Tom Jervis

1 week ago | autoexpress.co.uk | Tom Jervis

Cancel your pre-order for the Nintendo Switch 2, because your Volkswagen will now offer you all the gaming fun you need. A new update will allow drivers (and passengers) to play Pac-Man from the comfort of their Peoples’ Car. One of the many features of modern VWs (as well as rival models from the likes of BMW) is AirConsole. This essentially enables you to download games to your car, and play them using your smartphone as a controller.

1 week ago | autoexpress.co.uk | Tom Jervis

It’s bad news for sports car brands, petrolheads and makers of tacky-yet-expensive bodykits alike because carbon fibre could soon be banned, having been declared a “hazardous substance”. The EU is currently drafting a new version of its End-of-Life Vehicles (ELV) Directive, with the principal aim being to ensure the clean recycling of cars at the end of their lifespans, while also avoiding the usage of harmful substances, such as lead and mercury, throughout the production of new models.

1 week ago | autoexpress.co.uk | Tom Jervis

Much like Kylie Jenner, the new Vauxhall Grandland is a huge glow-up compared with the one what we were used to before, even if when you scratch beneath the surface, all you find is cheap plastic. Reality stars aside, the reality here is the new electric Grandland is an attractive, spacious and well priced SUV that’s bound to sell well for the British brand.

1 week ago | autoexpress.co.uk | Tom Jervis

“Win on Sunday, sell on Monday” – the fabled words and mantra of Bob Tasca Sr, a Ford dealer in the sixties and creator of the Mustang Cobra Jet drag racer. It’s a philosophy that resonates with car makers to this day, but in 1972, Robert A Lutz took these American principles, learned during his time at General Motors, and applied them to his new role at BMW.

2 weeks ago | autoexpress.co.uk | Tom Jervis

Car finance and leasing firms have asked the Government for financial support after the huge depreciation of EV values has led to the companies losing “hundreds of millions” of pounds – which is currently being passed onto consumers in the form of higher interest rates and car financing costs.