their customers were taking loans for unexpected repairs; the majority of these...
Hypermiling on the “wireless”, Hypermiling feature on BBC Radio Stoke
All you lucky BBC listeners who are able to tune into BBC Radio Stoke both on the "wireless" and via the BBC website will be pleased to know that yours truly will be featuring on Stuart George's program tomorrow morning.Tune in from 10AM to hear me disucssing the...
Getting the right car Insurance quote
When your car insurance needs renewing you never seem to be prepared, it is so much easier to continue with your existing car insurance than find an alternative. There never seems to be enough hours in the day, so when your car insurance needs to be renewed this...
1 in 5 “new” cars fail their first MOT, time for a change to the rules?
Analysis of 24.5 million MoT records obtained by "honest john" has shown that 1 in 5 cars fail their first MOT, with French cars leading the field as the worst offenders. As you know, when cars reach the ripe old age of 3, they are required to join the rest of us in...