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  • EU now pushes for 'Testing Only' Testing Stations
    EU wants to 'split' MOTs and repairs… UK motorists would be massively inconvenienced by the EU's latest MOT proposals Many EU member states recently rejected a raft of 'new MOT…
  • Changes to Annual Vehicle Testing
    Changes to the MOT for cars and large vehicle tests come into force later this month as new European requirements on roadworthiness take effect. From 20 March 2013, revised European…
  • Stephen Hammond MP Announces Open Consultation
    On Thursday 13th December, Stephen Hammond, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Transport and responsible for MOT Testing, announced an open consultation about services provided to motorists by Government. More broadly…
  • Government backs Motor Codes
    Response to Motorists' Forum Report recommends garages sign up to OFT-approved codes of practice Chris Mason, Motor Codes' Managing Director announced:  "It's hugely positive news for consumers that government has…
  • The Rise of Vehicle Telematics
    The Rise and Rise of Vehicle Telematics and its Impact on an Unprepared Global Independent Aftermarket Hall 2.0 Stand B60 Automechanika - GERMANY, September 11th 2012 – TRW Automotive Aftermarket…

MOT Blogs

  • EU want MOT and repairs separated…
    Last summer the EU Commission, just a year after their last load of MOT revisions issued a proposed new ‘Regulation’ about MOT Testing. Within their proposals were some good ideas –  getting cars off the…
  • MOT Training 'Word Games'
    Guess what currently appears to be an 'heinous' word in the motor trade vocabulary ********?It is a little word which often can be used to avoid a lot of "heartache", particularly in the MOT testing…
  • Key Security Systems
    Transponders have been around for some time on vehicles, in 1994 Ford Motor company started to fit transponders to Fiestas, Transits, Mondeos and other models. The system was called PATS (Passive Anti Theft System). This…
  • MOT Fee Discounting
    Over last Saturday’s leisurely breakfast, I was reading the motoring section of the Weekend Telegraph and was intrigued by a column’s headline ‘STEERING YOU THROUGH THE TRIALS OF THE MOT’. As others before him, the…
  • MOT Test Lanes, Equipment and the possibility of becoming a VTS
    MOT test lanes come in various shapes and sizes, which all change according to the dimensions of the garage and the class of vehicle/s the Vehicle Testing Station (VTS) intends to test. The Vehicle and…
  • Repair vs remanufacture – what’s the difference?
    Do you know the distinction between a repaired part and a remanufactured part? Is reconditioned any better than refurbished? At every level throughout the aftermarket there seems to be confusion about the options available when…
  • Born-again bikers
    About 15 years ago the police identified an increasing risk on the roads from affluent middle-aged men attempting to recapture their lost youth by riding powerful motorbikes. I was one of these 40 year olds,…
  • "No profit" in the MOT
    As we reported when the formal consultation for exempting classic vehicles from MOT Testing was published, the Government claims there’s ‘no profit element’ in the MOT Test. That statement was challenged by the MOT Trade…