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Alfa Romeo Giulia Cloverleaf
Alfa Romeo has been busy preparing a new car that’s good enough to compete against the BMW 3 Series. Latest images show the new Alfa Romeo Giulia Cloverleaf looks more than capable for the job. The Giulia will be released in 2011 and will be the successor to the 159 and follows Alfa Romeo recent design language first seen on the MiTo followed by the Giulietta. The new Giulia definitely upholds the Alfa Romeo tradition of building beautiful cars. The front of the Giulia features LED runni...
Audi A7 Sportback
The Audi A7 four door coupe has been a long time coming since the concept in 2009 at the Detroit Motor Show. Audi is already ahead if its rivals by opting to give the A7 an electrically-operated hatch, this will make the A7 a more user friendly proposition, Audi has still managed to retain the roof line that defines its four-door coupé characteristics.
The Audi A7 Sportback will feature a similar grille to that found on the A8 saloon, while the front looks similar to the design of the A5 c...
BMW 1 Series M Coupe
BMW have just released pictures following on from a video released yesterday. The official images show this is the hottest BMW 1-Series yet. BMW latest makeover for the 1 series M Coupe gives it an aggressive stance on the road and singles it out from the rest of the coupe models in the range. The new modifications include larger cooling air intakes situated in the front bumper, bulging wheelarches, wing mirrors taken from the BMW M3 and to finish of the new 1 series M Coupe, BMW have fitted fou...
Snow Tyres
Winter Tyre Test 2010
With the big freeze predicted to last well into the New Year, the UK automotive industry and government has to start taking winter tyres seriously, with a record number of breakdown callouts and UK roads becoming grid locked due to cars stuck in snow. Recently one of the largest UK weekly motoring magazine published there 2010 winter tyre test. Auto Express tested winter tyres in all types of conditions against a summer tyre for a fair comparison. All tyres tested where th...
Face Lift Vauxhall Antara
The Vauxhall Antara has just undergone a face lift and the pictures show off the new sharp looks of the firm’s SUV, which goes on sale in Dec 2010. Vauxhall has brought the Antara up to date by fitting the firm’s new Griffen logo and front grille, which was first seen on the Vauxhall Corsa facelift, while the SE model in the range gets front fog lights which are mounted in leaf shaped cut outs within the front bumper. Also fitted to the updated Antara are new 19” alloy wheels a...
Baby Jaguar
Jaguar is planning on releasing a BMW 3-Series rival, the new Jaguar will replace the X-Type and will sit below the XF within the Jaguar range. The new Jaguar is already under development and the images show how the compact newcomer could look when released. Tata chief executive Carl-Peter Forster made the announcement and admitted that Jaguar needed to take on its German competitors globally, so a smaller saloon was needed to help produce higher sales volume, so work has begun on the new 3 seri...
Volkswagen BlueMotion
Volkswagen has added the BlueMotion fuel saving Technology to the Scirocco. The Volkswagen Scirocco coupe’s 2.0-litre diesel engine that produces 138bhp now features Fuel saving benefits such as stop start and battery regeneration systems as standard. All this technology means the Scirocco BlueMotion with a six-speed manual gearbox can achieve 62.8mpg while only producing 118g/km of carbon dioxide emissions, this is an increase of 7.4mpg up and a reduction of 16g/km of carbon dioxide. The ...
Winter Driving
Winter Driving
Wind, rain, ice or snow, the winter weather can throw all of these conditions at us. Here at www.leasecarsdirect.co.uk we want you to be ready and prepared for winter travel. Below we have listed some helpful advice that should help keep you safe this winter.
1st Check Your Vehicle Is Ready For Winter
You should check your vehicle for the items listed below in order to reduce your chances of a break down while you are out and about. It's worth checking your vehicle every 2-3 days e...