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  • Buying Your Car Online: the New Normal?
    Advice
    5 min read

    Buying Your Car Online

    Top 10 Tips for Buying a U...
  • Which Used Cars are the Cheapest to Insure?
    Advice
    4 min read

    Which Used Cars are the Cheapest to Insure?

    When looking to buy your next used car, you need to think about mor...
  • How Does Finance Work on Used Cars?
    Guides
    5 min read

    How Does Finance Work on Used Cars?

    Purchasing a car on finance is ideal if you don’t want to, or can’t...
  • What are the Benefits of Car Finance?
    Guides
    5 min read

    What are the Benefits of Car Finance?

    HPL Motors offer car finance so you can drive away in your perfect ...
  • What Used Cars Get The Best Mileage?
    Advice
    4 min read

    What Used Cars Get The Best Mileage?

    When choosing your next car, it is a good idea to look at the vehic...
  • If this then that... Seat Mii v Citroen C1
    Reviews
    2 min read

    Seat Mii vs Citroen C1

    If you’re in the market for a compact city car, then you’ve got a w...
  • Benefits of Buying a Used Car
    Guides
    2 min read

    Benefits of Buying a Used Car

    Buying any car is an exciting prospect, but buying a used car comes...
  • How do Speed Limiters Work?
    Guides
    2 min read

    How do Speed Limiters Work?

    You may have seen the term ‘speed limiters’ cropping up in the news...
  • Top 5 Reasons to Buy a Hyundai i10
    Guides
    2 min read

    Top 5 Reasons to Buy a Hyundai i10

    Sometimes it’s the smallest cars that have the biggest impact. Take...
  • Top 5 Reasons to Buy a Kia Ceed
    Guides
    2 min read

    Top 5 Reasons to Buy a Kia Ceed

    The Ceed is a car that brought Kia firmly into the mainstream. You ...
  • Winter Driving Essentials
    Guides
    4 min read

    Winter Driving Essentials

    Driving during the winter poses a whole host of challenges to motor...
  • If this then that... Ford Fiesta v Volkswagen Polo
    Guides
    2 min read

    If this then that... Ford Fiesta v Volkswagen Polo

    The Ford Fiesta and Volkswagen Polo are both big-hitters in the com...
  • Reduced: These are the best used cars we’ve cut in price
    Offers
    2 min read

    Reduced: These are the best used cars we’ve cut in price

    Fancy a bargain? You’ve come to the right place. Currently on HPL M...
  • Top Five Cars Rising in Value
    Guides
    2 min read

    Top Five Cars Rising in Value

    Even though there has been a slight dip recently, the value of used...
  • In Detail: Ford Fiesta
    Guides
    2 min read

    In Detail: Ford Fiesta

    The Fiesta has been a roaring success for Ford. It first arrived ba...
  • The Most Practical Cars on HPL Motors Today
    Guides
    2 min read

    The Most Practical Cars on HPL Motors Today

    Practicality is something that everyone, at one point or another, n...
  • Top 5 Reasons to Buy a Renault Clio
    Guides
    2 min read

    Top 5 Reasons to Buy a Renault Clio

    The Clio is a car that’ll instantly spring to mind when you think o...
  • In Detail: Audi A3
    Guides
    2 min read

    In Detail: Audi A3

    Audi’s A3 is a car that is known by nearly everyone. Bringing the l...
  • Top Reasons to Buy a Fiat 500
    Guides
    2 min read

    Top Reasons to Buy a Fiat 500

    The Fiat 500 successfully transferred the look and feel of the much...
  • How to Sell Your Car
    Guides
    2 min read

    How to Sell Your Car

    Selling your car can seem like a daunting process whether you’ve do...
  • Future Trends for the Car Industry
    Guides
    3 min read

    Future Trends for the Car Industry

    In the last 100 years the car industry has come a long way. But the...
  • How to Pass your Driving Test
    Guides
    3 min read

    How to Pass your Driving Test

    Passing your driving test is a huge milestone in your life. And if ...
  • How to Pass your Driving Theory Test
    Guides
    2 min read

    How to Pass your Driving Theory Test

    Every year, a little over half of all people taking their driving t...
  • 5 Tips for Renting a Car Abroad
    Guides
    3 min read

    5 Tips for Renting a Car Abroad

    Renting a car abroad can often lead to exciting adventures, memorab...
  • Everything you need to know about MOT
    Guides
    2 min read

    Everything You Need to Know About an MOT

    An MOT can sound like a mystifying thing for the uninitiated. But a...
  • The Best Used Cars for City Driving
    Guides
    2 min read

    The Best Used Cars for City Driving

    Finding the ultimate city car can certainly be a challenge and the...
  • Why Your Next Car Should be a Hybrid
    Guides
    2 min read

    Why Your Next Car Should be a Hybrid

    Hybrid car sales are on the rise. And the latest research shows tha...
  • What to Pack in Your Emergency Breakdown Kit
    Guides
    3 min read

    What to Pack in Your Emergency Breakdown Kit

    At some point or another, nearly all of us will experience our cars...
  • The Best Electric Cars in the Market in 2021
    Guides
    3 min read

    The Best Electric Cars in the Market

    In 2020, sales of electric cars rose by 43% worldwide. And with the...
  • New Rules for Driving Abroad in Europe
    Guides
    2 min read

    New Rules for Driving Abroad in Europe

    Since the deal was reached between the UK and the EU at the very en...
  • Buying a Car in Lockdown: What Can You Do?
    Guides
    2 min read

    Buying a Car in Lockdown: What Can You Do?

    Whilst car dealerships may be closed at the moment due to not being...
  • Winter Driving Tips to Stay Safe on Icy Roads
    Guides
    3 min read

    Winter Driving Tips to Stay Safe on Icy Roads

    Icy roads can make for difficult conditions for even the most exper...
  • Selling Your Car? What Affects Your Car’s Value?
    Guides
    2 min read

    Selling Your Car? What Affects Your Car’s Value?

    After a house, a car is often one of the biggest purchases we’re li...
  • Black Friday Sales
    Guides
    2 min read

    Black Friday Sales

    With the chance to save £1000 on hundreds of cars here at HPL Moto...
  • Best Family Cars
    Guides
    3 min read

    Best Family Cars

    HPL Motors boasts a huge range of SUV and MPVs, perfect for new or ...
  • HPL Motors Preston is Now Open
    News
    2 min read

    HPL Motors Preston is Now Open

    At the start of June 2020, after a delay due to the COVID-19 pandem...
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