Motoring

FOR THOSE of us who cannot afford a new fuel efficient car and want to make more of an effort to drive in a more environmentally friendly way, the way

Compiled by: ELOISE WALTON eloise@portugalresident.com JAGUAR’S NEW XF has been voted as Car of the Year 2008 and Best Executive car 2008 by the automotive calendar What Car? Jaguar’s latest

Compiled by: ELOISE WALTON eloise@portugalresident.com LOULÉ CÂMARA is proposing to construct a dual carriageway to link the city to Faro in order to ease traffic congestion along the EN125. The

Compiled by: ELOISE WALTON eloise@portugalresident.com ROADWORKS ARE being carried out to improve the conditions of the road between Montechoro and Fontainhas in Albufeira. The works, which will cost Albufeira Câmara

Compiled by: ELOISE WALTON eloise@portugalresident.com THIS MONTH, Renault is launching four new models in a bid to increase sales in 2008, especially for passenger vehicles. During a press conference, Renault’s

Compiled by: ELOISE WALTON eloise@portugalresident.com THE SALE of cars and motorbikes increased by 4.3 per cent in 2007 with a total of 276,684 vehicles bought and sold across Portugal, according

Compiled by: ELOISE WALTON eloise@portugalresident.com EVERY YEAR the cost of petrol and diesel in Portugal is increasing with no signs of slowing down, taking an ever greater chunk out of

Compiled by: ELOISE WALTON eloise@portugalresident.com PORSCHE IS due to open its new showroom in Faro this month and with it increase the company’s sales in Portugal by 10 per cent,

Compiled by: ELOISE WALTON eloise@portugalresident.com THERE HAS been speculation that racism in neighbouring Spain could mar the regeneration of Portuguese motor racing after a recent shocking incident. Some spectators painted

By: MARK RAWCLIFFE mark@portugalresident.com MOST OF us have rented a car or van at some time in our lives, either at home or on holiday. While for the most part,