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People love gadgets that they can use in their everyday lives, none more so than those gadgets found in cars or that can be used in cars. Here is a breakdown of 3 of the latest car gadgets that have either recently hit the market or are soon to do so.
A recent holiday break to Miami soon turned into a nightmare when police found what turned out to be traces of cocaine in the trunk of our hire car. My girlfriend and I had decided on a last minute bargain package deal to Florida. We’d been lucky enough to get a really cheap last minute fly-drive deal that gave us 7 nights to explore Orlando and enjoy the Gulf coast. Continue Reading
The giant of the motoring industry, General Motors, who own brands like Chevrolet, GMC, Cadillac, Pontiac and Buick, have reveasleda line-up of new car £. Just last month, the motoring giant recovered after 40 days of bankruptcy, within those 40 days, the government invested $50 billion, making it around 60% owned by the public.
Now that General Motors have recovered from bankruptcy, they can now look ahead and shape their brands to make more sales. Continue Reading
If an emergency vehicles comes up behind you when driving, we know to let them through if we can. If you keep your course and don’t let the vehicle through, you could potentially be stopping the services getting to someone you know who needs help.
The majority of situations, you are driving along the road as an emergency vehicles comes up behind you and it’s fairly easy to get out the way. Continue Reading
Cars are rather an expensive present for any individual, cars are essentially something that that anyone would appreciate if it was given to them as a gift, but when is the right time to give a gift to a person, let us take a look at a few exceptional occasions.
Birthdays
Birthday presents are all very well and good but when can you actually take the time to buy someone a car as a birthday gift? In person the only time that I believe may be suited would be as soon as your kid turns 17, evidently that is the only thing that they will want and looking at used cars will not set you back a vast amount. Continue Reading
Tags: car leasing, cars, Nissan, scrappage scheme, vans
Back in May this year, the UK government launched a scheme that would reward car buyers when they scrapped their old cars. Oddly enough it was called the ‘Car Scrappage Scheme’ and it gave car buyers 2000 towards a new car when they scrapped a car that’s more than 10 years old.
The cost to run the scheme cost a total of 600 million pounds. Continue Reading
pOver recent years the a href=http://www.carpress.co.uk target=_blankused cars/a market has seen a decline in the amount of revenue and sales that are made. Used car figures were actually down by around pound;24 billion for the 2008 year, there were around 300k less cars sold then the previous years./pp/ppWe all know that this was solely down to the credit crisis which hit the world in late 2008.!–more– People began to panic and control their money and one thing in life that people could afford to cut down on was purchasing a car and we all know that the huge majority of … Continue Reading
pCars are an absolute crucial part for anyones life, you really cannot go anywhere or do anything unless you have some transport, but the problem is, is that because life is so hectic people simply do not have the energy or momentum. This is simply why there has been a fall in the dispatch of a href=http://www.carpress.co.uk target=_blankused cars/a and new vehicles. People are opting to get public channel.!–more–/pp/ppWell, all of this could be changing inside the following few years, as technology develops and progresses new methods of transport are filtering through. One of these great modes of transports is … Continue Reading
pEarlier this year the owner of car brands like Pontiac and Chevrolet, General Motors, filed for bankruptcy. However, they have now been able to turn things around and have stopped receiving protection from bankruptcy./pp/ppAfter sorting themselves out, they are now trying some new methods in an attempt to bring more sales to the business.!–more– They are currently looking into 2 new methods to selling their cars. The first method they have already tried but pulled out of last year, and thats car leasing. They have put together plans to once again return to the a href=http://www.nationwidevehiclecontracts.co.uk/ target=_blankcontract hire/a market this … Continue Reading
pIn an attempt to reduce traffic congestion, Heathrow Airport are implementing a new, state-of-the-art, traffic system. The system features 21 electric shuttles which have no need for drivers as they are controlled using computers, the system is the only one in the world./pp/ppThe 21 shuttles will run along a two and a half mile pathway between the business car park and Heathrows Terminal 5.!–more– Each shuttle carries 4 passengers, as well as their luggage, travelling at 25mph, the system is targeted to carry over 500,000 passengers every year./pp/ppBristol University are helping the company Advanced Transport Systems Ltd to develop the … Continue Reading