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Beware valet parking insurance loophole

USING A VALET parking service could mean losing your car with no insurance cover. Drivers are being warned to check their insurance policies before handing over their car keys to valet parking attendants as more than half (51%) of the UK’s motor insurance policies do not cover this service. While valet parking companies provide insurance cover for their employees to drive your car, many insurance policies do not cover ‘damage to vehicle while in the control of valet parking staff.’ This means if your car is damaged or written off while it’s being parked or retrieved by valet parking staff, you could be left seriously out of pocket with no claim against the valet parking company.

2015 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 unleashed at Detroit Motor Show 2014

Hoist up your Stars & Stripes and crank up your Bruce Springsteen tunes, because the 2015 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 has finally broken cover at the 2014 Detroit Motor Show. This is a Chevrolet Corvette C7 Z06 like we've never seen before. And given that Chevrolet claims it's the "most track-capable Corvette in history", you may find it hard to keep up with it, too.

Tax disc to be scrapped after 93 years

David Cole | REX Features Tax discs are to be axed, chancellor George Osborne has announced in his 2013 Autumn Statement. But motorists will still pay an annual Vehicle Excise Duty (VED / road tax) fee. The round paper certificates we all currently display in our car windows have served as proof of this road tax payment since 1921.