John has been writing about cars since the start of 2011, with a particular fondness for models with USB connectivity and a serious distaste for steering wheels with too many buttons. Can often be found trying to seduce 1.0-litre engines. When away from things that go brum, apostrophe snob John can often be found making noise with varying degrees of musicality.
Mini’s new John Cooper Works Hatch will use the most powerful engine ever to feature in a production Mini model when it goes on UK sale this month. The 2.0-litre TwinPower Turbo unit in the Mini JC...
BMW’s 3 Series will respond to the threat posed by Jaguar’s XE with new engines, enhanced gearboxes, revised chassis, improved fuel economy and lower CO2 output when the updated model arrives this ...
Seat has demonstrated how it intends to ‘Leonize’ its range by unveiling a heavily revised Ibiza at the Barcelona Motor Show. Available from this Autumn, the VW Polo-based supermini will be availa...
Britain’s new car market enjoyed its best April since 2005, with sales up by 5.1% compared to the same month last year. A total of 185,778 new cars were registered in the UK throughout April, plac...
Business mobility provider Alphabet has strengthened its recently formed broker channel team by bringing in Suzi Cooper as Regional Development Manager – North. Cooper will be responsible for manag...
Contract hire and vehicle management provider Fleet Hire saw profits grow 60% in the 2014/15 trading year. The company, headquartered in Solihull and Milton Keynes, manages a fleet of around 7,000 ...
Hyundai’s true fleet sales grew by 15% in the first quarter of 2015. Compared to the first three months of 2014, the South Korean car maker registered 800 units to company fleets, a figure which o...
Tesla’s Powerwall is a wall-mountable rechargeable lithium-ion battery which can be connected with solar or grid and can provide back-up power in case of a black-out.
More plug-in cars were sold in the UK than in any other European country during 2014. According to the SMMT, 14,498 electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles were registered in the UK, which is almost ...