New car sales figures released yesterday show Welsh dealers suffered slightly more than their UK colleagues. The national sales downturn was 35%, those in Wales dipped 38.07% as totals slipped from 7,754 in June 2019 to 4,802 this year and best seller in Wales was once again the Vauxhall Corsa (right). Second and third were the Toyota Yaris and Ford Fiesta, which has been the best seller in … [Read more...]
Welsh student helps with MG3 hottest hatch
A young Welsh female student is taking a leading role in a landmark motor sport event for the famous MG brand. Angharad Davies, from Llantrisant (right), is an engineering student at Bath University and is spending a year's placement with MG in Longbridge helping develop its new racing hot hatch. Last week, the MG3 low-cost racer built by MG Car Club and SAIC Motor UK Technical Centre made its … [Read more...]
MG3 low-cost race series testing
The MG Car Club, MG Motor UK and SAIC Motor UK Technical Centre are jointly developing a new low-cost race car based around the MG3. SAIC Motor UK Technical Centre Interns have been building the concept car as their Internship Project and will be unveiling the car in the early part of 2019. The concept behind the car is aimed at providing a low-cost entry route into saloon racing with the … [Read more...]
Newslines 5 January
Honda has revealed the pricing and grades for the 2018 new-look Honda Jazz. Priced at £14,115 for the entry level S grade, the range tops out at £17,155 for the new Sport edition, which features the new 130 PS (96 kW) 1.5-litre i-VTEC engine. Motorists begin 2018 paying the highest price for petrol since the end of 2014, RAC Fuel Watch data reveals. An analysis of fuel prices for December … [Read more...]
Newslines 19 May
Swansea council leaders want the two-lane M4 north of the city widened to cope with future housing being planned in the area. They fear the current carriageways, which are frequently jammed in rush-hours, will become unusable by 2025 unless an additional lane is added each side. Volvo Cars will not develop any new diesel engines because the cost of reducing emissions of nitrogen oxide is … [Read more...]