Copyright (c) 2012 GlassGuide.co.uk en-us 60 Latest Editors Blogs from GlassGuide.co.uk http://www.GlassGuide.co.uk/ Fri, 3 Feb 2012 14:58:21 GMT http://www.GlassGuide.co.uk/ http://www.GlassGuide.co.uk/images/glass_guide_logo.gif http://www.GlassGuide.co.uk/ Fri, 3 Feb 2012 14:58:21 GMT An advertising agency for BMW has paid to name a cold weather front sweeping Europe "Cooper" in Germany, after the carmaker's Mini Cooper. But the public-relations stunt by the agency went wrong after the freezing conditions led to dozens of death.......]]> Fri, 3 Feb 2012 14:52:01 GMT This week the taxman has announced it will catch traders who sell online and attempt to avoid paying tax. The new e-marketplace campaign has been timed to start in the Spring, and will focus on evaded income tax, VAT and capital gains losses that HM .......]]> Fri, 3 Feb 2012 14:49:20 GMT As part of Renault’s recent model line-up restructuring, the Kangoo Compact will no longer be available in the UK.

In addition, any entry level 'Freeway' models will be dropped and replaced by lead in ‘Debut’ models. Base model Masters w.......]]> Thu, 2 Feb 2012 15:36:59 GMT Japanese carmakers have reported a jump in their US sales boosted by new models and the restoration of supply chains. Toyota Motors saw its sales increase by 7.5% in January from a year earlier, helped largely by a 56% surge in sales of the new Ca.......]]> Thu, 2 Feb 2012 15:36:43 GMT A Southern California woman who challenged the legal status-quo by filing a small-claims action against Honda won her lawsuit Wednesday when a judge ruled that the automaker misled her about the potential fuel economy of her hybrid car. Los Angele.......]]> Thu, 2 Feb 2012 15:35:53 GMT Bruntingthorpe's a curious one - when the other sites are, newer or older, pretty much purpose-built for auctions the Big B remains, conspicuously, an aircraft hanger on an airfield. It is a big one though, and there enough room here for a good porti.......]]> Thu, 2 Feb 2012 15:20:33 GMT Commercial Vehicle Editorial - February 2012

Full year statistics for 2011 released by the SMMT in the first week of the New Year show that registrations for LCVs grew by 16.7% and for HCVs by 24.6%. In predicting strong growth acro.......]]> Thu, 2 Feb 2012 15:19:47 GMT Commercial Vehicle Market Trend - February 2012

USED LIGHTWEIGHTS
• Over the first few weeks of 2012, it became obvious that demand for almost any capable van or pick-up was high. Currently, and regardless of model, pr.......]]> Thu, 2 Feb 2012 14:56:56 GMT Motorcycle Editorial - February 2012

As we went to press it was reported that in the face of the clearly challenging market conditions George White Motorcycles had gone into receivership. While no longer as large an operation as it.......]]> Thu, 2 Feb 2012 14:47:08 GMT Motorcycle Market Trends - February 2012

December 2010 saw an unusually early arrival of extreme winter weather and it entered the record books as the coldest month for over 100 years. In comparison with those conditions the end of.......]]> Thu, 2 Feb 2012 12:06:59 GMT Caravan Editorial - February 2012

It is apparent that 2012 will see an expansion in the variety of caravan products offered to consumers by UK manufacturers, even though the volume of new sales is almost certain to be lower than in .......]]> Thu, 2 Feb 2012 11:40:34 GMT Caravan Market Trends - February 2012

TOURING CARAVANS

According to statistics released by the NCC, production of touring caravans in the three months from September to November was reduced to 5,370 units in 2011, .......]]> Wed, 1 Feb 2012 15:17:00 GMT Car Editorial - February 2012

Given that used car prices are always in a state of flux it is useful to take the occasional snap-shot of the current position relative to recent history, and to the cost of other popular goods and serv.......]]> Wed, 1 Feb 2012 14:28:43 GMT Car Market Trend - February 2012

The SMMT reported that new car registrations for December fell by 3.7% to 119,188 units. This gave an annual total of 1,941,253 units, down 4.4% on the 2010 figure of 2,030,846 units. 2010 had the un.......]]> Wed, 1 Feb 2012 14:24:18 GMT The government has given up its plans to reduce the frequency of MOT tests. Ministers had considered the idea of delaying a car's first MOT from three years to four, and then having tests every two years instead of each year. But the Department.......]]> Wed, 1 Feb 2012 14:12:16 GMT Boris Johnson's plan to make London the electric car capital of Europe is making "slow" progress, with a promise to put thousands of the cars on the city's roads likely to take centuries to achieve at current rates, according to a report published on.......]]> Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:02:07 GMT Japan's third biggest carmaker, Honda, has announced a 41% drop in quarterly profit, as it continues to feel the impact of Japan's March disasters, the floods in Thailand, and the high yen. Net profit for the third quarter fell to 47.6bn yen ($624.......]]> Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:56:26 GMT Motorists face a huge hike in speeding fines to as much as £100 to help fill a funding gap for victims of crime, Kenneth Clarke has disclosed. Drivers could see standard £60 fines increase by almost 70 per cent, even though there is n.......]]> Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:03:27 GMT The Manheim site at Bristol is rarely tropical, but today's the sort of day that'd see the polar bears huddled under the electric heaters and blowing on their paws to keep warm. So it's not surprising that it's a modest turn-out, and the prices re.......]]> Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:47:16 GMT They say fine wines get better with age and it appears that some cars feature the same quality, according to new research. Older versions of the Audi A4, Porsche Boxster and Ford Fiesta are among the cars that shame their newer counterparts when i.......]]>