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I had some time off last week in order to complete various bits of work around our house.  I won’t bore you here with all the challenges faced but I was reminded of discussion I had many years ago with Sir John Egan, the former Chief Executive of Jaguar Cars, who then went on to the same position at the ...

Allianz Worldwide Partners has teamed up with the Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI) to create a new electric, hybrid and PHEV vehicle training programme for roadside recovery technicians. Almost 120,000 alternative fuel vehicles were registered in the UK in 2017, up from 88,881 in 2016, accounting for one in every 21 new cars. The Allianz Worldwide Partners is working ...

Having completed the sixth and final month behind the wheel of our long term Kia Optima PHEV, it’s time to reflect on what it has been like to live with a plug-in petrol-electric hybrid. As previously reported it takes a little while to get used to and this is where dealers will play a vital role in educating customers and ...

Our long term Kia Optima PHEV has been busy over the last month. It has completed a 560 mile round trip to Manchester and Leeds which tested its motorway and city driving ability and, of course, the unforgiving daily commute across south London to see if the car delivers on its fuel economy promise. A month on and the unforeseen ...

Last year Kia joined a small band of manufacturers to introduce what could be a practical alternative to diesel with a plug-in hybrid version of its Optima model. For dealers this is good news as it could potentially extend the appeal of Kia’s D-segment saloon and therefore present conquest opportunities. We’ve taken delivery of an Optima PHEV to see how ...

Mitsubishi customers purchasing a new Outlander PHEV will be offered a Chargemaster Homecharge unit which will be supplied and fitted free of charge. Private, business and fleet customers will save £279 on a 3.6kW Chargemaster Homecharge unit, which includes full standard domestic installation. The unit charges the Outlander 60% faster than a 13A socket making it the quickest way to ...

Kia has added estate and plug-in models to its Optima range for the first time with sales starting on 15 September. The Sportswagon is priced from £22,295 and the PHEV saloon at £31,495 (with the government’s £2,500 plug-in grant taken into account), and the two join the saloon version of the car that went on sale last December. The launches ...