Posted on May 28, 2008 by Fiona Hilliard

If you’re travelling to Australia over the next few months, you might want to check your flight tickets, as the rising price of fuel has forced Australian airline Qantas to ground a number of its domestic flights from July and rethink its international schedule. Qantas chief executive Geoff Dixon said the airline plans to cut [...]

Posted on May 28, 2008 by Fiona Hilliard

Would you rent a car from this man?  We wouldn’t blame you.  Resident ‘cat-with-nine-lives’, Michael Sophocles was spectacularly fired from BBC series The Apprentice last night after failing to persuade passers-by in London’s Portobello Road to rent a Ferrari from him.  The teams were challenged to a car hire task this week whereby a range of luxury cars [...]

Posted on May 27, 2008 by Fiona Hilliard

EastEnders soap actress Patsy Palmer and Take That’s Mark Owen are just two public figures who have recently come out in support of caravan holidays in the UK. Latest figures show that caravans are not the preserve of boy band members and “RickAAAY” wailing red heads however. Campervan hire and caravan holidays are on the up all across [...]

Posted on May 27, 2008 by Fiona Hilliard

The world of UK luxury cars is being shaken and stirred by a row over whether James Bond prefers Bentley to Aston Martin cars.  The disagreement about Bond’s favourite car was sparked off by the latest James Bond novel, ‘Devil May Care’ in which Bond is described as zooming around town in a convertible Bentley [...]

Posted on May 27, 2008 by Fiona Hilliard

Six Greenpeace activists dressed as cavemen driving a Flintstones type vehicle were arrested in Brussels yesterday for public order offences. According to a Greenpeace spokeswoman a stone tablet accusing car lobbyists of driving climate change was also confiscated before it could be delivered to parliament.  EU ministers are to consider changes that weaken the original [...]

Posted on May 26, 2008 by Fiona Hilliard

US holidaymakers are choosing car hire over planes as the transportation of choice this summer and little cars at that.  In the current climate of rocketing fuel prices (and air fares) more travellers are embarking on road trips in rented compacts than ever before.  Demand has been so high, that many smaller makes and models have [...]