Monthly Archives: January 2013

Volkswagen Golf Mk7 dealer launch events this weekend


Volkswagen dealers across the country are holding launch events for the Golf Mk7, which went on sale this week. Dealers are inviting Golf fans and potential customers to visit their showrooms and find out all about the latest generation car, take a test drive in the new car and benefit from some launch offers.

Vauxhall Adam begins production in Germany

GM has invested 190m in its Eisenach factory in anticipation of the Adam’s additional sales – and it looks  to introduce this second production line, but it’s paying off – more than 16,000 orders have been before the Adam’s official on-sale date of 19 January.

Halfords to host driving tests


Learner drivers will be able to take their driving tests at branches of Halfords from February this year under a new Driving Standards Agency initiative to make driving test centres more accessible.

Toyota modifies start-stop buttons in case of panic

(Photo: David Dewhurst / Toyota)

Toyota has quietly made a change in most of its models that could save lives if a car’s accelerator sticks open — and it’s not the one at the center of the $1.1-billion settlement of Toyota’s unintended acceleration lawsuits.

Radical RXC Hardtop Revealed


Peterborough-based Radial Sports Cars chose the 2013 Autosport International show to reveal their first-ever hard-top race car, the RXC.