• Subscription models reveal generation gap

    • 4 October 2021
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    New research has found that more than six in 10 millennials would rather access a car via subscription than owning it outright New research by Volkswagen Financial Services UK (VWFS) has found that 61% of people aged 18 to 34 are interested in accessing a car via subscription, similar to services such as Netflix, [...]
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  • Young drivers underestimate cost of insurance

    • 11 November 2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    More than half of young drivers do not budget enough money to pay for their insurance in their first year of driving, new RAC research reveals Fifty-six per cent of the 500 young drivers surveyed for RAC Black Box Car Insurance expected their first premium to be under £750 when the average insurance cost for [...]
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  • Car buyers should put safety first

    • 11 August 2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    Brake, the road safety charity, is encouraging drivers – especially the young – to put safety first when it comes to buying a new vehicle The call comes on the back of survey results, released today (11 August 2015), showing safety features are less of a priority for young drivers when choosing a vehicle than [...]
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  • Young drivers need law change

    • 14 May 2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    Long overdue reform of the UK’s driver testing regime is required said the ABI today The reform, in the form of graduated driving licencing, is required to help reduce the shockingly high numbers of young drivers and passengers killed or seriously injured on the UK’s roads each year, the Association of British [...]
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  • Ford teams up with ‘Marmalade’

    • 5 May 2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    Marmalade to help reduce the cost of motoring for young drivers – and make the dream of owning a new car a reality The scheme brings together the popular Ford Options two-year personal contract purchase plan with a  discreet telematics ‘black box’ fitted free of charge by Marmalade Ford will contribute up to [...]
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