Barking Car Vandal

Comments: 0 Date: 22 April 2014 Read More

It’s not the nicest experience to wake up, walk to your motor, to realise that your tyres have been slashed or damaged. Especially if it becomes a repeat attack and a very expensive one! A town in Cumbria was under a 6 month flurry of damage to a range of cars. Residents were suffering from “slow punctures” which, as you can understand, don’t always show straight away, but do at the most pivotal point when you actually need to get somewhere. One resident Anne Taylor, ended up having to have 12 tyres replaced. Enough was enough and she decided to set up...

Easter Chaos

Comments: 0 Date: 17 April 2014 Read More

If you spent the day sitting at your desk watching the clock tick towards 5pm with the excitement growing because you’re going away for the Easter Holidays, you’re one of thousands that will be hitting our highways. Thursday is expected to be the busiest day across the holidays for travel, and will lead to a heavily congested weekend. So plan ahead. If you’re in the car with the family, research has shown, that on average, families last 33 minutes before the first signs of an argument. Although Easter is a 4 day break, most people will spend on average 24 hours on the road,...

The Evil Genius of Jaguar

Comments: 0 Date: 11 April 2014 Read More

As part of Jaguars launch of the new F-TYPE Coupe, the creative team behind all the marketing and publicity, can up with an incredible plan- an evil one, you could say. The creative debuted at the Super Bowl in the US and has hit UK shores to celebrate the launch of the new F-TYPE. British Villains is the name of the campaign and will feature across Cinema, outdoor, print, digital, video and mobile was created by Jaguars Global Agency Spark44. The new television commercial challenges the idea that in all Hollywood movies, villains are usually played by Brits. It features names...

Volvo for girls

Comments: 0 Date: 09 April 2014 Read More

Four British Women are part of an all female team to man a 65ft Yacht, as part of one of the hardest races known to man. The Volvo Ocean Race. The team has been training hard based in Lanzarote, waking every morning ready for 6am to be on the boat. The team is like well oiled machine, knowing each other and every move and mechanic of the boat. In October the team made up of 4 Brits and 7 others will start their 39,379 nautical mile (2930KM) journey, which will make stops in 10 countries including Portugal, China, New Zealand, South...

We’re having a baby!

Comments: 1 Date: 03 April 2014 Read More

Congratulations all round, and who are the proud parents? A Land Rover Discovery of course. This week news hits the motor industry that a baby version of the Land Rover discovery will hit the market in 2014. And what will they call the new addition? Well the code name is currently L550. The Baby Land Rover Discovery is set to replace the Freelander and will be a smaller version of the model which, although released this year, will be available in 2015. The model will be a 5 seater which is similar to the current Freelander, but a stretched wheelbase 5+2 version will...

Alfa Celebrates 60 years of the Giulietta

Comments: 0 Date: 03 April 2014 Read More

Alfa Romeo are planning to launch a new version of the Giulietta to celebrate 60 years of its form. The special edition model will be launched by the Italian Car company as a tribute to the original Giulietta that was produced 60 years ago. The car will carry a fantastic discount of £1250 using a finance package, but the car has to be purchased between the 7th and 22nd of April. Plus added to the fantastic discount, any buyer that buys the 60th anniversary Giulietta will be put into a draw where they could win the chance to buy the car outright...

A Classic Relic

Comments: 0 Date: 28 March 2014 Read More

A pristine condition, 27 year old Volvo is being sold with only 127 miles on the clock. The owner of the Volvo bought the car new back in 1987, took it out for a drive for a few weeks and then accidentally scraped a bollard, which, knocked his confidence so much, he put the Volvo in his garage and that is where it stayed, until it was recently discovered after the death of the owner. The car is in such great condition, it still has the original Paper Volvo floor mats! The 2 door 340 will be going up for...

S Cross in the Lime Light

Comments: 0 Date: 21 March 2014 Read More

Since the Suzuki S Cross was launched, it has not been out of the focus of the media. Recently, Suzuki partnered up with UK news to promote the new model. The campaign, which began on the 1st of March, sees a cover wrap of 2 of the national weekend newspapers, plus full scale promotion on television and across all social media platforms. Using the “Good Neighbour” Creative idea, Suzuki are running a competition where people can nominate someone they think deserves to win a brand new S-Cross. They have 5 to give away. Start nominating now! Dale Wyatt, sales and marketing...

Reducing the smog

Comments: 0 Date: 20 March 2014 Read More

A fantastic story this week from our friends across the Channel in France. This week Paris was engulfed in a smog, which was above the normal limits of pollution. So, the French government decided to put a ban on all those cars with even number plates entering the city. The idea was that this would allow the pollution to return to normal “safe” levels. But, being a rather “relaxed” country, many of the drivers ignored the ban, and in the first day of the ban, the French police gave out nearly 4000 fines to drivers. The plan was to ban the even plates...

The State of UK roads

Comments: 0 Date: 16 March 2014 Read More

At this time of year, although after a rather mild winter, any spell of dryness reveals the state of the roads around the UK. Lying water and ice makes tarmac crumble like dust, and many of the roads are now undergoing repairs due to this weather. The route of the Yorkshire Stage of the Tour De France has had special attention, as you can imagine, it would be rather embarrassing the world turning up to cycle along roads that were full of pot holes. When it comes to road markings, this is where the UK doesn't do very well. Only 16%...