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Fuel nears £1-a-litre as supermarkets cut prices for Christmas 9 Dec 2015 (News)
Fuel prices are on course to drop below £1-a-litre in time for Christmas, after three of Britain's largest supermarkets slashed 2p off a litre of petrol and diesel. Asda, Tesco and Sainsbury's will pass on the forecourt cuts on 9 December -
Department of Transport holiday driving tips 26 Jul 2011 (News)
pressures. Not only are underinflated tyres dangerous, but they also increase fuel consumption. It’s especially important to ensure your pressures are correct for any increased weight you might be carrying, for example if you’re going on a camping trip or towing a trailer. It’s also wise -
Open Windows Cost More Than Air-con 7 Jul 2011 (News)
- WOUND DOWN WINDOWS COULD COST MOTORISTS OVER £650,000 PER DAY - Soaring fuel prices have led many motorists to change their driving behaviour to reduce the financial pain at the pumps. But new research from Kwik Fit shows that almost 10 million drivers are taking one particular -
Supermarkets cut fuel prices 11 Mar 2014 (News)
2012. We’re the only supermarket that has a national price cap on fuel, ensuring drivers know the price they will pay at the pump regardless of where they live”. Morrisons has said it will review its fuel pricing on a local basis, with many forecourts expected to match the pricing -
Top 10: Economical insurance-friendly classics for young drivers 29 May 2013 (News)
New car buyers have different considerations today than they used to in the past. New cars need to be frugal and cheap to insure – car adverts now feature bold claims about fuel economy, while in the 1980s you’d be told about top speed and acceleration -
Fuel in the north 'up 50% in two years' 30 Jun 2008 (News)
The cost of fuel in the north of England has gone up by 50 per cent in the last two years, according to new research. Statistics collated by the Sunday Sun show that a litre of diesel at one Northumberland garage cost 90.9p in January 2006. It added that since then the price has -
Drivers urged to check their car's compatibility as E10 petrol roll-out begins 2 Sep 2021 (News)
Drivers are being urged to check if their car is compatible with the new E10 fuel mixture after it emerged that one-in-four are in the dark about the fuel grade changes. The Government is increasing the level of bioethanol in petrol to 10 per -
Sainsbury's knocks 2p off a litre of fuel 24 Nov 2017 (News)
Sainsbury's is cutting the price of unleaded petrol and diesel by 2 pence per litre from tomorrow - the 25th of November. It applies to all of Sainsbury's 311 petrol forecourts and is a welcome drop with fuel prices close to a three-year high - the average UK price -
Supermarkets further reduce fuel prices 27 Aug 2015 (News)
Morrisons, Tesco and Sainsbury’s have announced fuel price cuts ahead of Bank Holiday weekend. Prices have been cut by one pence-per-litre for diesel and two pence-per-litre for petrol across forecourts operated by all three supermarkets. The reductions come just -
Further supermarket fuel price drops announced 11 Dec 2014 (News)
as a result of reduced crude oil prices. Peter Cattell, Fuel Director for Tesco said: “We’re dropping the cost of petrol by 1p at all of our 500 filling stations. That’s on top of the 6p per litre average saving on petrol that Clubcard customers are currently getting -
Morrisons offering 6p per litre off fuel 21 Aug 2013 (News)
Bank Holiday often means a long drive for a trip away. Supermarket Morrisions knows this well and is offering customers who spend £40 or more in store a discount of 6p of every litre of fuel at the pumps in its filling station forecourts. The ‘Bank Holiday -
Motorists hit by fourth month of fuel price rises 5 Jul 2016 (News)
Motorists are paying almost £6 more for a tank of fuel than they were in March, according to a new study from the RAC. RAC Fuel Watch shows that unleaded has increased by 10p-per-litre from 101.9p at the start of March to 112.1p at the end of June, while diesel -
100,000 reasons to use Real MPG 4 May 2016 (News)
Real MPG has passed 100,000 submissions for the first time in its history, empowering buyers and drivers to see how much on-the-road fuel a vehicle really uses -
Supermarkets reduce fuel prices 1 Aug 2016 (News)
Asda, Sainsbury’s and Tesco have announced they will cut the price of fuel across their forecourts by up to two pence-per-litre. At Asda filling stations that means the maximum price of unleaded is 105.7 pence-per-litre, while diesel will cost no more than 106.7 pence-per-litre -
Paris Motor Show 2014: Citroen premieres C4 Cactus Airflow 2 Oct 2014 (News)
Citroen has revealed a fuel-economy focused concept version of the C4 Cactus, powered by a compressed air hybrid. It’s lower, sleeker and more aerodynamic than a standard C4 Cactus and Citroen claims it can achieve fuel economy of more than 141mpg -
AA: Rooney among 150,000 who misfuel annually 24 Sep 2008 (News)
Wayne Rooney's recent fuel faux-pas places him among the 150,000 people who fill their vehicle with the wrong type of gasoline on an annual basis, according to the AA. In news that may be of interest to car insurance customers and other road users, the organisation explains around 7.5 -
Are hydrogen vehicles the answer to EV woes? 27 Mar 2018 (News)
With sales of petrol and diesel cars set to be banned in the UK by 2040, the spotlight has turned on electric vehicles as the alternative. But there is another zero emissions fuel - hydrogen. Hydrogen fuel cell cars are nothing new of course. We -
Supermarkets slash the price of petrol 26 Sep 2018 (News)
A petrol price war could kick off as a number of supermarkets have announced plans to slash the cost of petrol by 2p-per-litre from today (25 September). Asda was the first to announce the price cut for unleaded, although fuel costs vary at Asda petrol stations across -
June see first rise in fuel prices in three months 6 Jul 2020 (News)
After three months of falling pump prices in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, the average cost of fuel increased in June with a litre of petrol rising by nearly 4p from 107p-per-litre to 110p, according to RAC Fuel Watch data. The average price of a litre of petrol has -
Drivers being “plundered” at the pumps, according to the AA 20 Apr 2015 (News)
The AA has accused fuel retailers of “plundering” motorists by pushing up fuel costs at the pumps at a time when oil prices dropped. Late last week it emerged that the average UK petrol price had risen from 111.9 pence-per-litre in March to 113.3p