For almost the entire history of the automotive and car sales industries in the UK, the manual gearbox has dominated as the transmission of choice. It’s not that we as a nation have shunned or rejected automatic cars — far from it! We have always embraced automatics, too, but they always came second to manual […]
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The majority of British parents and driving instructors would still most likely counsel their kids that taking the driving test in a manual car is the better option because if you pass your licence in a manual car, you can drive manuals or automatics in future. If you pass in an automatic, then you’re limiting […]
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For so many years in the UK, the vast majority of on-road cars have had powertrains paired with a manual transmission, with a distinct minority of vehicles that have an automatic transmission. There were some who assumed that this dynamic would never change. There were certain qualities of manuals in the UK that would always […]
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It’s no secret that if you choose a car with an automatic transmission, it tends to cost more. The cheapest trim level of virtually any car you’d care to mention is invariably one that’s supplied with a 5- or 6-speed manual transmission as standard. When you start to climb the trim ladder, you see automatic […]
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The modern car is heavily laden with cutting-edge technology. It’s one of the main reasons that even though car makers have found many lighter and more durable materials to use for the car’s construction in the past, the cars themselves remain heavier on average than cars of the past. The added weight of sensors, lithium-ion […]
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If you’ve heard mention of a new driving technology called “ShyTech,” you might wonder what exactly it is you’re hearing about. In today’s blog, we’re going to answer key questions about ShyTech, what it is and how it could potentially change the way we drive. In short, ShyTech refers to a new kind of driver […]
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It used to be that the automatic gearbox was a minority in the UK. Most of the country held the view that you had to “go manual, or go home” and automatics were only for: Elderly drivers who were tired of manual shifting Lazy drivers People who couldn’t pass their driving test in a manual […]
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When your car is more than 3 years old, by law you are required to pass an MOT test to prove that the vehicle is still roadworthy. If you take the MOT and fail, you have to address all the problems that are raised up by the mechanics before you can take the test again […]
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The realm of electric vehicles used to be on the fringes of the wider automotive world. Electric cars were for green-minded crackpots and the ultra rich who happened to have their own charging setup at home and only used their electric vehicles to be seen in town on short-distance errands. The only other use for […]
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One of the biggest things people worry about with their new electric car is the single-charge range of the lithium-ion battery pack. Not only do people worry about the battery running out of juice with no hope of charging in sight during a warm sunny summer’s day, but they fear it even more happening in […]
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