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Can new car sales for 2016 hit the heights of the boom?
With new car sales up 30% for the second year running can the increases continue this year? The latest figures for new car sales in 2015, released today by car...
by Michael Rochford
10 years ago -
Electric cars - Is it time to go electric?
Well, is it time to embrace the electric car? Yes, nearly. Actually, that’s an answer that still depends on your personal circumstances, and your driving needs...
by Michael Rochford
10 years ago -
Motorcheck Used Car Guide: Santa's Sleigh
Years built: Not quoted Bodystyles: Various, but usually an open-top tourer with a curved dash and skis What is it? Well, it’s just one of the ultimate forms of...
by Michael Rochford
10 years ago -
4x4 vehicles - do I really need one?
It’s winter, and that’s official. If you lashing rain and plummeting temperatures hadn’t given you a clue, then the onset of endless Christmas muzak to accompan...
by Michael Rochford
10 years ago -
Motorcheck Used Car Guide: Lexus RX400h
Years built: 2005 to 2012 Bodystyles: Five-door premium SUV What is it? We’ve become used, in the last few years, to Lexus being a hybrid-only brand. Toyota’s l...
by Michael Rochford
10 years ago -
Online car reliability surveys aren’t worth the paper they’re not written on
We’ve all seen the league tables and figures of car reliability surveys down through the years. Japanese cars at the top, French and Italian cars at the bottom...
by Michael Rochford
10 years ago -
Motorcheck Used Car Guide: Subaru Legacy
Years built: 2003 to 2009 Bodystyles: four door saloon, five door estate What is it? With snow forecast already, the winter is taking its usually icy grip of th...
by Michael Rochford
10 years ago -
selling a car : Is it harder to sell my car in winter?
Short answer? Yes it is, but there are a number of little tips and tricks that you can use to make the process of selling a car easier. As winter takes a grip a...
by Michael Rochford
10 years ago -
Motorcheck Used Car Guide: Kia Cee’d
Years built: 2007 to 2012 Bodystyles: Three- and five-door hatchback and compact estate What is it? It was, realistically, the first notice that Kia could make...
by Michael Rochford
10 years ago -
car trade in value - How do I get the best trade-in Value?
It’s car shopping time! The winter nights are closing in, Christmas is around the corner and mere days’ past Santa’s visit, there’s the excitement of the new re...
by Michael Rochford
10 years ago -
Motorcheck Used Car Guide: Nissan X-Trail
Years built: 2007 to 2015 Bodystyles: five door SUV What is it? The second generation Nissan X-Trail is one of the most unlucky cars ever to have been launched....
by Michael Rochford
10 years ago -
Family cars - The children are our future.
So, along with “what’s the best car you’ve ever driven” and “what’s the fastest car you’ve ever driven” the question we most often get asked is “what cars hold...
by Michael Rochford
10 years ago
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