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SUVs were Europe’s top sellers in 2015
- 02/02/2016
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Sports Utility Vehicles (SUVs) were the highest selling cars in Europe in 2015, which meant the sector is top for the first time. The boom in SUV sales saw European new car registrations increase by 9.3% in 2015. The sector saw an increase of 24% to 3.2 million units, which was a market share increase from 19.8% [...] -
Government boost for driverless cars
- 02/02/2016
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
The government has awarded £20 million in funding to eight driverless car technology projects being conducted in the United Kingdom. Business Secretary Sajid Javid made the announcement at a visit to the Horiba Mira test facility near Nuneaton yesterday (01/02). The projects are the first to be funded from the [...] -
Fix Auto Hereford launched
- 02/02/2016
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Fix Auto UK has launched a site in Hereford, which will be run by the owner of five South Wales bodyshops. TST Group owner Steve Peart has added the Cavanagh's Ltd site in the town, in a move that marks his first foray into England. It also takes his group’s workshop space to more than 100,000 sq ft, and [...] -
Honda rated most reliable cars
- 02/02/2016
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
A survey of over 30,000 European motorists has found that customers rate Honda as the most reliable car brand. The research by the Organisation of Consumers and Users (OCU) saw Honda receive a reliability rating of 93/100 and with further 79% of survey respondents saying that they would recommend a Honda [...] -
Motor Museum unveils safety exhibition
- 02/02/2016
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
The National Motor Museum in Beaulieu is unveiling a new exhibition on motoring safety that chronicles how safety technology has developed. The museum's 'Driving Change' exhibition will feature an interactive exhibition showing safety technology and will also use push-buttons to show facts about how safety has [...] -
Trio sentenced for crash-for-cash plans
- 02/02/2016
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Three people have been handed suspended prison sentences and ordered to pay fines after planning a crash-for-cash scam. An investigation by the City of London Police's Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department (IFED) uncovered the scam after forensic engineers spotted the vehicles had been driven into each other [...] -
Autonomous vehicles to impact insurance
- 02/02/2016
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Research has found that 380 million vehicles worldwide will have some form of autonomy in 14 years time, which will have an impact on the car insurance market. In the 2016 edition of the Usage-Based Insurance (UBI) study, consultancy firm PTOLEMUS made the forecast that 380 million semi, highly or fully autonomous [...] -
Self-drive cars get human touch
- 01/02/2016
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
A research project that will help autonomous vehicles drive naturally like human drivers has received vehicles and investment from Jaguar Land Rover (JLR). Employees of the London Borough of Greenwich will drive Jaguar and Land Rover vehicles on a daily basis to establish how different drivers react to real-world [...] -
Subaru EyeSight reduces crashes
- 01/02/2016
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Data on Japanese traffic accidents has found Subaru vehicles equipped with EyeSight technology are involved in 61% fewer crashes than those without. The company analysed a range of data involving the company’s vehicles from 2010 to 2014 that was measured in terms of accidents per 10,000 vehicles. The analysis [...] -
Fuel price fall may encourage car sales
- 01/02/2016
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
A survey by We Buy Any Car found falling fuel prices meant a significant number of people would think about buying their next car sooner than planned. The research found 5% of car owners asked said the drop in fuel prices has made them think about buying another car earlier than they would have [...]