Choosing used cars is not an easy process. Might there be lessons learned understanding the problems of buying used cars in other countries? (It might just make you feel better about the challenges you face in the UK)... Could you cope with the cost of a car in China? The South China Post reports on research that suggests many urban Chinese are reconsidering car ownership. While the figures for...
Long before its Yellow Cabs, New York was famed for electric taxis. There’s a lot of interest in electric cars these days, but it is more than 100 years since the first electric taxis plied their trade on the streets of New York. The city used cars from the Electric Vehicle Company to carry passengers, with up to 1,000 running in 1900. Their place in history is not limited to being an early...
Smoking in cars with children present is set to be banned across the UK later this year , with the prospect of fines for those people that endanger children’s health in this way. As the proportion of adults that smoke drops toward one in five, we thought we’d have a look at what car cost the smoking motorist might not be aware of. Smokers are often told to imagine the amount of money their habit...
Maybe you’ve considered going to your local automatic car wash for a “treat.” Normally, you would wash your own car in your driveway and save money, but occasionally, you think it’s fine to pay “more” just so that you don’t have to do it yourself, right? Just an occasional splurge. Not really part of your budget normally, because it’s too expensive, though – right? Myth number 1: Car washes will...
BBC2 last week showed two very different used car dealers swapping workplaces. The show Super Cars v Used Cars: The Trade Off took a used car salesman from Bridgend in Wales to a dealership in South London, while his counterpart traveled the other way down the M4. While the two men had the same job title, their workplaces were very, very different. Welshman Darren was used to selling cars in the...
People depend on CAP experts for accurate car valuations but from time to time we like to look at some car-related numbers that are not so serious… 189? – The first British car Our first number is a hotly-debated one; the year that a car was first made in the UK. In the early 1890s, Frederick Simms acquired the British rights for his friend Gottlieb Daimler‘s petrol engine. He went on to set up a...
Back in June we took a quick look at the history of the Ford Fiesta since its launch in 1976. As part of the article we compared the new car price with the price of a house in that year. With the Ford Fiesta still proving a popular choice for consumers using our car valuation tools that price comparison generated a bit of discussion in the CAP offices. As Britain’s best-selling car of the last 35...
