Motoring Issues

A million extra speeding tickets are being dished out every year compared with when Labour first came to power in 1997, the Opposition claimed this week. The Conservatives have published figures proving that the number of speeding fines has leaped from 712,753 in 1997 to 1,773,412 in 2006. The shocking stats include fines given to motorists caught on camera as ...

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Gatso revenues 'quadrupled' under Labour

Tom Richards, 06 August 2008 13:04

CAR launches new supercar zone

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Tim Pollard, 31 July 2008 10:26

CAR Online today launches its new supercar zone – a celebration of all things supercar related. We name the greatest and most significant supercars over the past four decades to coincide with the 36-page Supercars 2008 supplement free with the new September 2008 issue of CAR Magazine. Here's a whistle-stop tour of the highlights of our supercars microsite: • We ...

Help us name the best supercars ever

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Tim Pollard, 16 July 2008 16:11

Which is the greatest supercar of all time? With your help, CAR is hoping to find out. We're searching for the definitive supercar – the model that best defined the supercar breed, the most significant or just your plain favourite. CAR's own LJK Setright coined the phrase 'supercar' back in 1966 when writing about the seminal Lamborghini Miura. There have ...

Fuel protests halt Spanish car production

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Dimitri Pesin, 16 June 2008 10:25

Fuel protests in Europe triggered by the soaring cost of fuel have drastically reduced car production in Spain this month. Last week's truck blockades and fuel depot pickets in Madrid caused car plants around the country to cut production. Seat, Citroen Peugeot, Ford, Nissan, Renault and Mercedes-Benz all have factories in Spain and most said they were affected.Seat production slashed ...

UK car tax rises 'won't work'

Tim Pollard, 29 May 2008 10:56

The UK Government's proposed tax rises won't deter drivers from picking a high-CO2 car, new research by CAR reveals. We surveyed more than 1000 motorists and asked if the new charges – quadrupling the annual tax bill for some cars – would put them off so-called gas guzzlers. Surprisingly, 76 percent of drivers said it wouldn't deter them one jot. ...

Britain's low-carbon future

Guy Bird, 25 March 2008 12:36

Higher purchase taxes for high emitters, ‘traffic-light style’ tax discs to indicate a vehicle’s environmental friendliness and mandatory dashboard-based driving efficiency technology are just three recommendations from a new report that looks set to inform Government policy for the next decade. Published on the same day as the Budget, the snappily titled King Review Of Low Carbon Cars Part Two ...

UK Budget 2008 'leaves motorists £1.6bn worse off'

Tim Pollard, 12 March 2008 12:08

UPDATED... The UK's 2008 Budget has introduced a major car tax shake-up that will leave Britain's motorists £1.6 billion worse off, according to the Opposition. Motorists driving the highest polluting cars face tax hikes of up to £950 in showroom levies from April 2010. Chancellor Alistair Darling revealed a new, steeper 'purchase tax' to penalise high-CO2 cars, but postponed the proposed ...

Italian supercar cartoon

Tim Pollard, 15 February 2008 08:01

CAR Online reader Tim Hiscocks so enjoyed our recent Italian supercar adventure to Monaco (CAR Magazine, January 2008), he drew up a cartoon of the road trip featuring the Alfa Romeo 8C, Ferrari 430 Scuderia and Maserati Granturismo. You can check out his drawing full size by clicking on the image to the right. We’ve recently upgraded our picture switcher, ...

Ferrari Approved

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Stephen Dobie, 16 January 2008 18:45

Buying a Ferrari – if you have the money not exactly a method of torture in the first place – has just improved. Second-hand models sold through Ferrari UK’s 15-strong dealer network are set to be backed up by Ferrari Approved, a scheme adding some piece of mind to anyone buying a car up to nine years old. Aiming to ...

The £1300 car

Tim Pollard, 09 January 2008 12:21

One of the most intriguing cars of the year will be unveiled later this week: the Tata one-lakh car that could redefine budget transport for the masses. The £1300 bargain will be launched at the New Delhi Auto Show amid an anticipated media storm. Tata hopes to mobilise India with the one-lakh car, named after the Indian shorthand for 100,000 ...

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