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You may be led to believe that manufacturers were simply concentrating on fuel consumption and CO2 output these days to the point of obsession, when designing cars, leaving everything else to simply tick over. And to an extent you are right with many manufacturers moving from full spare wheels to skinny spares and now the totally impractical Read more »

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I’m not going to labour this point but whilst thumbing through a recent copy of Auto Express I saw the comparison reviews between the VW Tiguan and the Kia Sportage, their versions of small 4WD cars similar to the Rav 4 and Honda CRV. The Kia won hands down and yet whenever I’ve offered Kia’s to potential customers as a great alternative to some Read more »

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My review of a new car is a bit of a disappointment, no surprise there then. When the Vauxhall Zafira came out it revolutionised the 7 seater and made it possible to haul around a mass of kids without the need to feel as though you were driving a Transit van. They were compact, comfortable and economical and frankly I quite liked them. Over the Read more »

Whilst you may not live near Heathrow if you’ve ever had the need to travel into London via the M4 past the airport you will know the frustration of sitting in the traffic whilst the bus lane remained empty except for the occasional bus and taxi. As you know the lane was reverted back to a general lane last December and since then 4.5 million cars have Read more »

I must admit that I smiled when I read this next piece of information that 60% of drivers who own sat nav’s suffer from ‘sat nav rage’. 6 out of 10 users admitted to shouting, swearing and even lashing out at their sat navs when it failed to get them to their planned destination or failed to point them the right way. The study was carried out by sat nav app Read more »

After a series of sad cases where people have been badly injured and the driver has walked away with a minimal fine and a couple of months in prison the government is about to crack down on those driving dangerously resulting in serious injury. A new offence – causing serious injury by dangerous driving has been recommended by Justice Read more »

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We seem to know precious little about electric vehicles which may well be the reason why so few are being sold. It can’t be so much about cost as they are subsidised by the government in order to encourage ownership, or is price the reason? The price of an electric vehicle compared to its equivalent petrol or diesel version is spectacularly high. The Read more »

As most of my readers know there are some things that cause me to shout, scream and throw things out of my pram, one of which is when dealers or manufacturers try to mislead customers. Especially so when the manufacturer refuses to take responsibility when customers exercise their legal rights. This often happens when a customer makes a claim Read more »

Been a busy week for me, last week I was attending, as a speaker, the F&I Conference and awards dinner. For the uninitiated F&I stands for Finance and Insurance offered by car dealers and brokers. It was a great event and even though I went over time with my presentation I believe it went down well. The most surprising thing for me was the Read more »

As a consultant I have often advised companies on their car policies and driver handbooks. With more stringent health and safety laws it is important that even with just one or two employees that drive on company business you have a driver handbook or incorporate certain items within the employee’s contract of employment. If you are an employer Read more »