Motorists are being increasingly targeted by scam artists trying to steal their money or personal information via texts, emails and phone calls. The Driver and Vehicle Licencing Agency says it has seen a 603 per cent jump in fraudulent activity in the last 12 months and warned drivers to be alert to the deceitful tricksters … Read more
Citroen’s new coupe-like C4 crossover marks a striking and stylish new addition to the French car-maker’s range – but is clearly built for comfort rather than scintillating performance. Curiously I also found it looks better and more eye-catching on the road and in the metal rather than in photographs. Long before I’d got behind the … Read more
DVLA says ‘SAM’ and ‘DAN’ are the most in-demand personalised registrations as Britons buy a private plate every minute in 2020 despite a massive decline in new car sales Nearly 370,000 personalised registrations have been purchased this year BEN, TOM and AMY join SAM and DAN in the top five most common searches Appetite for … Read more
The UK’s first gigaplant to produce cells for electric vehicle batteries will be built in Blyth, Northumberland, with construction beginning next summer, it has been confirmed today. The firm behind the nation’s first cell manufacturing plant, Britishvolt, has selected the expansive former Blyth Power Station grounds for the gigaplant, which will bring 3,000 new jobs … Read more
Bentley has completed the first reborn ‘Bentley Blower’ for 90 years as part of a continuation car project aimed at well-heeled vehicle collectors. The iconic British marque has used Sir Henry ‘Tim’ Birkin’s famed 1929 4½-litre ‘Team Blower’ car as the template to recreate a limited road-going series of the stunning racer. The first model … Read more
More than half of car buyers will consider buying models made in Britain if EU trade negotiations fall through and consumers face import tariffs on new cars, according to a poll of motorists. In a survey of 1,728 in-market motor buyers who are eagerly scouring showrooms and website to purchase new vehicles, 53 per cent … Read more
Drivers racked up a staggering volume of penalty points on their licences in the first half of the year despite the country spending the much of the period in the initial coronavirus lockdown, figures have revealed. There were just under 1.5 million endorsement points put on licences in the first six months of 2020, the … Read more
If you are a shrinking violet who likes to keep a low profile and hates being the centre of attention, then Citroen’s quirky new Ami electric cube car is definitely not for you. Within minutes of getting behind the wheel, the cute back-to-basics zero-emissions city car draws plenty of crowds and gawping onlookers – as … Read more
Ineos Automotive, the vehicle division belonging to British billionaire Sir Jim Ratcliffe, has today confirmed that it has bought a car factory in France from Mercedes-Benz and will start to build its Grenadier 4×4 there in late 2021. The acquisition of the Hambach plant will ‘safeguards 1,300 jobs that might otherwise have been lost’ in the … Read more
Electric cars can officially display special green number plates from today that could see owners benefit from cheaper parking, unrestricted access to low emission zones and permission to use bus lanes in the future. Among the first EV owners to get their hands on one of the special plates is Transport Secretary Grant Shapps who … Read more