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Safe Tyres Save Lives

30Posted: 30th Oct 2013

The Highways Agency have teamed up with TyreSafe to create a joint campaign encouraging drivers to make monthly checks to their tyre pressures. By driving with correctly inflated tyres, it helps them to last longer as well as helping to reduce fuel bills. Most importantly, it reduces the risk of tyres related accidents. A video posted on the Highway Agency's YouTube channel (see right) sh...

Toyota help local Pets at Home Store Update
28Posted: 28th Oct 2013

Toyota help local Pets at Home Store Update

Mike Trim, the local organiser for the Brighton Retired Greyhound Trust reported what a great day we had at Pets at Home in Hastings yesterday. At 10am we were joined by Jason Barlow, General Manager of the local SLM Toyota dealer. Jason had very kindly placed a Toyota Yaris (same model as is first prize in the Pets at ...

New Corsa to help Vauxhall aim for number one spot
28Posted: 28th Oct 2013

New Corsa to help Vauxhall aim for number one spot

Vauxhall is aiming to supplant Ford as the UK’s top-selling carmaker with the help of the new Corsa, along with Mokka and new Insignia. The company is currently second in the sales charts with 159,047. Speaking to Auto Express, Vauxhall chairman and managing director, Duncan Aldred said: “Yes, I want to be number one. I...

Insigina Country Tourer prices revealed
28Posted: 28th Oct 2013

Insigina Country Tourer prices revealed

Vauxhall has announced pricing for its Country Tourer, its new 4x4 variant of the Insignia estate. The 163bhp 2.0-litre diesel will cost from £25,349 when it arrives in the UK in January. An additional £1,150 gets you the Nav version, which includes an 8-inch touchscreen system. Vauxhall is also offering the aut...

Insignia: good just got better
28Posted: 28th Oct 2013

Insignia: good just got better

The Daily Telegraph’s Andrew English says the “good” Insignia “just got better” in his review of the revised Vauxhall saloon. “Scope those new headlamps, grille and more coherent brightwork,” he writes. “The Insignia was one of the first Vauxhalls to benefit from Design Chief Mark Adams’ new-form philosoph...

Ben Nash Season Update
24Posted: 24th Oct 2013

Ben Nash Season Update

THE BERKSHIRE BLUE COURSE On the 9th of September I made my way up to the heart of surrey golfing estate. The Berkshire is home to two golf courses and I played the blue. The blue course starts with a long par three over heather. The weather was bright with a slight breeze but forecasters said that the weather was going ...

Insignia ‘strikes gold’
22Posted: 22nd Oct 2013

Insignia ‘strikes gold’

The Vauxhall Insignia is “even better than before”, according to the Daily Record’s Maggie Barry. “Not only is it an even smoother looking car, you can now get a 2.0-litre diesel engine emitting only 99g/km of CO2,” she writes. The car is “very good-looking”, but Vauxhall’s “pulled an exceptional rabbit ou...

Frankfurt: New engine for ADAM
22Posted: 22nd Oct 2013

Frankfurt: New engine for ADAM

The newest model in the ADAM range was revealed at the Frankfurt Motor Show, reports Autocar. The city car is taking on the all-new three-cylinder turbocharged petrol engine, the first in Vauxhall’s new SGE (Small Gasoline Engine) family, which “will spawn other lightweight aluminium three and four cylinder petrol engin...

Big company car, small tax bill
22Posted: 22nd Oct 2013

Big company car, small tax bill

The new low-tax Insignia puts the large company car “back on the map”, according to BusinessCarManager. Testing the Elite Nav 2.0 CDTi 140bhp ecoFLEX, Ralph Morton says the revised hatchback is “subtly sharper” with class-leading aerodynamics. “But the real story is under the bonnet where Vauxhall’s engineers ha...

SLM TOYOTA HASTINGS SUPPORTS PETS AT HOME
18Posted: 18th Oct 2013

SLM TOYOTA HASTINGS SUPPORTS PETS AT HOME

Mark Taylor the Manager from the Pets at Home Store in Hastings came into our Centre and asked if we could help promote the National Competition to Win a Toyota Yaris. We were delighted that he took the trouble to come in and see us and explained how the competition worked. So we decided that we would love to help and g...

Richard Blott at Toyota takes his cycling to another level
15Posted: 15th Oct 2013

Richard Blott at Toyota takes his cycling to another level

Richard Blott took part in his 1st 100 mile cycle ride in the New Forest on the 5th October organised by one of the major cycling retailers. It took in 101 miles of the beautiful New Forest involving many climbs and dodging ponies in the road. An early start saw him with two friends complete the route in about 6 1/2 hrs...

Toyota New Auris for £169 a month with £1,000 off and 0%
10Posted: 10th Oct 2013

Toyota New Auris for £169 a month with £1,000 off and 0%

Style, safety, reliability… the all-new Toyota Auris has it all – and you can now get into our new British-built family car for as little as £169 a month. Whether it’s the hatchback or Touring Sports estate, all Auris models including the Auris Hybrid and Auris Hybrid Touring Sports ordered before December 2n...

Toyota 'likely to hit 2020 emissions targets'
8Posted: 8th Oct 2013

Toyota 'likely to hit 2020 emissions targets'

Toyota is one of two manufacturers that are “likely to hit 2020 emissions targets” reports Auto Express. Joining Renault, Toyota is expected to meet its own self-imposed target “which are based on the average emissions of vehicles sold by a car maker”. Most manufacturers, except Toyota, Renault, PSA Peugeot Citro&e...

Toyota Top Car Brand
8Posted: 8th Oct 2013

Toyota Top Car Brand

Toyota is still the biggest car brand in the world, worth £21.8bn according to the Interbrand Best Global Brands Report. “It is the second year in a row that the Japanese brand has taken the top automotive slot in the report,” beating out competition from the 13 other top 100 automotive manufacturers in the list. ...

‘Women prefer guys in greener cars’
8Posted: 8th Oct 2013

‘Women prefer guys in greener cars’

Men who think women are impressed by expensive flash cars “couldn’t be more wrong” according to research that claims green cars hold more sway. “The results could make you think twice before buying your next car,” says Mail Online, as women “overwhelmingly associated” the drivers of ostentatious looking cars t...

ADAM on a roll
8Posted: 8th Oct 2013

ADAM on a roll

The Adam looks set to become a “profitable little product” for Vauxhall says the Telegraph’s Chris Knapman, thanks to its focus on personalisation. “It looks great, all wide and squat. And the interior managed to be both trendy and functional,” says Knapman, who finds the front seats “supportive” and notes the...

Plenty to go round in Zafira Tourer
8Posted: 8th Oct 2013

Plenty to go round in Zafira Tourer

Vauxhall’s “smooth new diesel” Zafira Tourer “looks good, feels good and is a very cheap way to shift the family about”, says the Daily Record in its review. “The 1.6-litre engine is both lean and mean and makes the sportier version of the Zafira exceptionally economical to run,” with a claimed 68.9mpg fuel r...

The Convertible That Won't Break the Bank
8Posted: 8th Oct 2013

The Convertible That Won't Break the Bank

The Cascada sees Vauxhall “trying something new” says Business Car Manager’s Peter Nunn, who gets behind the wheel of the “big and glamorous” four-seat convertible. “This is a sleek, full-size, front-drive convertible with a body that stretches longer than an Audi A5 Convertible. Starting at just £23,995,...

Charlotte McCaig – TOYOTA STAFF PROFILE OF THE WEEK
7Posted: 7th Oct 2013

Charlotte McCaig – TOYOTA STAFF PROFILE OF THE WEEK

Charlotte joined the team at SLM Toyota Hastings in January this year and is really enjoying her role as Centre Host. Charlotte quotes “I was delighted to be offered the role as the Centre Host as I get to meet and look after all our customers who walk through the door, I enjoy building a good rapport with our customer...

1000 customer for Tony Piazza at SLM Toyota Hastings
4Posted: 4th Oct 2013

1000 customer for Tony Piazza at SLM Toyota Hastings

Tony Piazza started working at SLM Toyota in Hastings back in January 2006 as a Business Manager. Tony’s previous job in banking enabled him to use his exceptional customer service skills. He then decided he would like to take up the challenge of becoming a member of the sales team in 2009. Jason Barlow, General Man...

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