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  Doblo Gets More Grunt 19 Feb 2002 (News)
  . With its JTD engine the Doblo gets to 60mph in just over 12 seconds, goes on to 104mph and emits 168g/km CO2, which pulls it back to the £150pa VED bracket. Combined fuel consumption is 44.1mpg. Load capacity remains a class leading 3.2 to 3.8 cubic metres, payload weight is 625kg
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  New S-Type Most Powerful Jag Yet 27 Dec 2001 (News)
  seconds and the top speed has had to be limited to a Euro-friendly 155mph. The on the road price is £47,400, combined fuel consumption 22.5mpg and C02 output 314g/km which will mean a hefty company car BIK tax bill of £6,636 pa for a 40% taxpayer. But, at the other end
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  Wrong Wheels and Tyres on Fiesta UAV 13 Sep 2001 (News)
  to offer a 4% to 8% fuel saving over conventional automatics. But where the company seems to have got things completely wrong is the wheel and tyre combination on the showcar. The huge demand for urban 4x4s and 4x2 clones is fuelled by the need for big wheeled, big tyred vehicles able to shrug
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  Toyota to Offer D-4D Diesel in RAV4 29 Jun 2001 (News)
  Toyota's RAV4 SUV is to be offered with the new D-4D common rail direct injected diesel engine from 1st September in both three and five door bodies. The main benefits are an EU combined fuel consumption figure of 39.8mpg and a CO2 output of 190g/km (£160pa VED; 23% list price
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  Autumn Facelift of Mercedes M-Class 6 Jun 2001 (News)
  . Thankfully, fuel tank capacity of all MLs has been increased to 83 litres, so reckon on £66 to fill it up. The even quicker 347bhp ML55 AMG will cointinue, distinguished from its lesser brethren by a silver painted radiator grille. The V6 320 petrol and 5-cylinder 270 CDI also continue
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  April 2017 recall round-up: Faulty Honda airbags, Renault clutch problems and problematic Peugeots 12 Apr 2017 (News)
  over a fuel leak. The 911 is also subject to a national recall, because the windscreen may have been fitted with insufficient bonding product. As a result there is a possibility that the windscreen could detach from the vehicle in the event of an accident. Recalls in full
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  Honest John's Deals of the Month - March 27 Mar 2015 (News)
  . Top 10 tips for buying a new car  /  Car finance advice  /  Fuel cost calculator Tuesday 31 March Save £500 when buying a new Ford C-Max . Ford is offering savings on all
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  New Michelin Primacy 3 Premium Tyres: Are They 3 Ways Better? 21 Oct 2011 (News)
  such as Michelin were to improve its premium standard tyre, it would need to: Stop the car in a shorter distance in the wet. Stop the car in a shorter distance in the dry. Give better grip when cornering in the wet. Yet still offer Michelin’s traditional qualities of fuel economy
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  Top ten used cars 9 Sep 2011 (News)
  With a well proven rally pedigree, savage performance and four-wheel drive grip, the Lancer Evo is something of a legend, yet the latest generation is likely to be the last. Mitsubishi is pursuing cleaner, greener, more fuel efficient vehicles, and the Evo’s 26.2mpg combined cycle figure is hardly impressive
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  Car owner jailed after failing to replace worn tyres before fatal crash 21 Dec 2021 (News)
  minimum.     You should check your tyre pressures weekly. You can find the correct tyre pressures for your car in your handbook. There is also often a sticker with them on inside the  fuel filler flap or on the driver's door edge. To accurately
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  Jaguar Land Rover commits to UK car production as it scraps petrol and diesel engines 17 Feb 2021 (News)
  cent of its sales will be zero-emission vehicles by 2030. The company is also making a heavy investment in hydrogen fuel cell technology, with the firm’s first fuel-cell electric vehicle tech due to be running on public roads by the end of the year
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  A quick guide to Vauxhall OnStar 18 Sep 2015 (News)
  for convenience or in an emergency. For example, should the driver be lost in an unfamiliar town and low on fuel, they can press the OnStar button. The person at the other end of the line will then be able to see where the car is and will be able to send the location of a nearby petrol station directly
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  Five Grand Friday: Skoda Octavia vRS 7 Aug 2015 (News)
  . With this kind of car you'll want to run it on a premium fuel like Shell V-Power Nitro+ which should help retain the vRS performance and aid fuel economy too. We think this generation Octavia still looks good, especially the more angular pre-facelift version that this is. With 68,000 miles on the clock
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  Goodwood Festival of Speed: Volkswagen XL1 demonstrations 27 Jun 2013 (News)
  of the future, but it is in fact already in limited production.  The XL1 is the world’s most fuel-efficient production vehicle, with an official combined fuel consumption figure of 313 mpg and CO 2 emissions of 21 g/km, and it is also one of the most advanced vehicles in the world
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  Renault Kangoo ZE Van Confirmed Eligible for 20% Grant 21 Feb 2012 (News)
  of these seven innovative vans – also makes business sense as it’s been estimated that a small electric van will typically cost £100 less in fuel for every thousand miles driven compared to a diesel equivalent.” Renault has already received several business orders for its Kangoo Van
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  BMW to give world debut to ActiveE 14 Feb 2011 (News)
  , transmission and fuel tank are three large energy storage units containing lithium-ion cells. These are protected by a steel-plate battery housing with an integrated liquid cooling system, to keep the batteries at an optimum operating temperature which helps to increase the range. These housings also help
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  STP Presents 1,000mph Challenger at Goodwood Festival of Speed 1 Jul 2009 (News)
  World Land Speed Record Holder, Andy Green OBE on both Saturday and Sunday. Green will be at the controls of BLOODHOUND SSC when the bid to raise the record to 1,000mph begins next year. For STP, whose market-leading fuel additives will be used in BLOODHOUND SSC, the Goodwood Festival
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  VALUES STILL UNDER PRESSURE IN AUGUST, SAYS BCA 10 Sep 2008 (News)
  models are starting to look spectacular value for money now. Guide prices on many bigger engined executive and prestige vehicles are now much more in line with market sentiment and even the price of fuel has fallen in recent weeks. We may well see a niche market developing to serve those ‘weekend
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  VW Transporter Adapted For Up To 3 Wheelchairs 7 Jun 2006 (News)
  of the Transporter for conversion, the design engineers considered factors such as durability, safety and fuel economy. The Gowrings Transporter offers better economy with improved fuel consumption, low running costs and exceptional driver comfort. The variety of seating arrangements, including the flexibility
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  Smarter Sedona for 2002 19 Sep 2001 (News)
  of the five-speed manual version is quoted at 15.2 seconds, top speed 104mph, combined fuel consumption 34.4mpg and C02 output 217g/km. Figures for the diesel four-speed automatic are: 16.2 seconds, 104mph, 32.2mpg and 235g/km. Cabin noise levels from this engine have been reduced by between 2 and 3dB