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The last 12 months has seen a number of high profile cars and truck recalls in the UK from a range manufacturers. Most just recently is the decision by Toyota to recall 138,000 cars and trucks in the UK, 7.4 million worldwide, because of a fault electric window switch. This comes just days after Honda revealed it would be recalling 77,000 CR-V designs in the UK because of a extremely similar problem. Advertisement - article continues below Earlier this year Nissan likewise got in on the act with 51,000 Qashqais recalled around the world for a steering wheel problem, while…

Vaughtons, the historic British jewellery manufacturer responsible for the Aston Martin and McLaren badges, has launched a fundraising pin-badge to support the NHS during the coronavirus pandemic. The badges are made in the UK, using methods and tooling which have been used since the company’s inception in 1819. Each badge is stamped and polished on the firm’s traditional jewellery equipment, before the rainbow-coloured enamel is applied by hand. Car industry to build ventilators for NHS in coronavirus crisis Initially, the badges will be offered with either gold or silver plating, although Vaughtons says it will release solid silver and nine-carat…

Time for some necessarily brutal honesty: Government, local councils, public transport operators, ecomentalists and other car loathers have long been identified to bludgeon motorists out of their personal, four-wheeled machines.  The haters don’t mind us purchasing cars, then parking them. After all, this results in profitable gross annual profits of scores of billions for HM Treasury and those close to it. how can even stationary cars be so lucrative for the state? think 20 per cent VAT (punishing purchase tax is much more honest), car excise duty, insurance taxes, local authority parking fees/fines/rip-offs, and other mostly unavoidable costs. 'SUV haters…

The UK’s very first all-in-one web site for comparing electric car-focused energy tariffs, house fee units as well as charger installations has been launched. Comparison site Rightcharge has the prospective to save clients a lot more than £230 per year, in addition to in excess of £100 on the upfront expense of installing a house fee unit. Energy firms want the ideal to switch off electric vehicles charging at home Electric vehicle registrations are up 157 per cent so far in 2020, however Rightcharge states motorists who get EVs are missing the chance to switch to special EV energy tariffs…

Volkswagen has launched the eighth-generation Golf GTD in the UK. It follows the plug-in hybrid Golf GTE and petrol-powered Golf GTI into the showrooms, completing the German brand’s trio of GT-badged hot hatchbacks. Prices for the new Volkswagen Golf GTD start from £32,790, which makes it the least expensive model in the GT line-up. However, unlike its stablemates, the GTD is pitched as a lot more of a long-distance cruiser rather than a B-road barnstormer, with a theoretical maximum range of 600 miles per tank of fuel. Top 10 best hot hatchbacks to get 2022 Key to this range figure…

The pattern for little SUVs is showing no indication of slowing down, as well as Volvo is the current maker to add one to its desire list. The newcomer would slot beneath the XC60 as well as XC90 (which is replaced later this year) in the line-up. "It's absolutely an appealing segment," Hakan Samuelsson, Volvo's new CEO told us. "The V40 cross Country (pictured above) is beginning to address that segment, however there is absolutely area for a certain XC40." Advertisement - post continues below He continued: "There's a guaranteed step from estates to SUVs, particularly with women, so we requirement…