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Tread Depth check

Bridgestone is adding its voice to the debate on the MOT test and is urging the government to rethink the proposed changes, which could come into force in 2012.

The Sustainable Vehicle Engineering Centre (SVEC) at Oxford Brookes University is a unique platform for the whole of the automotive sector. The centre will deal with current and future challenge facing the whole life of the vehicle. Current issues concern the disassembly, disposal and the recycling and reuse of materials in the current global vehicle parc.

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Volvo S40 DRIVe - What Car Green Car of the Year 2009

* After just over one month of the Scrappage scheme, Volvo has sold over 1,200 cars * The Volvo C30 accounts for 55 percent of Volvo's Scrappage sales

* Very strong demand for DRIVe models

* The What Car? Green Car of the Year Volvo S40 1.6D DRIVe S with Start/Stop is available with a saving of £4,377 More...

Exhaust smoke rings

According to a 2008 VOSA survey 65% of British drivers ‘don’t have a clue’ how much CO2 is being produced by their car. Only 5% of British drivers are able to say precisely how much CO2 is produced by their car, and only 11% know which emissions-based VED band applies to their vehicle.