New Peugeot petrol hits 99.1mpg in Spanish tests
A new fuel efficient 1.2-litre petrol engine has been added to Peugeot’s 308 range. The 130bhp PureTech 1198cc e-THP unit has an official fuel consumption of 61.4mpg at 107g/km when mated to a six...
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Why the new Mercedes C-Class should have its rivals scared
The arrival of Mercedes’ new C-Class doesn’t so much upset the equilibrium of the compact executive class as restore it to where it should be. Merc’s small saloon is now every inch the scaled-down...
Alphabet: Budget 2014 needs to encourage EV interest
Chancellor George Osborne needs to confirm the future of Government incentives for electric vehicles in his UK Budget this week. That’s the view of ?Jon Burdekin, Head of Consultancy Services at m...
Half of company car drivers not interested in EVs
Only one in six company car drivers (16%) would consider an electric vehicle as their next company car, according to a recent survey. Half of the 534 drivers surveyed by the Leasedrive Group compl...
Paris car ban lifted after one day
A scheme, which banned half of all cars from being driven in Paris, has been scrapped less than 24 hours after it came into force. Anyone driving a car with an odd-numbered registration plate risk...
Electrical faults more frequent and expensive in today’s tech-laden cars
The number of electrical faults on cars older than three years has increased by 66% in the last five years with average repair costs rocketing by almost a third. Increasingly advanced technology h...
Polluted Paris bans trucks and half of all cars to improve air quality
French motorists will only be able to drive their car in Paris every other day after the government introduced a new rule intended to reduce air pollution in the French capital city. Announced on ...
UK taxes fuel more than any other EU nation
Research by the RAC Foundation has found that British motorists pay the more fuel tax than other countries in the European Union. The UK tops the charts in tax with 59% of the price of a litre o...
Ford Transit Connect makes fleet debut with Sevenoaks Council
Sevenoaks District Council has become the first fleet in the UK to introduce Ford’s new Transit Connect. The second generation compact van, which went on sale early 2014, replaces the authority’s ...
Ex-fleet car values dip in February but 3.7% up year-on-year
The average selling price of a defleeted company car fell by £748 to £7,076 in February, compared to the previous month, according to Manheim’s Market Analysis. This value decrease was the result ...
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