You’ve got to doth your cap to Jaguar! They’ve done it again, with BusinessCar magazine awarding the Jaguar XF the Executive Car Of The Year award for 2012. Making this award even more special is the fact that it’s voted for by real-life business/company car drivers, not just some road testing journalists. So they really are voting for the XF based on experience. And incidentally, on the very same day they received this crown, Jaguar announced that two new models are to be added to the line-up of Jaguar XF cars. These new model specifications are called the Sport and the ‘SE  [...]

Jeep’s sales have risen to over 60% in Europe compared to 2010 – impressive stuff! While the car industry has been in decline in general terms in many ways during the current recession, Jeep has been steadily improving sales and bucking the trend. This may come as a surprise but Jeep’s main sales increases were in Germany with a massive 124% rise, followed closely by Italy with 117.6%. Although we didn’t have the exact sales figures to hand in terms of units sold, we can only assume this is good news and a start of better things to come for the mighty and historic Jeep  [...]

For fans of the most recent model and also those of you who were besotted by the original Twingo, which for quite some time remained a secret best known by folk who holidayed in France, you’ll be glad to know that Renault are bringing out a new Twingo, which will go on sale in the UK next month (February 2012). If even a few days is too long to wait, you can test drive a new Twingo earlier, at certain Renault dealerships, if you manage to book yourself into an available slot. Price wise, the new Renault Twingo Dynamique 1.2 16V 75 will cost £10,350 on-the-road. Featuring Renault’s latest  [...]

‘Hang on, you’ve misspelt it!’, you may be thinking. But you’re wrong. We’re not focusing on the concept of infinite time and space without limits – the Infiniti we’re interested in is the luxury car brand, who have treated the UK market to some rather special vehicles since they introduced themselves here fairly recently. And 2012 and 2013 are set to be even bigger, more important years for the company, with some very exciting new car launches scheduled. If you’re still not sure who Infiniti are, they are the luxury division of Japanese car manufacturer Nissan – rather like  [...]

Renault and Nissan have welcomed plans by the government, to extend plug-in grants to car buyers in the UK. The grant already included £5000 off the List Price of the world’s first 100% mass-produced electric car, the Nissan Leaf, which has been on sale in the UK since 2011 and enjoying such accolades as European Car of the Year 2011. With a real-world-tested range of 109 Miles (Nedc), a charge time of 0-80% in 30 minutes and a top speed of 90mph, the Nissan Leaf was never going to nor was intended to set the world alight with its performance, but until now Nissan hasn’t had much  [...]

Everyone knows you can’t be a petrolhead until you’ve owned an Alfa as quoted by legendary wire-haired superstar Jeremy Clarkson. It’s so true that Alfa Romeo may not be the first car on everybody’s lips when searching for a second hand used car, especially when there is so much choice from German competition. But on the used market the Alfa is king largely due to heavy depreciation and people’s perception of unreliability. In the real world though, the Alfa Romeo 159 is such a used bargain, you’d be mad not to consider one, in the opinion of Oliver our blog and  [...]

The Mercedes B-Class (codenamed the W245) was introduced to the world in 2005. It’s essentially an enlarged Mercedes A-Class, being a front wheel drive using the same engines and suspension system. Based on the same ‘sandwich floor’ design, the Mercedes B-Class is very spacious inside and in case you’re wondering, the ‘sandwich floor design’ we refer to was a fantastic safety design feature which enables the engine and gearbox to move beneath the driver and passenger in the event of a serious frontal impact. Unlike a big-selling mid-size SUV from another manufacturer, which  [...]

German car manufacturer BMW’s cars were often considered expensive to buy and own, so were hence beyond the reach of many potential people who aspired to own a piece of Bavarian motor excellence. So in 2004 BMW launched the small 1 series to appeal to the masses of junior execs, area managers, and other people that no longer wanted a Volkswagen Golf to get around in. Initially launched as a 5 door hatchback, the BMW 1 Series had Golf and its owners firmly in its sights. Here was a traditional rear wheel drive, a first in the small executive sector. It shared many components with its bigger  [...]

Yet again, Warranty Wise received oodles of emails and messages from our customers, expressing their delight in our extended car warranty services. From Skipton to Haywards Heath and from Hayling Island to Anglesey, customers wrote in to tell us how efficient they thought out service was and how friendly our staff came across to them. Well it was a pleasure, and thank you for your feedback which we always appreciate, good or bad – as it helps us to constantly improve. One aspect our of extended car warranties which got mentioned a lot by recent customers is the speed with which we try to  [...]

For those of you who have kept an eye out for Warrantywise’s tweets on Twitter of late, and visited our website recently, you’ll be aware that we have just launched our new extended car warranties packages, called 04/40, 06/60, 08/80, 10/100 and Driveline, which replaced our Bronze, Silver, Gold and Platinum vehicle warranties. Our website used to provide a viewable, downloadable, printable PDF version of our combined extended car warranty booklet. To reflect our all-new car warranties packages, we have now published each package’s own little booklet, which fully explains what that  [...]