Footballers have long come in for mockery over their choice of cars.  There’s an image that the highly-paid superstars of the sport like to splash the cash on fancy motors with little thought for things like taste, subtlety or practicality.  As if trying to prove this point, online marketplace Autotrader has just released details of […]

Lotus has announced the name of its first all-electric model. Due to start production in 2020, the hypercar will be called the Lotus Evija. The car’s production was confirmed at Shanghai International Auto Show in April but until now it has only been known by its Lotus Type number – Type 130. Pronounced ‘ev-eye-a’ its […]

BMW has revealed details of the latest version of its X6 “Sports Activity Coupe”. The frankly weird-looking high-riding swoopy-roofed four-door 4×4 coupe thing is now into its third generation and brings a slightly larger body, new engines and new technology along with revised styling. It’s still clearly an X6, with a strange mix of low […]

Formula 1 cars once driven by Jim Clark, Ayrton Senna and Michael Schumacher along with a brace of £30m Porsche Le Mans cars and Volkswagen’s cutting-edge ID.R electric racer will be among the star attractions at the 2019 Goodwood Festival of Speed. Running from Thursday, July 4 until Sunday July 7, the automotive extravaganza’s theme […]

Motorists who drive as part of their jobs should be regularly retested to improve road safety, according to a new white paper. Driver training charity IAM Roadsmart has called for an end to lifetime licences, saying that one single hour of assessment should not be all that is required to hold a licence indefinitely. It […]

The price of fuel fell across the UK in June after four months of rises but retailers have been accused of not doing enough to help drivers. The average cost of a litre of petrol dropped 3p and nearly 5p was cut from a litre of diesel but industry observers say retailers could have gone […]

Thousands of parents have admitted that they are risking young passengers’ safety due to confusion over child car seats. And a worrying third have said they have knowingly broken the law by transporting someone else’s child without a car seat. Injuries A poll of parents by car maker SEAT found that 80 per cent were […]

The first UK car scrappage scheme ran from 2009-10 and removed 392,227 older models from the road in a bit to reduce CO2 emissions. In the face of Dieselgate and growing concerns over air pollution, recent years have seen calls for the Government to repeat the scheme. However, it has resisted amid fears that a […]

Ford has announced the launch of a new scrappage scheme that offers buyers £2,000 off the price of a new car when they trade in an older car. From July 1 until September 30, customers will receive the discount when buying a new Ford passenger or commercial vehicle, although some restrictions do apply. Ford says […]