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Up To 400 Motor Insurance Policies Sold By Ghost Brokers
Aviva Insurance has revealed that up to 400 of its motor insurance policies have been sold by "ghosts". These fake brokers, also known as ghost brokers sell cheap motor insurance policies to unsuspecting individuals through social media channels, mainly through Facebook. Not only are these fake policies but consumers are losing out and losing cash to criminals. They not...
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Jaguar Land Rover Sales Plunge
Sales of Jaguar Land Rover cars have fallen sharply, making a big loss as sales drop by 13%. This takes the famous automaker into a loss for the three months to the end of September making a pre-tax loss of £90m for the quarter, compared to a profit for the same period a year ago. JLR have blamed lower...
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Most Popular Cars in Ireland for October 2018
Car Market Overview for October The MyVehicle.ie Nationwide Market Overview report for the month of October 2018 shows that of the top ten used cars sold by Independent car dealers in Ireland, the number one best selling car was the Volkswagen Passat. When it came to Franchise dealers, of the top-ten used cars sold, the number one spot again went...
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Hyundai and Kia Cars Will Have Solar Roofs From 2019
Hyundai and Kia have announced plans to offer solar panel roofs on their cars from 2019. The giant Korean car manufacturers said that some of their solar roofs will have a translucent design.They have not mentioned any specific markets and vehicles model as of yet. They are not the first car manufacturers to announce solar roofs. Audi announced plans...
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Ford Issues Recall For 1.5M Cars Which Could Just Stop Running Without Warning!
Ford in North America has issued a recall for approximately 1.5 million cars. The issue is related specifically to the Ford Focus models between the years 2012 and 2018 due to an issue with a malfunctioning canister purge valve. The malfunctioning part could potentially cause the cars to stall and increase the risk of a crash. The Ford...
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How to avoid a flood damaged car?
Flood damage affected cars Ask anyone in the trade about “car flood damage cars and most likely they will say its almost impossible to repair them to a decent standard. Even car insurance companies avoid the Hassle of spending money on them in an effort to repair them, and so they simply write them off as a flood-damaged car. Modern...
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Can Tesla Dominate The Auto Industry?
Probably a very good thing going for Tesla is that every other traditional car manufacturer wants to build a “Tesla-Killer”. Just that focus in itself will drive Tesla sales forward and its brand becoming stronger than ever. Major car makers like Ford, Mercedes, Honda and Toyota plan to release such a "Tesla-killer." but this is not happening anytime soon...
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One Insurance Scam Detected Every Minute According To Experts
According to Sky News reports, one insurance scam is detected every minute. In the UK, staged "crash for cash" accident figures have fallen slightly but at the same time, fraudulent motor insurance claims have risen by 4% to £775m in 2017. The Association of British Insurers (ABI) said, that a total of 562,000 insurance frauds were uncovered in 2017. Of...
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Getaround Gets $300 Million From SoftBank To Grow Its Airbnb-For-Cars Business
The Peer-to-Peer car-sharing company Getaround founded by Jessica Scorpio (above) has received $300 million from one of the biggest public companies in the world, Japanese multinational holding conglomerate which is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. In October 1999 SoftBank became a holding company after which it made its most successful investment ever. At the time they invested $20 million to the...
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eBay to take on Auto Trader in car ads showdown
The global online marketplace eBay says it is acquiring the Motors.co.uk website in the UK which will, making it a "leading alternative" to the Auto Trader car sales ad website. Under the deal with eBay, Motors.co.uk would become part of classified ad site Gumtree UK, which is also owned by eBay. The acquisition of the website and the combined...