Friday, 28. October 2011
Oh dear, can you hear that bubbling? If you can it’s my blood boiling. Today it’s a manufacturer that’s managed to get my back up and the fact that Auto Express seems to be a bit short on advice again. A reader negotiated a good discount on a Vauxhall Corsa but then saw an ad for zero percent finance so naturally asked for the deal. The dealer explained Read more »
Wednesday, 1. December 2010
Insurance and fuel duty increases have been blamed for the inflation busting increase of 6.3% announced by the RAC in their Cost of Motoring Index. The average cost has increased by £346 over last year’s cost taking it up to £6,000. Depreciation has also had an effect although some costs such as Vehicle Excise Duty (car tax) and car finance have dropped. The annual study assesses the running costs of 17 new cars from the Toyota Yaris to the Land Rover Discovery. Each model’s bills are weighted Read more »
Sunday, 26. September 2010
Halfords owned Nationwide Autocentres has revealed the top ten 3 year old cars and 5 year old cars to pass the MOT amongst the UK’s best selling cars. This information is normally very hard to find so Halfords have pretty much broken ranks by revealing the information that I print out below:Â
3 Year Old Cars |
% Fail |
BMW 3 Series |
7 |
VW Golf |
11 |
Ford Mondeo |
12 |
Ford Fiesta |
13 |
Ford Focus |
13 |
Renault Clio |
13 |
Vauxhall Astra |
14 |
Ford KA |
15 |
Vauxhall Corsa |
20 |
Renault Megane |
25 |
Â
5 Year Old Cars |
% Fail |
Ford Fiesta |
20 |
VW Golf |
21 |
Vauxhall Astra |
21 |
Ford Focus |
22 |
Peugeot 206 |
24 |
Ford Mondeo |
27 |
Peugeot 307 |
33 |
Renault Clio |
34 |
Renaukt Megane |
35 |
Vauxhall Corsa |
39 |
The figures were based on the top 10 selling cars during the year of manufacture according to Halfords. One or two surprises there I have to say but it would be interesting to see stats for all cars, not just the top sellers, now that would be revealing! Are you surprised by any of the figures, drop me a note? By Graham Hill