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  Santa Pod Dragstalgia This Weekend 16th-17th July 15 Jul 2011 (News)
  . The entries from other classes is not looking too shabby neither and we expect approximately 7 Fuel Altereds, over 15 Wild Bunch Cars, over 10 Supercharged Outlaws and a healthy entry from the Outlaw Anglias and Outlaw Street Series. Of course this is on top of the newly introduced Top Sportsman Class
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  Prestigious cars in the classifieds 30 Jun 2011 (News)
  and top speed is 149mph. Propelling a car that weighs over 3,000kg so quickly doesn’t do much for fuel economy, though. The official combined cycle figure is 18mpg, and CO2 is 377g/km. But who cares? This car cost £332,400 new but covering a massive(!) 23 miles has knocked that down
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  Electric scooters available in new 'scrappage scheme' 3 Feb 2011 (News)
  little more than an electric charge every 70 miles (depending on speed, weather and battery condition) from a domestic electrical supply and needs no fuel, oil or spark plugs, and apart from tyres, is virtually maintenance free
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  Volkswagen unveils 'new' Passat 30 Sep 2010 (News)
  with 105bhp which - in Bluemotion models - has a claimed average of 68.8mpg and emits just 109g/km of CO2 giving it a theoretical range of more than 1000 miles on just one tank of fuel. There is also a 2.0-litre TDI engine available in two power outputs - 140bhp and 170bhp and each of the engine ranges can
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  Santa Pod's Powerfest. Putting The 'Rush' In Rushden! 22 Apr 2010 (News)
  to send their details and car images to james@santapod.com in order to take part. Martin Hill's Fireforce 3 Jet Car will be making a special guest appearance in the static display along with Santa Pod Raceways own Top Fuel Dragster and Merchandising trailer
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  Insurers Fund Fraud by Hiking Excesses to Pay for it. 20 Oct 2009 (News)
  as fuel prices have also taken a hit with the recent 2p duty increase. In addition, the cost of insurance is also rising. The average policy has jumped up by 10% in the last year from for fully comprehensive cover and almost 13% for third party. To avoid these rising costs and excessive excess charges
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  HONEST JOHN PARTNERS COMPARECONTRACTHIRE.COM 10 Jun 2009 (News)
  Comparecontracthire.com aims to inform smaller companies and consumers about how contract hire works and its financial and administrative benefits. The site also offers guidance and has useful information about other areas associated with running a vehicle including, fuel costs, green and CO2, daily rental, accident
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  Fat Kids Cause Congestion 19 May 2009 (News)
  most fuel and pollute more at the start of their journey when the engine is cold, therefore, covering short journeys on foot disproportionately reduces carbon emissions. Over the academic year, a single car journeying a three-mile round trip will produce 234 kg of carbon emissions
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  Big Increase In Demand For Used Cars 21 Jan 2009 (News)
  assault on the used car market." Rushmore says competition for quality used cars has intensified, even for the larger, less fuel-efficient models that have long been falling out of favour. "There has been lots of competition for the best cars, and the auctions
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  Drive a Hyundai i10 For Just £99 a Month 26 Mar 2008 (News)
  a month for 35 months. The customer will then have the option to make a final payment of £2,993 to own the i10 outright - or they can hand it back to their dealer. Additional running costs are certain to be low too, as the i10 has an official average fuel consumption figure of 56.5mpg
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  WEDNESDAY'S BUDGET TO HIT NEW GAS GUZZLERS 10 Mar 2008 (News)
  environmentally aware at 9% each, with those in East Anglia and East Midlands the least environmentally aware at 1% each. Why choose Diesel? When asked why diesel was chosen, better fuel consumption was the overwhelming reason given at 70%. However, there was a marked Increase in those
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  Official announcement from TFL about London congestion charge 15 Feb 2008 (News)
  to drive cars liable for the CO2 charge * The closure of the 100 per cent Alternative Fuel Discount (AFD) to new registrations, and the phasing out of the AFD by January 2010 * A change to the NHS reimbursement scheme. We will only reimburse patients travelling in those
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  New Polo Prices £7,995 to £13,995 28 Jan 2002 (News)
  fuel cap, removable luggage cover, power steering, radio/cassette player, only two rear three point seat belts, rear wiper with intermittent setting, rev counter, tinted glass, lights on warning buzzer. In addition, the 'S' model comes with: anti-hijack internal central locking button
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  Volkswagen Reliability Shock in Australia 8 Jun 2013 (News)
  feels partly responsible for not warning more loudly or more often about the hidden heartache in owning a Volkswagen."  In my time as HJ I've had issues over VW clutch cable tensioners, brake discs, heater matrix failures, alternator failures, fuel pump failures, fuel tank lifter pump
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  Historics 24th November Classic Car Auction Preview 22 Nov 2018 (News)
  to make £16,000 to £20,000. Lot 237 is my favourite car in the sale: a 1964 Peugeot 404 cabriolet. Sporting the desirable fuel-injected
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  Brexit – What does it mean for classics? 18 Jul 2016 (News)
  this is great news for UK exporters, and even for our very own cottage industries, who probably look after more classic cars than anywhere else, a great many components, tools and equipment are bought in. And, frankly, they’re going to get more expensive. As, indeed, is fuel. In turn
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  Curios: Rapport Forte 14 Feb 2014 (News)
  was not sporting enough. Chris Humberstone recalled that, ‘…the Jaguar was regarded as the most attractive basis for such a car, particularly when the fuel injected 4.2-litre engine arrived. That generated new interest in the marque. We wanted a full-four seater, so we selected the regular XJ12 saloon
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  Can run flats really run flat? 7 Nov 2011 (News)
  somewhere safe to change a wheel. Additionally, the tyre pressure monitoring system that is precluded by their fitment makes it much easier to keep tyres at recommended pressures, which can improve fuel consumption and, in the long run, save you money.  For a selection of tyre related Q
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  Small cars in the classifieds 21 Jun 2011 (News)
  Downsizing is all the rage nowadays. There are numerous reasons for this – lower emissions, better fuel economy, lower purchase price and improved basic equipment levels are just a few of them. The best selling car in the UK at the moment is the Ford Fiesta, and that's reasonably small
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  MINI Coupe concept For Frankfurt Show 26 Aug 2009 (News)
  at any time. The MINI Coupe Concept is engineered to receive the most powerful engine in the current MINI line-up.  The highly-acclaimed 211hp, 1.6-litre twin scroll turbocharged power unit found in current John Cooper Works models offers CO2 emissions of just 165g/km and fuel efficiency