4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (219+ words) Volkswagen Financial Services UK has launched Drive, a new online platform designed to help consumers find, finance and drive their next vehicle. The platform brings together thousands of approved used cars from Volkswagen Group and aligned retailers, most of them…...

5+ day, 13+ hour ago   (75+ words) Lanxess has developed Vulkanox 4060, a new anti-aging agent for the tyre industry. The additive, which bears the chemical name CCPD (N,N'-Dicyclohexyl-p-phenylenediamine), was designed as an alternative to 6PPD – an anti-aging agent used in tyres to protect them from damage…...

5+ day, 21+ hour ago   (143+ words) Continental is supplying the EcoContact 6 Q as the factory-fitted tyres on the latest Audi Q3 compact SUV. The manufacturer additionally secured recommendations from the premium Volkswagen Group brand for two aftermarket fitments carrying the Three Peak Mountain Snowflake mark for cold…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (71+ words) 2 illegal tyres could cost your licence – TyreSafe campaign live Tyrepress Following our preview of the campaign in August, TyreSafe’s latest road safety campaign – which warns young drivers that two illegal tyres could cost them their licence – is now live. The…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (109+ words) A new TyreSafe campaign issues young drivers with the stark warning: just two illegal tyres can result in six penalty points – enough to trigger automatic licence revocation for new drivers in their first two years – alongside fines of up to…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (308+ words) Provisional Criminal Justice System statistics in the UK showed 5,662 convictions for defective tyres were recorded in 2025. While this is considerably down on the five-year average of 6,364 per year, the number highlights another risk that drivers take when they fail to…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (305+ words) TyreSafe is urging UK drivers to exercise extreme caution when purchasing part-worn tyres following multi-agency enforcement operations with Trading Standards and local police. Joint investigations revealed widespread non-compliance and severe safety hazards across the sector. “Too often, part-worn tyres are…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (13+ words) 51+% of UK drivers lack tyre knowledge to dangerous degree – Blackcircles study Tyrepress...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (313+ words) Almost three quarters of UK motorists (72 per cent) support adopting a default 20mph speed limit in urban areas nationwide, according to the latest Startline Used Car Tracker. The August survey reveals that 39 per cent of drivers are happy to drive at…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (70+ words) Garage owners and mobile mechanics are being encouraged to maximise business during the annual autumn testing surge. With the September registration plate change and post-pandemic shifts in testing patterns, autumn remains one of the busiest trading periods of the year…...