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17 September

Baby car seat WARNING – Children’s lives are being put at risk by retailers safety advice

Children could be at risk from poor advice from retailers selling car seats (Image: GETTY) The advice being provided to parents by leading retailers is putting children’s lives are at risk, warns new research. In the investigation, it found that nine out of 10 retailers who sold children’s car seats had ...

16 September

Driving licence WARNING – Inform the DVLA of THIS of risk £1,000 fine

Last week it was reported that a father lost his driving licence and his job after he was misdiagnosed epilepsy. Rod Puckey, 63, claims doctors told him he had epilepsy but in fact it was just a case of extreme diarrhoea. Mr Puckey informed the DVLA who said he would ...

13 September

Kia Proceed 2019 REVEALED – New car specs, power and release date

Kia Proceed 2019 has been revealed for its European audience (Image: KIA) Kia has pulled the wraps off the all-new Proceed car, based on a concept vehicle that shares the same name. ProCeed is expected to make its official world premiere at the 2018 Paris Motor Show, before going on ...

12 September

New Mazda 6 REVIEW – A premium car without the price tag

Mazda 6 (Image: MAZDA) While rivals hogged the limelight with dramatic designs and fanciful performance boasts, one of Mazda’s models has weathered the SUV boom rather well. The Mazda 6, updated for 2018, brings a premium-grade cabin and handsome looks to the affordable mid-size party. A quick glance at the ...

10 September

Smart motorway WARNING – The rule you may not be aware of that could land you £2,500 fine

Smart motorway speeding cameras are always switched on meaning drivers can be fined (Image: GETTY) Earlier this year, Highways England commissioned some analysis which found that as many as 20 per cent of cars and vehicles were driving through the red X signs used on smart motorways. According to the ...

9 September

Is this proof you're more likely to have a car accident than ever before?

2018 cars are up to 20 per cent wider than those made in 1998 (Image: GETTY) The most popular cars in the UK have grown in size over the past few decades which could increase the possibility of a motorist having an accident. According to new research by Direct Line ...

8 September

Jeep Wrangler Rubicon trial REVIEW – Off-roading is effortless in this behemoth motor

Jeep Wrangler handled the Rubicon trial with ease (Image: PH) Our guide motions us forward, giving us instructions to thread our way through this stony minefield. And then, just when we think we’ve escaped, one of the tyres side-slips on the dusty rock, we lurch sideways and there’s an unmistakably, ...

6 September

Most unreliable cars of 2018 REVEALED in the UK and the faults you need to look out for

Most unreliable cars have been unveiled in the WhatCar? Reliability Survey 2018 (Image: PH) Every car owner wants their vehicle to be reliable and nobody wants it to be in and out of a car garage all the time. Naturally, some cars are more reliable than others and certain brands ...

5 September

Citroen C4 Cactus REVIEW – New car is all style and no substance

Citroen C4 Cactus (Image: CITROEN) The only problem is that such innovations, while favoured aesthetically, haven’t always been favoured critically or in terms of pure sales. Sometimes those individual models fly out of showrooms, such as the likes of the Skoda Yeti or Nissan Qashqai, but with others, like this ...

4 September

World's earliest known Mini Cooper unearthed in Suffolk barn

This 1963 Mini Cooper is the earliest ever made (Image: James Linsell-Clark) He is now the proud owner of the 1963 car – the sixth of only 4,000 ever made – which is complete with its original engine and first tax disc. The cream-coloured Mini is now worth around £50,000 ...

September, 2018