Residents in Devon and Torbay are being offered the chance to have an independent motor expert review the quality of a recent vehicle service.
The free quality check is part of Devon, Somerset and Torbay Trading Standards Service’s motor trade project, and is aimed at local residents who want assurances that their vehicle service was carried out properly.
The checks will take place in the Wellington area in Somerset on Saturday 22 September and Sunday 23 September 2018.
A vehicle expert will be on hand to carry out checks on vehicles recently serviced and checks...
Vospers today revealed more details about its exciting new £12m Exeter supersite, by announcing plans for an innovative service centre, set to transform the customer experience.
The car dealer’s new 61,215 square foot state of the art facility at Matford, opening late 2018, will feature a new FordStore and five state of the art showrooms for Ford, Mazda, Fiat, Jeep and Alfa Romeo. A key feature of the new site will be the after sales service centre with its superior design, quality engineering and intuitive technology. The space has been designed to the highest standard...
Shopping for a friend’s birthday present at Princesshay Shopping Centre in Exeter generated a lovely surprise for the giver – a new vehicle worth nearly £24,000.
Gina, 45, a customer service advisor from Exmouth, paid £2 for the Children’s Hospice South West’s charity draw, with the Toyota C-HR donated by Snows Toyota in Exeter.
The mother-of-two said: “I saw the model on display at Princesshay and bought the draw ticket on a whim after shopping for a friend’s birthday present.
“I don’t do the lottery or anything like that – and I didn’t tell my husband as he would...
Devon and Somerset Fire and rescue service received a call from ambulance crews reporting a collision between a car and a tractor on Bonhay Road, Exeter.
The accident happened outsude the Mill on the Exe pub at 7.31pm yesterday (November 10).
Two pumps from Danes Castle, one from Topsham and a heavy rescue tender from Middlemoor were immediately mobilised by fire control.
On arrival the officer in charge confirmed one car and one tractor had been involved in a road traffic collision with one casualty physically trapped in the vehicle.
A children’s hospice in the South West is to be given a charity Christmas boost after an automotive retailer and a shopping centre joined forces. Snows Toyota Exeter is raffling a new Toyota C-HR, worth nearly £24,000, with £5,000 already raised in ticket sales before the Christmas prize draw on December 23. The dealership, part of Snows Motor Group in the South, teamed up with Princesshay Shopping Centre in Exeter. Money raised by the raffle will be donated to Children’s Hospice South West, which provides palliative care and respite for youngsters with life-limiting conditions and their...
As people take to their cars this August Bank Holiday, Dogs Trust, which has a Rehoming Centre in Ilfracombe, is launching ‘The Houndway Code’ a car safety awareness campaign after new research revealed that 17% of dog owners regularly travel with their dog unrestrained in the passenger seat of their car and 5% even reaching into the backseat to interact with their dog whilst at the wheel.
The survey also revealed that nearly half of dog owners in Devon who drive with their dogs in the car, are unaware that they are breaking the law and not abiding by the highway code by not...
A used car dealer from Teignmouth has been found guilty of supplying a dangerous and unroadworthy vehicle with faulty brakes.
Jamie Stuart Rabin, 36, of Bank Street, Teignmouth, was ordered to pay a total of £6,594.25 in fines, costs, victim’s surcharge and compensation at Plymouth Magistrates Court on Thursday 8 June.
Rabin, who changed his plea at the last minute, sold the Renault Trafic Van in 2016 from his dealership, Finnish Car Sales, in Dawlish.
He also admitted misleading a customer into believing repairs had been carried out and claimed he had replaced the...
Police are appealing for information after an Exmouth man’s vehicle was damaged by vandals.
The black VW Jetta was targeted by three men around 10.55pm on Saturday 29 April in Cleveland Place, Exmouth.
The roof of the vehicle was dented causing approximately £4000 worth of damage.
After the incident, the men walked through the alleyway next to Garners Home Hardware and onto The Strand.
Police are investigating and seeking the suspects, the main offender was described as white, 25 to 30 years old, between 5ft 9ins and 6ft tall, of stocky build, wearing jeans...
Police are appealing for information after an Exmouth man’s vehicle was targeted by vandals five times in four months.
The blue VW Golf has been persistently targeted since November with more than £7,000 damage scratched into the paintwork.
The vehicle was parked in various locations in the Morton Road and St Andrews Road areas when the incidents happened.
The offences began on Sunday 27 November last year when all of the car’s panels were scratched during the daytime in Morton Road. Offensive words were also etched on the bonnet.
