Motoring

features@algarveresident.com ALL CARS in Portugal could be made to have electronic registration chips in future after a majority vote by the ruling Socialist party approved the measure last month. These

By: ELOISE WALTON features@algarveresident.com LOULÉ CÂMARA has put a project out to public tender for the renovation of several stretches of road in the council, representing an estimated total investment

features@algarveresident.com By: CHRIS GRAEME chris@the-resident.com THE PRODUCTION of an electric car in Portugal will have little or no beneficial impact for the Portuguese economy, say critics. Much trumpeted recent negotiations

By: ELOISE WALTON features@algarveresident.com THE EUROPEAN Parliament’s Transport Committee has voted in favour of a draft directive that will see drivers who commit offences while in other countries, caught and

features@algarveresident.com VOLKSWAGEN’S TIGUAN has taken over the Toyota RAV4 as the best selling SUV (sport utility vehicle) in Europe. With 34,179 vehicles sold between January and the end of May,

Buying a car in Portugal can be full of problems that can cost you dearly as some people have discovered to their horror. Normally you buy the car, get handed

FORD HAS developed a new system which enables parents to limit what their children can do as new drivers, such as defining the car’s top speed, how loud the stereo

AN APPEAL has been launched by the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA) to EU policy makers to consider bringing in new measures to assist car manufacturers to meet EU emissions

PARIS IS hosting the 110th motor show between October 4 and 19 and a record 90 new products are being revealed to the public and press. The motor show, now

GREEN STRIPES were painted onto the tyres of F1 cars during the Japanese Grand Prix in a bid to promote the environmental campaign of the F1 governing body, the FIA.