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Motorists routinely double-charged
- 14/01/2019
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Four out of five drivers are overpaying for their service and MOT by not booking them together, new research shows. According to MotorEasy, up to 85% of a typical car’s scheduled service checks are covered by the same checks conducted by MOT testers. Owners who book their service and MOT at different times are [...] -
Top 10 repairs revealed
- 14/01/2019
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Warrantywise.co.uk has revealed the top 10 largest repair bills from 2018. The list of the top 10 repairs for the year range from £8,928 to £5,009. A cooling fan motor repair for a Lamborghini Aventador tops the list with a repair bill of £8,928. The second and third largest pay outs for 2018 were for a Porsche [...] -
VWG sets sales record
- 14/01/2019
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Volkswagen Group set an all-time sales record in 2018. The 10.83 million vehicles it delivered throughout the world was 0.9% more than in 2017. In many markets of the world, South America, Europe, the USA and China, both the deliveries and in some cases the market shares of the Volkswagen Group grew. With [...] -
Batchelors doubles up in Yorkshire
- 14/01/2019
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Batchelors Motor Group has opened a Suzuki showroom in York. Batchelors has been partnered with Suzuki for over 22 years, having first joined the brand in 1996, and this is its second Suzuki site in Yorkshire. Batchelors Motor Group is an ambitious family owned business. Recently the business opened a used car [...] -
Peugeot announces SMS deal
- 11/01/2019
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Utility metering specialist SMS plc has taken delivery of over 170 Peugeot Boxer, Expert and Partner vans. They will be used by engineers who replace and install gas and electricity meters. The deal includes 140 Experts which have been fitted with appropriate racking, shelving and equipment to carry 'smart' gas [...] -
EV car sharing club hits milestone
- 11/01/2019
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Volkswagen’s partnership with car sharing club Zipcar UK has delivered over 250,000 miles of zero-emission driving in London, with almost 10,000 Zipcar UK members having used the fleet for more than 50,000 trips. The Zipcar UK e-Golf fleet has recently grown to 325, making it the largest shared electric vehicle [...] -
Škoda growth continues unabated
- 11/01/2019
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Škoda has achieved a record number of deliveries for the fifth consecutive year. The Czech manufacturer’s global deliveries rose by 4.4% to 1,253,700 vehicles in 2018 compared to 1,200,500 in 2017. The company recorded strong sales growth in Europe (826,800 vehicles, +4.9%) and in the growth markets of China [...] -
Hella strengthens AI position
- 11/01/2019
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Hella has announced a closer relationship with AEye which will see both companies combine their technical expertise. AEye’s iDAR artificial perception system is an industry leader in range and scan rate performance for automotive-grade LiDAR. iDAR is a new form of intelligent data collection that fuses 1550 [...] -
Temporary cover fills 25,000 hours
- 11/01/2019
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
The launch of a temporary vehicle technician recruitment programme, created to help leading UK car manufacturers overcome significant loss of revenue through the skills shortage, has proved successful with almost 25,000 hours filled over the last 12 months. The figure demonstrates the dependence UK repairers now [...] -
Absolute Alignment announces new centres
- 11/01/2019
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Absolute Alignment has announced over 20 Absolute Alignment Approved Motorsport Centres across the UK – workshops dedicated to providing race car servicing and set-up. All Absolute Alignment Approved Motorsport Centres are equipped with the company’s high-end 3D, digital and Bluetooth wheel alignment [...]