Experts in the world of motoring are warning that a sharp hike in the price of insurance premiums could result in more people driving uninsured. In just three months, the price of an average premium has risen 11 per cent to £704. The worry is that it is young drivers, or those on low incomes, [...]

Motoring group the RAC has announced that the only way in which congestion and grid-lock on Britain’s roads can be cut is by introducing a by-the-mile road tax. In a new road-funding report, Professor Stephen Glaister, the RAC’s director, claims that the way to cut traffic is by imposing a pay-as-you-go toll on all roads. [...]

South Africa’s Barloworld Automotive has announced that it has at last found buyers for its Budget and Avis operations in Scandinavia. The firm has been looking to dispose of its Swedish, Danish and Norwegian assets since 2008, following an internal strategic review which identified car rental projects in Scandinavia as non-core, and therefore disposable. Barloworld [...]

Car hire firms across the UAE have reported that business is being helped by an economic climate which is persuading people to stay at home rather than holiday abroad, and to rent vehicles rather than buy them. Where other areas of the travel sector seem to be suffering, car hire companies are actually showing growth. [...]

The founder of budget airline, EasyJet, has told a court in London that he thinks the airline is in danger of damaging the ‘Easy’ brand by piling on to its customers numerous extra charges in an attempt to make extra revenue. Stelios Haji-ioannou, who usually goes by his first name only, claimed in a statement [...]

With all eyes now firmly fixed on South Africa and the World Cup, car hire firm Avis has decided to have some fun by rolling out an online quiz which will give competitors the chance to walk away with a free weeks car hire somewhere in Europe. The ‘Road to Glory’ has just been launched [...]

Car hire firm, Avis India, has announced that it is about to roll out a new booking system for its leisure and corporate clients. The new CarPro software will make it easier to book vehicles through Avis anywhere in the world. It will also allow corporate customers to keep track of car usage. Avis India’s [...]

Analysts believe that it is unlikely that another bidder will come to the table with an offer to purchase Dollar Thrifty. Currently, Hertz has put up a $940 million bid for the group, and rivals, Avis are considering putting in a counter offer. Analyst at Abrams Consulting Group, Neil Abrams, said that he couldn’t see [...]

Leading car hire firm, Avis, is offering its customers greener solutions when hiring a vehicle. The company has announced that 62 per cent of the vehicles in its fleet are SmartWay certified. SmartWay certification is given to those cars which pass an extremely rigorous set of tests, set by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), [...]

A recent investigation by the Sunday Mirror has revealed that a dramatic increase in the price of car hire may now mean that renting a vehicle on the continent is more expensive than paying for a package holiday. The study involved comparing the price of a mid-range family car with online package holiday deals available [...]