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A man was left in despair when his beloved Alfa Romeo was wrecked on a test drive by a staff memberA Birmingham man who took his beloved Alfa Romeo to Halfords Autocentre for a routine service has described his despair after it was written off on a test drive by a staff member, leaving him more than £2,000 out of pocket.Ian Tubbs contacted Guardian...

First-year vehicle excise duty is a fraction of that in countries such as France and the NetherlandsLow taxation on petrol SUVs in the UK compared with much of Europe is inviting a glut of large, polluting luxury cars, according to an analysis by a green thinktank.The tax paid when buying a new petrol or diesel SUV in the UK is only a fraction of...

‘Poverty premium’ penalises drivers who cannot pay one-off lump sum, say campaignersCar owners who pay for their insurance monthly rather than with a one-off lump sum are being charged interest of more than 30%, research has found, in what has been described by campaigners as a “poverty premium”.Insurers give customers the choice of paying one annual premium or breaking it up and paying over...