Audi’s R8 gets a facelift
Audi has given its flagship R8 a comprehensive make over for its 2013 model year line-up. The new look is due to make it’s debut at the Paris Motor Sh...
July 30, 2012 1 Min Read
Chinese Copy Cats
Volkswagen was one of the first Western carmakers to partner up with a native Chinese manufacturer to produce and sell VW cars in China. Now it turns...
July 30, 2012 3 Min Read
The Times When Having Your Own Car Sucks
Only four more weeks and my better half and I will be packing stacks of junk in the car and head for Southern France. It’s hot there: air conditioning...
July 30, 2012 3 Min Read
The House of Lords Fights Back Against Litter Louts (Maybe)
I wrote a while back about the sheer stupidity of throwing litter out of cars, and I am glad to see that the House of Lords have decided to do somethi...
July 27, 2012 3 Min Read
And Britain’s most reliable car is…..
Here at the Firstvehicleleasing.co.uk blog we’ve been discussing the reliability of cars and the warranties offered by manufacturers. Buyers don’t wan...
July 27, 2012 3 Min Read
An In Car Massage or Another Blooming Reversing Light?
What extra would you like to see added to your car? Personally I would like a popcorn maker in the dashboard, a heated steering wheel and one of those...
July 26, 2012 3 Min Read
There’s new Bugs appearing
Beetle lovers will be able to enjoy two engines to the range with either a 2.0-litre 140 PS TDI turbodiesel engine, or a 2.0-litre 200 PS TSI turbocha...
July 26, 2012 3 Min Read
New Car Sales Keep on Falling
The sales of new cars in Europe keep on falling it seems. The good news (of sorts) is that the fall in June was less than the fall in previous months....
July 25, 2012 2 Min Read
New Kia Carens to be launched
News that Kia is to unveil its third generation Carens at the Paris Motor Show brought a ‘Ho-hum’ response from me. And then I realised it’s actually...
July 25, 2012 2 Min Read
Road Trippin’
Nowadays a G Class Mercedes seems most popular with rappers and (wannabe) pimps. Particularly when fitted with a humongous engine (G63 and G65 AMG), i...
July 25, 2012 3 Min Read
Chinese DS Success
The original Citroen DS might just be the most beautiful Citroen ever made – though it will feel the garlicky breath of the Traction Avant in its neck...
July 25, 2012 3 Min Read
Too Young to Drive?
If you have ever had a car crash then when did it happen? I only ask because there is a fair chance that it came in the first 6 months after you passe...
July 24, 2012 2 Min Read
It’s the most efficient Prius yet
Thanks to Jeremy Clarkson most ‘petrolheads’ are dismissive of hybrid cars like the Prius but the new model may change some minds. That’s because the...
July 24, 2012 2 Min Read
More UK Gardens Turn into Parking Spaces
What do you have in your front garden? Flowers or a Ford? Rhododendrons or a Rover? It seems that more and more Brits are ripping up their lawns and p...
July 23, 2012 2 Min Read
Get tough with drink divers – say motorists
Now the summer holidays have begun it’s time for the annual summer anti-drink drive PR push to warn motorists from taking a risk with having one too m...
July 23, 2012 2 Min Read
