CAR LEASING

BVRLA appoints first chief executive
New job title reflects the growing stature of the association and John Lewis’ profile within the automotive industry Eight years after joining the association as its sixth director general, John Lewis has been made chief executive. John was invited to accept the newly-created title by the board of management, who wanted to recognise his outstanding contribution [...]

Red Top recognises the lure of leasing
An article in The Mail on Sunday  highlighted the benefits of car leasing over the weekend. Illustrating some of our advertisers such as CLVR, the article argues that as recession bites hard on car sales, car leasing will become ever-more attractive solution for motorists. Stefan Gryko, head of sales at leasing company CLVR in Chesham, Buckinghamshire, told the newspaper: [...]

Audi’s World First
The German manufacturer has announced that the newly available R8 V10 sports car will be the first in the world to have purely LED headlamps as standard. Audi has begun taking orders for the range topping V10 version of their multi-award winning sports car, in it is a 5.2-litre V10 FSI petrol engine; with incredible statistics [...]

ABD hit back at the ISA and the ‘29% lie’
The Association of British Drivers, the ABD, has hit back at claims from the Government that the widespread introduction of Intelligent Speed Adaption (ISA) could reduced the number of accident injuries by 29% claiming the way the figure has been calculated is fundamentally flawed. Central to the ABD argument is the fact that the 29% is [...]

Daihatsu announce free servicing!
The January Sales have started on the high street, and many manufacturers are following suit announcing enticing deals on their new cars; the latest announcement comes from Daihatsu, where customers registering a new Terios between 1st January 2009 and 31st March 2009 will gain 5 years or 45,000 miles worth (which ever comes first) of free servicing [...]

Fuel Price War in the New Year
Motorists have something to smile about in the New Year as the price of fuel at the pumps continue to fall with the news that Supermarket giants ASDA and Tesco are slashing around 3p off a litre for both petrol and diesel. The AA have also recently announced that average fuel prices are at their lowest [...]

Record numbers of breakdowns expected!
The Environmental Transport Association has reported that it expects a record number of car breakdowns on January 5th, as many people look to cut motoring costs by doing without breakdown cover. With temperatures plummeting around the country and not expected to significantly lift for several days this cold snap is expected to exacerbate the problem of [...]

Speed camera scam for unused GATSOs
Two in five speed cameras are switched off but left in place to ‘spook’ motorists, the Mirror reports. A undisclosed Met source told the red top; “Loads of cameras were put up in the 90s but when new guidelines were set out six or seven years ago about where Gatsos could be put, loads of them didn’t meet [...]

Ford’s new ‘active park assist’ makes Parallel parking a Breeze
The often stressful and frustrating task of parallel parking soon will be as easy as pressing a button for owners of the Lincoln MKS flagship sedan and all-new Lincoln MKT seven-passenger luxury crossover, thanks to an exclusive new technology from Ford Motor Company called Active Park Assist. Ford car leasing special offers Available in mid-2009 as an [...]

US Government to support auto-lender GMAC
The Bush administration has announced that it is buying $5 billion worth of equity in auto and mortgage finance company GMAC and increasing a loan to General Motors by $1 billion. The action was the latest in a lengthy series of emergency government moves aimed at easing the worst credit crisis since the 1930s and [...]