Category Archives: Useful Information

UK number plates under threat from EU

UK number plates under threat from EU

A proposal to introduced a standardised European number plate had been revealed.

GM slow to act on recalls, House documents show

FILE - In this April 1, 2014 file photo, General Motors CEO Mary Barra listens as she testifies before the House Energy and Commerce subcommittee on Oversight and Investigation on Capitol Hill in Washington. Documents from a House subcommittee show that Barra received an email about a steering problem in the Saturn Ion in October 2011 — more than two years before the car was recalled. That email message was not related to the safety defects and mishandled recall of 2.6 million small cars with a faulty ignition switch that's been linked to 13 deaths and dozens of crashes, which is the subject of the subcommittee investigation. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Documents released by a House subcommittee show that managers and employees at General Motors were often slow to react to safety problems — and that one part of GM often didn’t know what another was doing.

March brought five per cent rise in Used car prices

March brought five per cent rise in Used car prices

British Car Auctions (BCA) has reported a five per cent rise in used car values in March. The average value of a used car increased by £57 to £7387 in March – the highest monthly value this year and the third highest on record.

BMW widens recall to 489,000 vehicles for engine-bolt defect

BMW widens recall to 489,000 vehicles for engine-bolt defect

BMW is recalling 489,000 vehicles worldwide due to a possible engine-bolt defect, widening a repair program that was initiated in China.

Recalls are more widespread than you think

Recalls are more widespread than you think

If a car has a fundamental and possibly dangerous problem, such as the potential to catch on fire or to lose a wheel at high speed, then you’d think it would be well publicised – but that’s not always the case. A safety problem will often lead to a recall, but usually this won’t be public knowlesdge.