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Trackstar release vehicle tracking app

Trackstar has announced the release of its new Trackstar Stolen Vehicle Tracking App, for Android and IOS handsets. The Trackstar App provides customers with powerful functions to complement their Trackstar […]

IAM offers safety tips to motorcyclists

This week’s tips from the IAM’s head of driving standards, Peter Rodger, are offering advice to motorcyclists about how to minimise the risk of an accident. Here are Peter’s top […]

SMMT statement on emissions testing

The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) has released a statement following an admission by the world’s biggest carmaker, Volkswagen, that it deceived US regulators in exhaust emissions tests. […]

VW dismissing CEO over emissions scandal

Volkswagen will dismiss Chief Executive Martin Winterkorn, according to reports in a German newspaper, after the carmaker admitted to cheating US vehicles emissions tests and said 11 million of its […]

AA suffers £63.6m loss

The AA has fallen to a near-£64m loss in the first half of 2015 as it recorded a pre-tax loss of £63.6m, down from a profit of £10.2m in 2014. […]

Telematics considered by 55% of consumers

Saving money is still the biggest factor in people taking out telematics and data-based insurance motor policies, according to new research from Consumer Intelligence. Although for over half (55%) the […]

VW and Audi face credibility question

Volkswagen and Audi could be facing a major credibility crisis in the UK market after the revelation that the company deliberately ‘fixed’ emissions software fitted to some of its vehicles […]

Consumer rights act benefits car buyers

On 1st October 2015, some of the biggest changes ever in consumer law will take place and, HPI, is urging used car buyers to be aware of their new rights. The […]

APU helps dismantle car theft ring

A high-level, international car theft operation that focused on the theft of high value 4×4 vehicles and those equipped with keyless ignition systems, has been broken up by law enforcement […]

Street racing on the rise

Drag racing is becoming increasingly popular among young adults, according to a new study by the Allianz Centre for Technology in Germany. Of the 17 to 24 year old drivers […]