The rest of Great Britain’s drivers are gaining an unfair advantage when it comes to car tax renewals over their Northern Irish counterparts say the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP).
Despite hopes for an increase in the sales of electric cars in 2011, uptake appears to have fizzled out judging from the new figures which have been released. Although the government launched a ‘plugged in car grant’ scheme which could be worth up to £5000, numbers have failed to materialize in line with expectations.
Following the discovery of a fault in fuel sensors in some models of General Motors vehicles a solution has finally been reached. General Motors have said they will cover half of the repair costs with regards to the fuel gauges which are defective in the models of Buick, GMC, Saab 9-7X sport utility vehicles and Chevrolets for the year 2005-2009.
A new city car has been unveiled by SEAT – the Mii. It’s a four seater compact car with an option to have an eco-upgrade pack, making it eco-friendly on two levels. The number of seats make it ideal for the school run and car sharing, plus the upgrade could reduce CO2 emissions to lower than 100g/km.