Cars
Top 20 car depreciation values
There is a saying within the car industry that the minute you drive a new car off the garage forecourt it starts to immediately lose it’s value. It is enough to put off potential car owners from ever buying a new motor, but for those of us lucky enough to be able to afford a [...]
Britain’s cheapest estate car? That’ll be the Dacia Logan!
Former Romanian car company Dacia has featured before on Shoppersbase, when it claimed the accolade of the UK’s cheapest hatchback, back in January 2013. Now under the manufacturing umbrella of Renault, Dacia seems to be the fore runner when it comes to affordable cars, as it has just released news of a brand new estate [...]
Hiriko’s folding car could solve city parking problems
Parking in a city centre is one of life’s difficulties, let alone finding a space in the first place. But researchers from MIT’s Changing Places group might just have the solution – a folding car. The Hiriko Fold, which has been designed with the help of the Spanish Basque region’s development agency DENOKINN, is an [...]
Volvo unveils a host of new car safety measures
Swedish car manufacturer – Volvo, has often been at the forefront of implementing new safety measures in cars, but this year they are going even further, and introducing a host of new technological systems, that aim to make driving a whole lot safer. Some of their measures are simple updates on existing functions, but others [...]
Cheap as Chips: The Dacia’s Sandero
There aren’t many brand new five-door hatchbacks on the road priced at a cool £5,995, actually, there aren’t any, apart from the Dacia Sandero. And when you consider than some people spend more than that on a bottle of fizz, should we put our trust in an unknown brand, or pay a little more for [...]
Is your Driving Licence out of date? 2 million could face £1,000 fine today
We featured an article back in February which highlighted the problem motorists face with their photo identity driving licences. Not many people realised that the photo card part of your driving licence has to be renewed every ten years, and it is from the end of 2012 that the first group of motorists with potentially [...]
Tax Disc coming to the end of the road?
That familiar round coloured disc in car windows may soon be a thing of the past, as the government gears up to digitalize the whole road tax process. The paper discs have adored our windscreens for over 90 years, but as we move into an ever increasingly technological world, ministers say they may have to [...]
The clever cars of the future: Los Angeles Auto Show 2012
We’ve had smart everything else – smart fridges, smart televisions, smart watches. So, it’s only natural that our cars are getting smarter too. In moves which seem rather akin to one of the best-loved fictional cars ever, Knight Rider’s KITT, the car that can communicate, automobile manufacturers are installing new technology that means you can [...]
What to do when you have a car breakdown
When you break down, your priority should be to ensure you, your passengers and your fellow road-users are safe. This simple advice will help you deal with the situation. When you break down on the motorway If you break down on the motorway, turn on your hazard lights on and try to get the vehicle [...]
Why Everyone Should Care About Auto Insurance Fraud
Frequent scam activity has made the public insensitive to the cost of auto insurance fraud. Too many people have decided that “everyone else is doing it.” Actually, nothing could be further from the truth. Auto insurance is designed to mitigate risk for every driver on the roads. The Canadian authorities enforce all insurance laws to [...]
