Make no mistake, Mazda are determined to have a big slice of the growing business car market in 2014. At Carlease UK we have had a Mazda 6 on loan from Mazda UK for two weeks now and we love it. The 150 ps diesel is strong as an ox but is still economical. We […]
Archives for December 2013
New car launches to get excited about in Winter 2013 and Early 2014
The outgoing XC90 is not a bad car at all and to expect the replacement to be staggeringly better would be to miss the point. As is the modern way with building cars, Volvo have designed and engineered a modular platform for a host of new vehicles to be based on. The benefits are weight […]
Is Ford Sync the most useful safety feature of 2013?
Whilst I agree that making unnecessary phone calls in the car requires a break in concentration, I can find no reason to support the latest charity onslaught to ban hand free kits. I agree that people still use their mobiles whilst driving and I have sat at the side of people texting almost every day. […]
VW aiming to take a larger share of the tipper and drop-side market in 2014
VW view the market in the UK as growing strongly in 2014. They have added to their commercial range some Crafter based dropsides and tippers in anticipation of increasing their share of that market next year Marketed as the To Go range, it is the result of a joint venture between themselves and Ingimex. […]
Think four wheel drive and you probably wont think economical car
Think four-wheel drive or even all-wheel drive and you think of Land Rover or Land Cruiser, but AWD is in fact available if not standard on a huge number of cars. Subtly installed in some vehicles that would never give it away from the outside like a Subaru XV which has a very competent permanent […]
Parents still have a job to do once the new school minibus arrives
Parents can help the school in several ways. Teach your children that behaving on the minibus is as important as it is on any public transport. It is definitely not a place to misbehave and make sure that your child has a thorough understanding of road safety When being dropped off or picked up: If you […]
Are UK schools using minibuses which are simply too old
More than 50% of the school minibuses in the UK are more than 5 years old. But, they are from a time when a school raised money and bought for cash a new minibus. But now that they are out of warranty and falling in value, the gap between their value and a replacement vehicle […]
Should you consider winter/snow tyres for your vans and your new school minibus
Your new school minibus or van will be delivered to you with brand new tyres and you wont be thinking about what should happen if the snow comes. With recent winters suggesting that winter temperatures peaked three years ago and that frost-free/snow free winters are a thing of the past, perhaps we need to accept […]