Kia Motors (UK) Limited President and Chief Executive Paul Philpott completed his first London Marathon in support of The Children’s Trust.
He recorded a time for the course of four hours and 17 minutes and raised £37,000 for the charity and Customer Service Manager Sonia Appleby managed the course in five hours and five minutes for the Shooting Star Chase children’s hospice and brought in £8,000.
Ford will be showcasing its Transit and Transit Custom vans with automatic transmission at this year’s CV Show.
Customers can order a new six-speed SelectShift automatic transmission from £25,340 ex. VAT, from 2 May.
Mitsubishi Motors UK will launch its new Special Vehicle Projects programme with the debut of the Mitsubishi L200 Barbarian SVP at the 2017 Commercial Vehicle Show, held at the NEC, Birmingham 25 to 27 April.
Designed to provide Mitsubishi customers with exclusive, highly distinctive vehicles, Mitsubishi SVP models will be produced in small volumes with significant appearance changes and specific colour options.
Volkswagen’s updated Golf has joined the Motability scheme.
Customers can now order Volkswagen’s top selling car and benefit from the variety of equipment evisions that make the Golf more appealing than before.
Mercedes-Benz UK says about 5,000 E Class and GL models are affected by a recall over possible sudden loss of electric power steering.
The models were made from the second part of 2015 to early 2016 and owners are being contacted to have their vehicles checked free of charge.