
How to get the best used car for your budget
Getting the best used car for your budget is about more than just the price displayed in the windscreen - although of course that is a good place to start.

Getting the best used car for your budget is about more than just the price displayed in the windscreen - although of course that is a good place to start.

The Mercedes-Benz CLA-Class burst on to the roads in the spring of 2013 and four years later, this persistently popular coupe has earned its stripes with cartime's June 2017 Car of the Month Award.

The Audi A1 has gone from strength to strength since it first reached the UK market in November 2010, and 2017 marks the ten-year anniversary since it was first previewed at the 2007 Tokyo Motor Show

Although Star Wars is of course set "a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away", for most of us May the 4th - which has come to be celebrated each year as 'Star Wars Day' - brings to mind a futuristic world of spaceships and robots.

We're all doing our bit to save the environment, and the car you choose to drive can have a big impact on your number of 'carbon miles' over the course of a year, or even a single road trip.

With 40 years of heritage, the incomparable Ford Fiesta is the deserving recipient of our April 2017 Car of the Month title - not to mention the small matter of being the UK's bestselling car of all time, with more than four million Fiestas sold since 1976.

The Nissan Juke launched in the UK on September 24th 2010 and remains popular with motorists ranging from the newly qualified right through to some of the most elderly drivers on the road - making it likely to be a popular pick for cartime's March 2017 Car of the Month.

March is one of the most important months on the calendar - the spring equinox brings the first days with more than 12 hours of daylight, the clocks go forward, making those lighter evenings last even longer, and winter finally gives way to spring.

We all love a good spring clean, and cartime's March Clearance campaign is a chance for you to make big savings on some of our most popular cars this season.

The BMW 3 Series was - and still is - one of the great success stories of modern motoring, but against all odds the BMW 4 Series has proved to be a worthy successor, leading to sighs of relief from BMW aficionados and newcomers to the marque alike.