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Volkswagen bids to take over Europcar as part of move to become a ‘mobility tech company’

Published 06 August 2021
By Shane O' Donoghue
The Volkswagen Group has launched a £2.4-billion takeover bid of leading car rental firm Europcar.

A third of drivers are lost without a sat-nav

Nearly a third of UK motorists are completely lost on the road without the aid of a sat-nav, a new survey by has suggested.
Published 14 August 2018
Hiring a car? Prepare for criminal checks

Hiring a car? Prepare for criminal checks

Motorists who want to hire cars will undergo criminal record checks for the first time to try to stop would-be terrorists from using vehicles as
Published 09 April 2018
Beware of ‘extortionate’ repair bills for holiday hire cars

'Extortionate' repair bills for holiday hire cars

Holidaymakers are being charged up to 33 times the going rate for basic repairs to hire cars amid warnings of a rip-off culture in the industry.
Published 09 March 2018
The Sunday Times Driving Placeholder

Car hire firms to ignore driving convictions after...

Two of Britain’s largest car hire firms have said they will ignore a new government system for checking driving licence details because...
Published 01 June 2015