According to research commissioned by Europcar the recent rise in the cost of electricity has put off 3 in 10 buyers from purchasing an electric vehicle in the next 12-months.

Nearly half of those surveyed (47%) also said that the purchase cost of the vehicles was deterring them.

Automatics now make up as much as 72% of the used car market in parts of the UK1, with their numbers bolstered by the increasing prevalence of Electric Vehicles (EVs), new research by AA Cars, the AA’s used car website, has found. Across the UK, automatics now make up 41% of the used cars for sale on the AA Cars site, up from 30% in 2020. 

A road-racing car built by Mercedes-Benz in 1955, and kept by them ever since, has been secured by British expert Simon Kidston for a client. Kidston had lobbied the board of the German company for 18 months to consider selling the car "that would never be sold".

In an invitation-only event held at short notice in conditions of great secrecy at the Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart on 5 May 2022, Kidston's bid of €135m secured the car for an unnamed collector.

Residents are being given advice on what to look for when buying part-worn tyres following an inspection of traders across the city. Officers from City of Wolverhampton Council’s Trading Standards team joined forces with the Driver Vehicle Standards Agency to ensure businesses are selling road-legal tyres.

A total of 1,650 tyres were inspected across 16 businesses. A number of issues were found, in particular around the age of tyres inspected, some of which were up to 21 years old.

Charging motorists a levy based on the miles they drive would be fairer and more popular than the current fuel duty regime and could even help address the cost of living crisis, new research presented in Parliament today shows. In a report endorsed by Lord George Young, a former transport secretary, the Social Market Foundation said that a new road-pricing system is urgently needed to make transport policy more fair and fiscally sustainable.  

Car colour names are becoming so ridiculous, that Brits can’t tell the difference between their Norfolk Mustards and their Elephant Breaths. And even as BMW unveiled its colour changing concept at CES in Las Vegas, consumers still can’t distinguish between a car colour and a decorative paint.

A survey by Leasing.com research found that the descriptions provided by automotive manufacturers have become so ethereal as to become baffling.