Payment holiday for car finance customers during coronavirus

Drivers with car finance deals and payday loan borrowers will be able to request payment holidays to give them breathing space during Covid-19 crisis By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:55 BST, 24 April 2020 | Updated: 21:55 BST, 24 April 2020 Drivers with car finance deals and borrowers who have taken out … Read more

Motorists can get a coronavirus car finance payment freeze

Anyone who has a finance arrangement in place on a car can now access a three-month payment freeze under temporary measures introduced by the Financial Conduct Authority. Borrowers with Personal Contract Purchase or Personal Contract Hire car finance plans can request the payment freeze ‘at any point’ the city regulator states. Finance companies should not … Read more

Beware the SORN sites charging £40 to take your car off the road

Drivers are being urged not to pay to SORN their vehicles after This is Money was alerted to a website profiteering on the back of the coronavirus outbreak. There has been a surge of motorists declaring vehicles as being off the road – known as a Statutory Off Road Notification – to avoid having to … Read more

Jaguar E-Type voted best British car ever but the Mini is only THIRD

What’s the greatest car ever produced by British factories? It’s a hot debate, usually battled out by enthusiasts with their own classics parked in the garage.  Recently the discussion was carried out online by classic car owners who were asked to vote for their top choice British model, with the Jaguar E-Type coming out on … Read more

ASK TONY: Why was hard-up son charged £51 to delay car loan payments

My son has been laid off due to the coronavirus, so he contacted Suzuki Finance to arrange a one-month payment holiday. It agreed to this, but said it will charge him £51 for this month and for any subsequent months for which he may require a payment holiday; these fees will be added at the … Read more

Admiral car insurance customers receive £25 automatic refund

Admiral is giving all of its car and van insurance customers an automatic refund of £25 each, a total return of £110million. Britain’s biggest car insurer says it is refunding its customers in recognition of the fact that there have been fewer cars on the road during the lockdown and it expects this to result … Read more

Car and van ownership in the UK exceeds more than 40 MILLION for the first time ever

There are more than 40million cars and vans registered to UK owners for the first time in history, according to figures released today. It shows there were more than 35million cars and 5million commercial vehicles owned in Britain during 2019 – an increase of 1 per cent and more than has ever been on the … Read more

‘F**k the NHS’: Driver sparks fury by sticking foul-mouthed note in car

‘F**k the NHS’: Driver sparks fury by sticking foul-mouthed note attacking health service workers in car window NHS workers across the country have been fighting against the coronavirus One motorist displayed an offensive sign in his care window in Mold, Wales Pubic have been outraged at the ‘disgusting sign’ seen on the car on Saturday Do … Read more

Kate Hudson celebrates her 41st birthday with surprise car parade party that made her ‘heart burst’

Despite spending her birthday under quarantine, Kate Hudson had a memorable 41st birthday. The Academy Award nominee was showered with love as family and friends wished her a happy birthday with an epic car parade and breakfast in bed on Sunday.  The natural beauty began her Instagram story with a video of herself blowing out three gold … Read more