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Budget tax increase implications for diesel cars
According to the Director General of SIMI, Alan Nolan, the budget "was a poorly considered measure that appears to have been included to give the perception of an environmental focus in the Budget. Consumers are increasingly concerned about the effects on air quality by diesel. City-based car buyers are already moving away from buying new diesel cars, with the...
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Tesla Could Have Full Self-Driving Cars On The Road By 2019
Tesla claims that they will have fully autonomous self-driving on the road by next year. Elon Musk is confident that Tesla will achieve full self-driving in 2019, ahead of any other EV Autonomous car manufacturer. In fact, so confident is he that he said he would be very surprised if any of the other car manufacturers willexceedTesla in self-driving....
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The world's most Googled car brands by country
From viewing this map it is quite apparent that most of the world is biased towards Toyota. Another noticeable aspect from the map indicates that only five countries showed some kind of patriotism in their searches. The most patriotic nations when it comes to googling car brands were Sweden who of course gravitate towards Volvo, while the French loyally go...
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Mazda Recall 640,000 vehicles globally
Mazda announced this morning that they are recalling 640,000 vehicles globally over diesel engine issue. The announcement follows another recall last week by Subaru which said they were recalling 400,000 vehicles. The recall is to fix issues with the diesel engine including a problem with the valve springs used in the engines. Mazda has said that they would recall around...
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Up To 400 Motor Insurance Policies Sold By Ghost Brokers
Aviva Insurance has revealed that up to 400 of its motor insurance policies have been sold by "ghosts". These fake brokers, also known as ghost brokers sell cheap motor insurance policies to unsuspecting individuals through social media channels, mainly through Facebook. Not only are these fake policies but consumers are losing out and losing cash to criminals. They not...
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Jaguar Land Rover Sales Plunge
Sales of Jaguar Land Rover cars have fallen sharply, making a big loss as sales drop by 13%. This takes the famous automaker into a loss for the three months to the end of September making a pre-tax loss of £90m for the quarter, compared to a profit for the same period a year ago. JLR have blamed lower...
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Most Popular Cars in Ireland for October 2018
Car Market Overview for October The MyVehicle.ie Nationwide Market Overview report for the month of October 2018 shows that of the top ten used cars sold by Independent car dealers in Ireland, the number one best selling car was the Volkswagen Passat. When it came to Franchise dealers, of the top-ten used cars sold, the number one spot again went...
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Hyundai and Kia Cars Will Have Solar Roofs From 2019
Hyundai and Kia have announced plans to offer solar panel roofs on their cars from 2019. The giant Korean car manufacturers said that some of their solar roofs will have a translucent design.They have not mentioned any specific markets and vehicles model as of yet. They are not the first car manufacturers to announce solar roofs. Audi announced plans...
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Ford Issues Recall For 1.5M Cars Which Could Just Stop Running Without Warning!
Ford in North America has issued a recall for approximately 1.5 million cars. The issue is related specifically to the Ford Focus models between the years 2012 and 2018 due to an issue with a malfunctioning canister purge valve. The malfunctioning part could potentially cause the cars to stall and increase the risk of a crash. The Ford...
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How to avoid a flood damaged car?
Flood damage affected cars Ask anyone in the trade about “car flood damage cars and most likely they will say its almost impossible to repair them to a decent standard. Even car insurance companies avoid the Hassle of spending money on them in an effort to repair them, and so they simply write them off as a flood-damaged car. Modern...