Daily Archives: August 24, 2012

Jaguar dealers rated No.1

August 24, 2012   Ian

Jaguar has come top in the 2012 JD Power Dealer Satisfaction Survey, published by What Car?The interesting thing is that the margin between Jaguar in first place on 86.1% satisfaction and Lexus in second place on 83.5% satisfaction was one of the widest in the whole table. Most car companies were bunched between 77% and 82% and the only outliers were Jaguar at the top and Fiat (74.8%) and Chevrolet (71.5%) at the bottom. The position of Chevrolet at the very bottom of the table is a bit of a surprise. Korean cars are usually very reliable, so the dealers must have done something exceptional to annoy their customers to that extent.
Read More

Historic Maserati collection to be auctioned at Goodwood

August 24, 2012   Ian

One of the best collections of Maseratis – certainly in this country – is to be auctioned at the Goodwood Revival by Bonhams in September.The seller is Anthony Hartley, who is a well-known Maserati connoisseur, and has owned, rebuilt and even re-created Maseratis since the 1950s. His collection is expected to sell for several million pounds.
Read More

Vulcan bomber and classic cars at Carfest

August 24, 2012   Ian

Chris Evans’ CarFest will play host to the last flying Vulcan bomber, one of the world’s most remarkable military aircraft, as well as two big auctions of classic cars.
Read More

Bank Holiday strike on Severn Bridge?

August 24, 2012   Ian


There is the threat of a strike at the Severn Bridge toll booths over the bank holiday weekend.

Strike action including a 24 hour walk out, an overtime ban and work-to-rule is being threatened next Friday 24th August in a dispute over shift patterns. That coincides with the start of the Bank Holiday weekend, which would affect drivers on the M4 and M48.

Read More

"Postcode lottery" of petrol prices

August 24, 2012   Ian


A survey of petrol prices across the country has found that drivers in the most expensive region pay around £250 more each year to fill up their cars than those in the cheapest area.

The most expensive place to buy petrol is the Shetland Isles at 145.9 pence per litre (ppl). It does seem slightly unfair that the area closest to the oilfields of the North Sea has to pay the highest prices, but it is also one of the most remote places in the UK. The cheapest place is Grampian, in Scotland, at 129.7 ppl.

Read More
« Older posts