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Britain’s Car-Theft Hot Spots Uncovered |
22-7-2008 |
| If you drive a Ford Fiesta or a Volkswagen Golf and live in London or the Midlands, you are more likely to be a victim of vehicle-related theft than anyone else... |
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Credit Crunch Causes Change In Car Buying Behaviour! |
22-7-2008 |
| Almost two thirds of motorists have decided to delay changing their car because of the credit crunch according to a new poll by Motorpoint, the UK’s leading car... |
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Car Tax Will Hit 1/2 British Drivers Hard |
10-7-2008 |
| According to reports on Sky Motoring it seems that the government has admitted that nearly half of the drivers across Britain will be adversely affected by the ... |
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Insurers expose £5m of motor fraud a week |
4-7-2008 |
| Insurers uncovered a record amount of fraudulent motor claims in 2007 amounting to £5m a week, says the Association of British Insurers (ABI).
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Truck and lorry hauliers protesting in London against the rising cost of diesel |
3-7-2008 |
| Over 300 drivers are reported to be heading for Westminster, saying soaring fuel costs are crippling their businesses and are demanding a 25p-in-the-pound tax r... |
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HONDA GEARS UP FOR GOODWOOD FESTIVAL OF SPEED |
3-7-2008 |
| Honda’s impressive racing heritage will again be displayed at this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed (11-13 July), with performances from two and four wheeled l... |
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Be A Greener Driver |
2-7-2008 |
| Did you know that the average family saloon car creates nearly 3 tons of CO2 emissions? This means that all our vehicles, including most city buses contribute ... |
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Latest Fuel Price Hikes Devastate Drivers |
24-6-2008 |
| There is little chance of British drivers ever getting a fair deal on fuel again and with the latest price increases on both Unleaded and Diesel fuel over the p... |
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Home Flood Insurance Increases May Come |
23-6-2008 |
| Despite the overall weakening of the real estate market both in the UK and USA, the insured value and certainly the cost to rebuild properties has maintained an... |
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MoneyExpert.com - New car purchases 'require Gap insurance' |
17-6-2008 |
| Guaranteed Asset Protection (Gap) insurance is more relevant to purchases of new cars than older ones, Auto Trader magazine has reported.... |
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Car owners hit by negative equity |
12-6-2008 |
| Thousands of drivers have been warned that they may end up in negative equity because of the Government's Vehicle Excise Duty changes.
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New Car Registrations Dropped During May 2008 |
7-6-2008 |
| It has been reported that new car registrations have fallen by 3.5% in May 2008 to just 179,272 units, according to the latest figures from the Society of Motor... |
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Luxury Car Tax Set To Increase |
27-5-2008 |
| It seems that Gordon Brown has yet again come under fire for Taxes. This time though it's for the proposed car tax increases announced in the Budget which are s... |
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Volvo City Safety System |
19-5-2008 |
| Having won the Technology category at the Fleet World Honours Awards in May 2008 one has to appreciate the extent to which car manufacturers are working at impr... |
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UK Drivers Urged To Shop Around For Cheap Car Insurance Deals |
17-5-2008 |
| British motorists are being hit harder by increased costs as lenders are charging more. According to executives at Biba the motoring public should think twice b... |
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One in three drivers admit to radio distraction |
26-4-2008 |
| More than a third of motorists are unaware of changes to the Highway Code, according to a new poll.
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Car depreciation rates worsening |
16-3-2008 |
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The slowdown is putting the brakes on four-wheel drive prices
The current economic uncertainty, coupled with green taxes, are making car depreciation rates... |
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Car buying is 11 per cent cheaper online |
22-2-2008 |
| But consumers still prefer to buy from a car dealer
Internet car sales brokers are undercutting dealers on price but many buyers are using them to research pri... |
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Drivers warned over stolen log books |
26-11-2007 |
| Genuine log books are being used to fool motorists into buying stolen second-hand cars, senior police officers have warned.... |
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More haggling required |
19-10-2007 |
| The fact that around £1500 can be saved on the price of a new car has been highlighted by a supermarket bank. Nothing new of course, but the sentiment of the re... |
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Thieves follow stolen sat nav to driver's home |
28-8-2007 |
| Police are urging motorists not to leave their journey home programmed into their satellite navigation systems.
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New cars and hot deals 17th August 2007 |
21-8-2007 |
| Market watch – new and used deals
Save nearly £6,000 on Audi's monster Q7
It’s not often you’ll find a substantial discount on a brand new Audi, but Driv... |
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TomTom GO range hits UK stores |
10-8-2007 |
| TomTom has launched two satellite navigation (sat nav) devices which feature a new slim design and its latest navigation software.
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Burgess: PPI market investigation too slow |
8-5-2007 |
| The Competition Commission is standing by and letting millions of cash-strapped consumers waste money on inflated Payment Protection Insurance (PPI) premiums, d... |
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BUYERS OF NEW HATCHBACKS BEWARE: |
5-4-2007 |
| EurotaxGlass’s has uncovered a ‘depreciation trap’ affecting some of Britain’s best-selling cars. The publisher of Glass’s Guide has revealed that five-door va... |
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Salesmen use legal compulsion ruse to flog car cover |
12-3-2007 |
| Buyers are duped by claims that FSA rules require they are told of gap policies. Miles Brignall reports.
Saturday March 10, 2007
The Guardian
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NEW PENALTIES SLAM BRAKES ON PHONE USE IN CARS |
19-2-2007 |
| Arguments over the use of mobile phones in cars have raged since it was made illegal to hold a mobile phone while driving several years ago. Though some argue t... |
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Forward-facing speed cameras set for trial |
2-2-2007 |
| Forward-facing speed cameras are to be tried out in central London in a bid to stop motorists trying to avoid penalty points.
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Soaring value of in-car contents encouraging opportunist theft |
2-2-2007 |
| Motorists warned about thieves "smashing and grabbing" side windscreens to bag car booty
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Thieves target car gadgets |
4-1-2007 |
| A new survey has reveled that the theft of gadgets from cars is growing, with satellite navigation (sat-nav) systems a particularly popular target.
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Database changes 'could cut car insurance rates by 20%' |
30-11-2006 |
| Premiums could be slashed by a fifth if car insurance groups allowed certain non-brokers to take part in a motoring database designed to cut fraud, it has been ... |
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Motorists stung by rising car costs-Depreciation |
27-10-2006 |
| Motorists may have benefited from a dip in fuel prices but the average cost of running a car has still risen by £539 in the last year, according to the RAC.
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MOT cost to rise |
27-10-2006 |
| The costs of taking your driving test and getting your car through an MOT are set to rise, the government has announced... |
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Autobytel says more are buying cars online |
19-10-2006 |
| INCHCAPE-OWNED, Autobytel, says 78% of men and 22% of women visiting the website now buy their cars online,.... |
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New MPVs score well in crash tests |
2-10-2006 |
| On the opening day of the Paris Motor Show, Euro NCAP has released crash-test results for five new cars, including the two latest MPVs from Citroen and Ford, th... |
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Parents confused over new car seat rules |
19-9-2006 |
| Many parents may break the law today because they don't know about new rules which make child car seats compulsory for older kids.... |
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Car depreciation |
16-9-2006 |
| Cars are a constant drain on our wallets - what with insurance, tax, servicing and so on - but depreciation is the biggest cost of all. Depending on the model, ... |
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British motorists losing £2.7bn annually due to lack of insurance |
7-9-2006 |
| A lack of insurance is costing unwitting British motorists an average of £2.7 billion annually*. Every year in the UK, over 511,000 cars are written off, more o... |
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uSwitch attacks dealer finance |
18-8-2006 |
| The rates charged by dealers for finance deals have been attacked by the independent comparison website uSwitch... |
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Desperate Seller Provides Useful Info on 'How To Save At The Pump' |
3-8-2006 |
| With the national average cost of a litre of unleaded now 97p with no sign of slowing down, Desperate Seller.co.uk the UK’s premier car buying & selling website... |
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UK used car market holds-up well |
28-7-2006 |
| ACCORDING TO the latest Manheim Market Analysis report, the UK used car market is holding up well compared with the same period in 2005,.... |
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Car-key theft rises to epidemic proportions |
20-7-2006 |
| Car thieves are increasingly targeting keys. Stolen vehicle recovery specialists, Tracker, indicate that in 90% of the cases dealt with by the company, thieves ... |
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Lost or stolen tax discs and stolen vehicles |
12-7-2006 |
| You can apply for a refund even if you have lost your tax disc or the vehicle has been stolen. ... |
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Modest rise in rate of car depreciation predicted |
25-4-2006 |
| A CONTINUED slow-down in sales of both new and used cars, this year, will result in a modest rise in rates of used car depreciation. ... |
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