Among the many motorists that induce headaches when travelling on the road, the worst offenders it seems are van drivers. Fellow motorists have voted van drivers the most inconsiderate and rudest of all road users in a new survey on driver habits by VanInsurance. The online insurance specialist has discovered that the so-called White Van [...]

Japanese automotive manufacturer Toyota has received a welcome respite from its much-publicised safety issues following the surge in popularity of its latest model Aygo. Branded as a super city car, the Toyota Aygo has been a common and popular sight on roads across Britain since it first hit the streets back in2005. Last year saw [...]

The Aston Martin Rapide and the Cadillac Converi have emerged as the big winners in the most recent automotive design awards, held at the Geneva Motor Show in Switzerland. With car design the topic of most discussion at the awards, it was two of the more progressive big names in the industry who collected the [...]

Keen to capitalise of the booming eco-friendly car industry trend, Honda has announced an ambitious new project that could soon have you filling up in the comfort of your own driveway. The latest development from the Japanese giant is a home-based hydrogen re-filling station, and what’s more it’s solar-powered. The manufacturer has been working on [...]

Britain’s love affair with the madcap motoring team from Top Gear has seen the show take out the honour of being the decade’s favourite television program. In a poll specially commissioned by Channel 4 which will go to air next week Top Gear, which underwent a successful transformation earlier this decade, took out top honours [...]

The leading remarketing and vehicle auction company in Europe, BCA, has been acquired by Clayton, Dublier & Rice (CD&R) from current owners Montagu Private Equity. Spread across some twelve countries and comprising 45 remarketing centres the BCA group sells more than £4 billion worth of used vehicles each year. These range from ex-rental stock to [...]

The UK car industry has welcomed the British government’s decision to offer extended tax reductions for electric vehicles to fleet buyers and commercial vehicles. The tax breaks are already offered to private car owners. In his pre-budget report Alistair Darling has reported that electric powered vehicles would be exempt from company car tax for five [...]

The unveiling of new tram tracks in Edinburgh’s city centre has led to the city council coordinating classes in road navigation for the city’s cyclists following a spate of accidents in the past week. New tram lines have been installed in Princes Street, with the reopening of the thoroughfare taking place just over a week [...]

World representatives are uniting this week in the Russian capital of Moscow in an effort to minimise the number of global road deaths. It is hoped that actions taken by united world governments, taking place on Thursday, could mean up to 5 million lives are saved on the world’s roads. The inaugural Global Ministerial Summit [...]

Continual rises in insurance premiums along with increasing motoring taxes and the price of oil have all contributed to the new research which suggests that the cost of running a car has grown by around 11% in the past 3 years. According the data released by Sainsbury’s finance average annual car costs, excluding interest repayments [...]