A recent study has revealed a top-ten list of complaints which men have about women’s ability to drive. In the number one position is the belief by men that their partners and wives simply lack the ability to concentrate when they are behind the steering wheel. The survey found that a high proportion of men [...]

Leading online car rental providers, Carrentals.co.uk, has announced the launch of a competition designed to celebrate the best clips on the internet which have a car related theme. The competition is entitled The Carrentals.co.uk Video Challenge, and is completely free to enter. The rules are simple. Entrants must upload their car themed clips onto their [...]

Motorists intending to drive a vehicle when they go abroad this summer, whether it is their own car or a hire car, are being urged to take some time to get to know the country’s driving laws before putting the keys in the ignition. The Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM) claims that doing this could [...]

In a little over a year, Paris could roll out a new electric car rental program, if everything goes to plan. Mayor Bertrand Delanoe, the brains behind the less than successful Velib bike renting scheme, wants to have a fleet of ready-to-hire zero-emission electric vehicles on the streets of the capital as early as September [...]

Leading car hire firm, Budget-Rent-a-Car, has been awarded a contract to supply vehicles to customers of the Skypark Plaza at Abu Dhabi International Airport. Senior General Manager, UAE, Budget-Rent-a-Car, Salim Damji, said that the company’s successful bid in acquiring space at Skypark Plaza would result in dramatic boost in revenues for Budget in Abu Dhabi. [...]

Drivers could be putting themselves at a higher risk of contracting Legionnaire’s Disease by not using some sort of screen wash in the reservoir of water which is used to wash the car’s windscreen. The findings have been announced after preliminary research by the Health Protection Agency suggested there was an association between a lack [...]

Hertz Rent2Buy customers are now being offered flexible financing options by Chase Auto Finance, one of the auto finance industry’s leading lenders. The Hertz Rent2Buy program is an online sales service whereby customers have the ability to choose a car they are considering purchasing from a list of vehicles available through their nearest Hertz dealer. [...]

A Birmingham man has been sent to jail for two years after a court found him guilty of running an unlicensed car clamping firm. 28-year-old Andrew Baker, who ran Inter Park UK in Milton Keynes, Walsall, Wolverhampton and Birmingham, admitted that he had conspired with others in making demands from drivers which were completely unwarranted. [...]

2008 winners of the best car hire website of the year at the Travolution Awards, Carrentals.co.uk, is offering travellers to the South African World Cup finals some top tips for staying safe. Simple things like checking your passport is not about to run out and that any credit cards you intend on using are valid [...]

Avis UK, one of the country’s leading car rental firms, is supporting National Car Crime Awareness Week by suggesting better ways for motorists to ensure that they do not become the victims of car crime. Avis has compiled a list of its top five tips for ensuring that customers remain safe and secure. Car Crime [...]