Toyota today announced it has identified exactly which vehicles are the subject of its accelerator pedal safety recall in the UK. It has also confirmed its plan for the affected vehicles to be fixed at Toyota-approved service centres across the country.
Toyota is already working with the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) to identify the [...]

2010 has got off to a flying start for DVLA Personalised Registrations with the agency selling 1 OOO for more than £80,000.
It took a winning bid of more than 10 times the registrations’ £8,000 reserve for the mystery buyer to finally claim his prize – the first of the triple OOO series to be released [...]

The IRTE (Institute of Road Transport Engineers) is, after a number of successful events, continuing its UK tour Maintenance Assessment & Regulations Update Seminar with its next stop in Ballyclare, County Antrim, allowing local operators to benefit from a crucial lecture and guide.
Tom Wilson from the FTA (Freight Transport Association) will examine aspects of current [...]

DVLA Personalised Registrations will be out in force at the forthcoming Autosport Show, and to mark the occasion the agency has teamed up with Everyman Racing to deliver the perfect competition for supercar lovers.
For those who dream about getting behind the wheel of a Ferrari, Lamborghini or Aston Martin, DVLA has pulled out all the [...]

A 24-year-old bought the registration 6 O for a staggering £100,216 during the final day of DVLA Personalised Registrations’ Christmas auction staged at Tankersley Manor Hotel, near Barnsley.
Incredibly, 6 O takes his total spend for the year to more than £246,000 on just three number plates and yet Ghanim al-Hadaifi declared his spending spree is [...]

DVLA Personalised Registrations’ banked a phenomenal £2 million from its first day sale of its 10-series registrations.
Senior staff at the Agency were stunned by the immediate response on December 1. Incredibly, 2,329 registrations totalling £1.2 million were sold within the first hour of the sale going live at 8.30am.
The “stampede” occurred as private registration fans [...]

Proposals to improve skills and safety for new motorcycle riders, drivers of lorries and buses and new drivers who want to tow medium sized trailers were published today by the Department for Transport (DfT) in conjunction with the Driving Standards Agency (DSA) and Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA).
The measures are contained in a consultation [...]

DVLA Personalised Registrations is bracing itself for an onslaught of interest in its 10-series of registrations when they become available to view online at dvlaregistrations.direct.gov.uk  on Monday, November 2.
The agency believes the series, which identify vehicles registered from March 1, 2010, will open up a whole new avenue of private plates and will go on [...]

DVLA has launched a new memorable 0300 telephone line for motorists to tax their vehicles.
The new number, 0300 1234 321, is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and takes less than 4 minutes to use.  The service automatically checks that correct insurance and MOT documents are in place.
The popularity of the environmentally-friendly [...]

A mystery buyer swooped and bought the registration 5 O for 87,853.75 at the DVLA Personalised Registrations’ autumn auction.
The total amount spent on the O-series – 1 O, 2 0, 3 O and 4 O – released to mark DVLA Personalised Registrations’ 20th anniversary, is now £566,344, with all the money raised going to the [...]