New EU Tyre labels – Good idea or waste of paper?

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New EU Tyre labels – Good idea or waste of paper?

As of 1st November 2012 new EU tyre labels take effect. It’s like when you buy a fridge freezer-there is a colour coded rating sticker attached. You will be able to tell a bit more about the tyres performance. Three qualities are graded; Stopping ability in the wet, fuel efficiency and road noise. Full explanation... read more

Happy Birthday Motor Marque

Five very short years ago on the 31st October 2007 I officially opened the doors here at our West Park site. It was an exciting time, after operating in Chapel Allerton for the 8 years previously I realised we were going to have to do something special to keep our customers coming in. We were... read more

Motor Smart Success

We had an amazing attendance at last night’s Motor Smart Women (our free course for female drivers). Despite the chilly Autumn weather we soon got warm checking oil and tyres at quite a pace! Nearly 30 of Britain’s finest female motorists got stuck into learning a little more about their cars and what keeps them... read more

Motor Smart Women

We are pleased to announce our next Motor Smart Women free motorists course for all female drivers who want to know a little more about car safety, maintenance and avoiding dreaded break downs. The course is free and it will be held at Motor Marque on Thursday 25th October 2012 at 6.30pm until 9.00pm ,... read more

Cool Runnings

With the Summer having a particularly slow and poor start, most drivers haven’t had to hit the Air Conditioning button very often. This has brought its own problems, most car air conditioning systems naturally lose about 100 grams of coolant every year, with systems hardly being used this year we’ve seen that increase. When the... read more

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Motor Marque MD, Mark Frankland regularly appears as an expert commentator on driving and car maintenance programmes on both the BBC and Channel 4.

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