by gaukcars.com | Oct 2, 2024 | Blog
Suzuki GB PLC is very pleased to announce some further enhanced finance offers on Swift SZ-L and SZ-T Hybrid models until the end of March 2021.
A £1,000 customer deposit allowance is now offered for 0% PCP and HP customers and applies on both manual and optional CVT transmissions.
Taking the highly specified 1.2-litre Dualjet Hybrid SZ-L as an example and with a PCP (Personal Contract Purchase) agreement chosen, an initial deposit of just £189 is all that is needed followed by 48 monthly payments of £189. Monthly payments can be even lower too if a deposit of £2,111 is made, reducing the instalments down to just £149, again over 48 months with an optional final payment to keep the car.
These latest offers are in addition to the current campaigns running on Swift and will help new car customers take delivery of their new Hybrid Swift during the ‘21’ registration period and when Government restrictions allow.
SZ-L is the volume selling model in the Hybrid Swift range and offers even higher safety specification than before with six airbags, Radar Brake Support (automated emergency braking), Adaptive Cruise Control, LED headlights, air conditioning, DAB radio, privacy glass, rear camera, 16-inch polished alloy wheels, LED daytime running lights and Apple CarPlay/Android Auto smartphone link fitted as standard.
Swift is renowned for its low cost of ownership, low fuel consumption and CO2 emissions and these are further improved with the Hybrid model. Swift 1.2-litre Dualjet with manual transmission achieves 57.2mpg on the Combined consumption cycle and CO2 emissions are just 111g/km (both tested under WLTP regulation)
by gaukcars.com | Oct 2, 2024 | Blog
A prototype of the new Grecale SUV has been photographed outside the historic Maserati plant on Viale Ciro Menotti in Modena.
The employees were the first to diffuse these images on the social networks.
Innovative by nature, Maserati decided to share the photos of the new model exclusively with the Maserati Family.
The prototype cars are currently undergoing a period of intensive road, circuit and off-road tests, in various conditions of use, to acquire vital data for the preparation of the new SUV’s final setup.
The Grecale will be built at Cassino (Italy), where an investment of about 800 million Euros is planned.
The Maserati Grecale will receive its World Premiere before the end of 2021.
Maserati S.p.A.
Maserati produces a complete range of unique cars with an amazing personality, immediately recognisable anywhere. With their style, technology and innately exclusive character, they delight the most discerning, demanding tastes and have always been a global automotive industry benchmark. A tradition of successful cars, each of them redefining what makes an Italian sports car in terms of design, performance, comfort, elegance and safety, currently available on more than seventy markets internationally. Ambassadors of this heritage are the Quattroporte flagship, the Ghibli sports sedan, now also available in hybrid version, the Trident Brand’s first electrified car, and the Levante, the first made by Maserati SUV, all models denoted by use of the choicest materials and technical solutions of superlative excellence. A complete range, including V6 and V8 petrol, 4 cylinder hybrid and V6 diesel powerplants, with rear-wheel and four-wheel drive. The range’s prestige was recently even further enhanced by the introduction of the new Trofeo Collection, comprising Ghibli, Quattroporte and Levante, equipped with the powerful 580 hp V8 engine. The top-of-the-range is the new MC20 supercar, powered by the ground-breaking Nettuno V6 engine, incorporating F1-derived technologies now made available in the power unit of a standard production car for the first time. Today, the Maserati range is produced at three plants: Ghibli and Quattroporte are built at Grugliasco (Turin) at the Avvocato Giovanni Agnelli Plant (AGAP), and Levante at the Mirafiori Plant in Turin. The new MC20 supercar is produced in Modena, at the historic Viale Ciro Menotti plant.
by gaukcars.com | Oct 2, 2024 | Blog
Nissan today reinforces its position as the leader in the European crossover segment with the unveil of the all-new, third generation Qashqai.
All-new Nissan Qashqai breaks cover
Nissan today reinforces its position as the leader in the European crossover segment with the unveil of the all-new, third generation Qashqai.
All-new Nissan Qashqai: Striking attraction, elegant design
As with the two previous generations, the design for the all-new Nissan Qashqai came out of Nissan’s European Design Studio in London, UK.
All-new Nissan Qashqai: Advanced new platform for improved refinement, response and efficiency
The new Qashqai is the first model in Europe to use the Alliance CMF-C platform, which represents a state-of-the-art automotive structure and technology architecture.
All-new Nissan Qashqai: Efficient, electrified powertrains for dynamic performance
The all-new Nissan Qashqai offers an uncompromising combination of dynamic performance, refined running gear and fuel efficient powertrains.
All-new Nissan Qashqai: Connected technology
The all-new Qashqai offers an advanced infotainment system with a class-leading portfolio of connected services including effortless integration of smartphones, in-car WiFi for up to seven devices and NissanConnect Services, a dedicated app with which to interact with and monitor the vehicle.
Nissan Qashqai: A pioneering legacy
In 2007, when the Qashqai was introduced there was nothing else like it on the road.
All-new Nissan Qashqai Premiere Edition: Limited edition version for first Qashqai customers
First customers of the all-new Nissan Qashqai, the third generation of the pioneering crossover, will be offered a limited availability launch version called the Premiere Edition.
by gaukcars.com | Oct 2, 2024 | Blog
New research from the UK’s largest independent road safety charity, IAM RoadSmart, has revealed some positive long-term trends in relation to speeding behaviour in the UK with motorists now considering it less acceptable to speed than they did five years ago.
The findings come after recent provisional figures, released by the Department for Transport, highlighted that the number of UK road deaths was down significantly compared to the previous year due to less traffic being on the roads due to COVID-19.
IAM RoadSmart’s annual Safety Culture Report, which tracks drivers’ changing attitudes to key road safety issues over time, discovered that while there was a significant improvement towards speeding the figures were still worryingly high.
Out of the 2,000 motorists surveyed, 43 per cent (down from 55 per cent in 2016) thought it was acceptable to drive up to 80mph on a motorway and that 23 per cent (down from 28 per cent in 2016) thought it was acceptable to drive even faster than that.
Neil Greig, IAM RoadSmart Director of Policy & Research, said: “While there are signs of improvement, the results of this survey are still deeply concerning and there is clearly much more work to do on education and training.
“Speeding consistently causes more than 4,400 casualties on UK roads each year, which is an average of 12 people a day killed or injured on UK roads.”
The vast majority of drivers find it unacceptable to speed in towns and this has remained basically unchanged in the last five years. However, a disconcerting one in five of those surveyed still think it is acceptable to drive five miles-per-hour over the speed limit on a residential street and nearly one in ten thought it was acceptable to drive at these speeds outside a school.
by gaukcars.com | Oct 2, 2024 | Blog
British Motor Heritage (BMH) builds two batches of replacement bodyshells for the MGB per annum, and orders for the first run of 2021 are required by March 31 latest.
So, all those in urgent need of a new shell should ring their nearest Heritage Approved Specialist without delay, a full list of which can be found at www.bmh-ltd.com.
As owners of the original tooling, BMH is the only company able to reproduce MGB bodies to exactly the same specification as those manufactured in period, and orders for replacement shells have for some time been rising year on year. They are available for all versions of the Roadster and GT with prices starting from £11,548.95 (inc. VAT). There is even the option of seam-welded bodies for competition use. The full range of complete shells and myriad of individual panels and related fixings is listed on the website.
Since its formation in 1975, British Motor Heritage has built over 6,100 replacement bodyshells for the MGB, MGR V8, MG Midget, Austin-Healey Sprite, Triumph TR6, original Mini and Mini Clubman, as well as literally tens of thousands of individual replacement panels. The decision to put such genuine components back into manufacture using the original tools has been the saviour of countless classic vehicles that would otherwise have been scrapped long ago.
