A unique investigation team is fighting back against ‘crash for cash’ fraudsters and other bogus claimants, having completed its most productive period to date, with more than £5 million worth of bogus claims thwarted in 2011.

Fifteen individuals involved in motor-related fraud or criminal activity were successfully prosecuted in the last quarter of 2011 thanks to Accident Exchange’s innovative APU (Asset Protection Unit) squad, helping to thwart bogus claims which... [Read More]

Government proposals to charge lorries for using the UK’s roads should mean a fairer deal for domestic road freight operators, but it must be cost neutral, warns the Freight Transport Association.

Proposals to impose a road user charge for vehicles over 12 tonnes have been broadly welcomed by FTA, which has long argued that foreign lorries should pay their way on the UK’s road network, as long as it doesn’t bring with it an extra cost or administrative burden to UK... [Read More]

Europcar, the leader in car hire services in Europe, has taken another innovative step to make car hire more convenient and cost-effective for drivers.
It is the first car hire company in the UK to launch car and van hire by the hour, giving individuals and businesses even more choice and flexibility, as well as vital cost-savings over daily car hire. Starting at just £10 an hour* for car hire and £11 an hour* for van hire, Europcar’s new Hourly Hire Service delivers top... [Read More]

Sales of winter tyres have rocketed by 50 per cent for one manufacturer in the UK, despite the British winter failing to live up to some dreadful weather forecasts.
Michelin’s cold weather tyre sales grew to around 500,000 sales at the end of 2011; twice as many as in 2010 and three or four times better than in 2009, according to the tyre-maker.
Winter tyre uptake was expected to grow in 2011 with the cold weather rubbers gaining more exposure than ever before off... [Read More]

The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents is disappointed that thousands of drivers chose to put themselves and others at risk by drink or drug driving over the Christmas period.


Figures released today by the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) show that 7,124 drivers were arrested during a month-long drink-drive crackdown that ran across England and Wales from December 1, 2011 until January 1, 2012. Across all age groups, this represented 4.55... [Read More]

The organisers of the Europe’s biggest Land Rover and 4x4 event are launching a brand new show at Land Rover’s ancestral home at Eastnor Castle.
The all-new and exciting Eastnor Land Rover Show is opening its gates for the first time on Saturday 25^th and Sunday 26^th August 2012.
Celebrating... [Read More]

Land Rover is planning to build its all-new Land Rover Defender at the manufacturing headquarters of parent company Tata Motors in Pune, India.

And it will probably send some models back to Europe for final assembly in the UK as part of a ‘reverse CKD’ operation. Land Rover already builds Freelanders in India for sale in... [Read More]

Even more British Red Cross first aiders will be geared up for emergencies, thanks to Land Rover UK, who donated four extra cycle response units (CRUs) this week.


Two of the brand new bikes will be based in South Wales and will be the first of their kind in Wales. The new additions bring the total CRUs donated by... [Read More]

The 2012 model year Land Rover Discovery 4 - called SDV6 with its 3.0-litre, V6 turbodiesel engine - has more power, less CO2 emissions, better fuel economy and the specification is improved too.
The V6 unit has parallel sequential turbocharging and third generation common rail 2,000 bar high pressure fuel injection. A larger... [Read More]