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As the popularity in contract hire has grown over the last couple of years there is a clear leading in the car leasing league table. The most popular car to take out on contract hire is the Volkswagen Golf, more people searched out the Golf, figures for 2008 and 2009 …

Nissan announced that they were happy to hear that, despite swathe of cost saving cuts, the government intend to honour the pledge to subsidise electric cars from next January. Philip Hammond, Transport Secretary confirmed that the plug-in car grant, equating to £5,000 for electric cars would remain core to the …

Oxfordshire became the latest in a series of councils who have taken the decision to switch off their speed cameras as a result of funding cuts by the government. The measures are an attempt to save £600,000 of an estimated £11m that the council needs to find. The government claims …

When the world economic crisis struck, the automotive industry was heavily hit and Ford none more than most. Some car brands were sold and it was during this period of realignment that Chinese car manufacturer Geely bought out the Volvo brand. Geely’s billionaire chairman, Li Shufu, after an aborted attempt …

The majority of businesses these days lease company cars of one sort or another, whether executive incentives, travelling sales staff or as delivery vehicles. Company cars are often seen as a perk of the job, a symbol that you have achieved to a certain level, at other times they are …

Analysis over the year to date of the average cost of a used car shows that they are likely to follow the same trends as the last couple of years. While there have been obvious effects from the world economic down turn and the governments austerity measures, the price of …

Fuel Consumption, CO2 Emissions and Tax band have recently become important factors when buying new and used cars. Find out which car is the best buy most fuel economic cars?

Department of Transport figures recently released for 2009 showed that the average age of UK cars was 7.1 years, which compared to 6.6 years back in 2003. This all points to the economic down turn leading to people keeping their cars for long. Research also revealed around 48% of older …

Toyota are trying to convince us all that by driving as if we had a glass of water on our dashboards and not spilling any we will save money, it will lead to decreased fuel consumption and be better for the planet all round. Top Gear undertook a similar test …

During his recent emergency budget the Chancellor, George Osbourne, announced a number of cost savings and taxes measures, some of which will have a direct impact on purchasing new cars, car leasing and the type of finance and contracts companies enter into.  The most obvious impact on the motor industry …