Volvo, an early adopted of seat belts and pioneer of driving lights have continued their safety first message with the new V40. As well as being a great drive, it was the aim of the design team at Volvo, now owned by the Chinese company, Greely, to take this car to new levels of safety […]
Jaguar Land Rover as announce the creation of 800 new jobs
Worldwide demand for their product, already buoyant following the launch of the Evoque, has again grown following the launch of the latest model Range Rover. The new jobs will nearly all be created at the manufacturing base at Solihull. The plant is the production base for the Discovery and Defender models and Indian and Chinese demand has […]
VW have record year in 2012
According to an article on the BBC on line, VW have had a record year. Since its acquisition of Porsche, VW has never looked back. If you include the Skoda group, this year alone will see as many as six model launches that have already been announced with some fantastic steps forward in their eco credentials from […]
CarLease UK are now on Blogkeen
CarLease UK are pleased to announce that our blogs will not be featured on Blogkeen. More than just a car leasing company, we are no heavily involved in automotive literature and are constantly seeking ways and routes to spread information about our business and the industry we work in. Please feel free to subscribe to […]
Driving in and preparing for snow and icy weather
Winter can bring driving challenges that occur only every few years in theUK. But, if you live in an area of the country where the snow is guaranteed, then the following list may just […]
January 2013 and Carlease UK review the New Skoda Octavia
The third generation Skoda Octavia will be sat on the VW groups new platform, known as MQB. This base chassis can be varied in length and has already been used for the new Golf, the new Passat and the 2013 Skoda Yeti The new Octavia is nearly four inches longer and two inches wider than its predecessor and Skoda […]
We test drive our own Skoda Yeti 4×4
Our Skoda Yeti Elegance 4×4 Arrived on the 20th of December, just in time to lug round tons of presents and relatives to and from parties. Our initial impression that this is a well built car have not changed after running it for a day. The Yeti drive is on the video below and this link takes you to […]
DVLA hint at getting rid of the tax disc
The DVLA is at last considering getting rid of tax discs, although not an open discussion, they have confirmed to the BVRLA that it is in deed being considered. For many years, trade and fleet bodies have petitioned the Department of Transport to stop using tax discs. Modern systems, using the registration number can immediately, […]
Choosing an ideal car to lease if you opt out
At Carlease UK we know that when a customer opts out of the company car leasing scheme, that you are going to need the best car lease offer that we can arrange for you and help in choosing your car. We strongly believe in eco-cars and modern efficient cars like the Focus EcoNetic and Ecoboost and Hybrid cars like the Toyota offer fantastic savings in terms of […]
Opting out of a company car lease deal
If you are opting out of your company car scheme, then you will probably want to speak to someone you can trust and find out about personal contract purchase, PCP. Once you have agreed your cash for car allowance and avoided the company car tax, you are free to choose a car more suited to your choice and […]
Forgetting your Driving lessons
It has to be said that in modern road use safety does not always seem to be at forefront of everyone’s mind. It doesn’t need to be excessive, but after the third driver I had seen this week alone starting to break to turn without having signaled caused a panic in the driver behind them who was taken […]
Avoid losing your car due to heavy flooding
With warnings about heavy flooding across the UK now in effect its time that you start thinking about your safety while out driving in these dangerous conditions. Stories are constantly coming in to Car Lease UK from our customers abandoning their cars that have been trapped in flood waters. In reality it really isn’t that […]