The £200k W12 Continental GT Speed could be Bentley’s petrol swansong

Britain’s Bentley is set to benefit from a ‘roaring Twenties’ post-pandemic spending boom, its chief executive Adrian Hallmark predicted as he launched a new flagship grand tourer. Speaking as he launched the new 200mph £200,000 Bentley GT Speed and celebrated record 2020 sales, he said there were signs of wealthy customers around the globe coming … Read more

RAY MASSEY: Toyota’s Aygo will run on petrol only

RAY MASSEY: Toyota’s next-generation Aygo city car will run on petrol only, bucking the trend for electric or hybrid vehicles By Ray Massey Motoring Editor For The Daily Mail Published: 21:57 GMT, 19 March 2021 | Updated: 22:24 GMT, 19 March 2021 Bucking the trend for electric or hybrid vehicles, Toyota’s next-generation Aygo city car … Read more

Two thugs who killed four children in petrol bomb attack stand trial for murder of their mother

Two thugs have gone on trial in Salford for the murder of a woman who died 20 months after a petrol bomb attack that claimed the lives of her children. Manchester Crown Court heard how Zak Bolland, 26, and David Worrall, 28, launched the arson attack on December 11, 2017, while feuding with the 16-year-old … Read more

Petrol cars waste far more raw materials than electric, it’s claimed

Cars with petrol and diesel engines waste hundreds of times more raw materials than an equivalent electric vehicle, according to a new study by a green campaign group.   Over the course of a fossil-fuel car’s lifetime it burns through the equivalent of a stack of oil barrels 25 storeys high, while electric vehicles waste only … Read more

Fuel stations to switch to greener E10 petrol from September

E10 arrival in September:The Department for Transport has confirmed that fuel retailers will be selling the greener fuel later this year – though drivers of older cars are warned to avoid it Filling stations across the UK will switch from E5 to E10 petrol in September, the Department for Transport has confirmed today. The greener … Read more

Petrol prices have risen 7.5p-a-litre since end of December

Motorists will be in for a shock once lockdown eases and they can travel, as the price of petrol and diesel has likely jumped since the last time they visited a filling station. Analysis of national prices show that unleaded now costs almost 122p-a-lite on average in the UK, which is the highest it has … Read more

Disgraced soldier, 21, and fiancée, 20, lobbed PETROL BOMB through her ex-lover’s window

A former soldier and his fiancée carried out a revenge petrol bomb attack on the home of her ex-boyfriend while his family were at home after boasting of being a ‘trained killer’. Ashley McArthur, 21, and Kayleigh Dolan, 20, crept up to the lounge widow and hurled the Molotov cocktail onto a sofa as Stephen … Read more

Disgraced soldier, 21, and fiancée, 20, lobbed PETROL BOMB through her ex-lover’s window

A former soldier and his fiancée carried out a revenge petrol bomb attack on the home of her ex-boyfriend while his family were at home after boasting of being a ‘trained killer’. Ashley McArthur, 21, and Kayleigh Dolan, 20, crept up to the lounge widow and hurled the Molotov cocktail onto a sofa as Stephen … Read more

Rapper, 33, who bragged about how he would carry out revenge petrol bomb attack jailed for 12 years

A rapper who bragged on Instragram live video about how he would carry out a revenge petrol bomb attack on a rival has been jailed for 12 years.    George Carpenter, also known as Carpo, carried out the revenge attack at a home in Grove Street, Edge Hill, Liverpool, on July 11 last year. A court … Read more