Posted in Motorhome News on October 21st, 2008 No Comments »
Following the launch of the 2009 range in June, Adria have already attracted a lot of attention from media as well as dealers. Set in the beautiful surroundings of Hintlesham Hall in Suffolk, the launch took place over a number of days with separate events for dealers and journalists.
The new Adria Motorhome range introduces new [...]
Posted in 4x4 News on October 10th, 2008 No Comments »
A Sussex man, Alan Harwood, feels lucky to be alive after his Land Rover Discovery crashed through a fence and overturned in a swollen river recently. He managed to get out through a rear door and unsurprisingly called it ‘the scariest experience of his life’.
Alan had swerved to avoid two moped riders who were not [...]
Posted in Pick-up News on October 8th, 2008 No Comments »
Volkswagen has revealed a fourth model in its commercial vehicle line-up with the debut of an all-new Pickup concept.
Intended for the one-tonne pickup class, the new model will go into production at the end of 2009 and be introduced initially to markets in Europe, South America, South Africa and Australia.
The Pickup is all-new in the [...]
Posted in Caravan News on October 7th, 2008 No Comments »
An expanded “wildlife wonderland” was just one feature that may have led TV botanist David Bellamy to award a North Wales caravan park with a gold conservation award for the sixth year running.
Tree Tops Caravan Park increased their wild areas and planted wild flowers this year, to attract a spectrum of butterflies, insects and birds, [...]
Posted in 4x4 News on October 6th, 2008 No Comments »
Wayne Rooney committed a common motorist error when he filled up his wife Coleen’s Range Rover Sport with petrol instead of diesel.
The Manchester United striker had to be rescued from the Burtonwood M62 service station in Cheshire when his Overfinch-tweaked luxury SUV ground to a halt between Junctions 9 and 10 at Warrington.
Rooney was spotted [...]
Posted in Motorhome News on October 2nd, 2008 No Comments »
The European Union has introduced regulations designed to increase safety by improving the standards of motorhome and RV drivers mirrors.
Directive 2007/38/EC requires certain vehicles over 3.5 tonnes to be retrofitted with proper devices in order to improve the drivers field of vision.
The deadline for the retrofit of mirrors or other devices is the 31st March [...]