18 04, 2013

Chevrolet Trax: upping the ante for Europe’s SUV segment

Chevrolet is launching its first entry into the small SUV segment, the Trax. According to the firm, Chevrolet invented the SUV with the introduction of the Carryall Suburban – with the Suburban eventually holding the record for the longest-running vehicle […]

12 02, 2013

Alfa Romeo’s 4C makes it world premiere

This eye-catching beauty is the new offering from Alfa Romeo – the unusually named 4C. It made its debut at the Geneva motor show two years ago as a concept car and now the production-ready version is due to take […]

27 12, 2012

Toyota Aygo has safety setback

I’ve flagged up before on this blog that the new safety criteria for cars is going to cause manufacturers some serious headaches – and so it has come to pass. In what will, no doubt, be a regular update on […]

18 10, 2012

Ford Fiesta is ‘Used Car of the Year’

Car mag ‘What Car?’ has named the Ford Fiesta 1.25 Zetec 5dr as its Used Car of the Year 2012 and used supermini of the year. Best Used Car – the Ford Fiesta It’s a good decision for the great […]

15 08, 2012

Hyundai picks up design awards

It’s not that long ago that the notion of Hyundai winning a design award for its cars would have been laughed at. But the fact they have underlines what we have been saying here at the Firstvehicleleasing.co.uk blog – and […]

6 08, 2012

Seat boosts sales with Ecomotive technology

With car buyers looking for more efficient and well-made cars, it’s timely that Seat announces that half year sales show record Ecomotive Technology take-up across all models. They say that over four in ten SEATs sold in 2012 will feature […]

10 07, 2012

Alfa Romeo extends warranty

Further to some recent blog posts here at Firstvehicleleasing.co.uk about car buyers wanting better warranties – Alfa Romeo announces just that! The Italian carmaker will extend the warranties on its Mito and Giulietta models from three years to five. The […]

7 06, 2012

Which car should you rely on?

It’s one of those issues when buying a used car – just how long will it last before I get saddled with a massive repair bill? Now a firm which offers warranties on cars has come up with the answer. […]

30 04, 2012

Fuel economy: Real-world miles per gallon information now available

We’ve all done – got to the end of a long journey and wondered where the fuel has gone. And no you probably haven’t made a miscalculation because the published fuel economy figures which you use for the trip are […]