The SEAT Leon Cupra has always closely stuck to a top performance and value per pound ethos and now it is taking the fight to the hot hatch elite with the latest 300PS versions becoming even more tempting through savings of up to £1,945. The revised pricing applies to all three Leon Cupra 300 bodystyles, Sports Coupé, five-door and Sports Tourer. The Leon … [Read more...]
Fowden is back on the road
Bob Fowden is celebrating 40 years in rallying this year and far from slowing down the popular Llanelli-based driver is upping the game in 2018. He's eyeing the 2018 Protyre MSA Asphalt Rally Championship in his ex-works Comline Auto Parts/NGK-backed Subaru Impreza WRC S11. Fowden began his long rallying career in 1978, driving a Mini on forest … [Read more...]
Strong comeback marks Fowden’s return
Bob and Paul Fowden took a near two minute win on Sunday’s Rali Cwm Gwendraeth, writes Roger Gale. At the BARC Pembrey Motorsports Centre, Fowden’s Comline Auto Parts – NGK backed Subaru Impreza WRC S11 repeated the 2017 win on the event, and putting the Llanelli driver into the lead of the 2018 JD Tyres Welsh Tarmacadam Championship, as he opens his … [Read more...]
Sporting lines 8 February
Three of Jaguar’s legendary Group C cars, including the 1987 Championship-winning XJR-8, will be demonstrated during the XK70 Festival on 9-10 June. The event celebrates 70 years since the introduction of the ground-breaking XK120, will take place at Shelsley Walsh in Worcestershire, and the trio of sports-prototypes will join a packed programme of … [Read more...]
Brits break new ground with cold air boost system
Global experts have hailed the work of a professor and his collaborator, an innovative engineer, in developing technology that can boost the performance of engines while improving fuel economy and lowering emissions. John Allport – who is Professor of Automotive Engineering at Huddersfield University, where he heads its Turbocharger Research … [Read more...]
Supercars still selling well – on used forecourts
Supercars are selling strongly on the used market in Britain. BCA reports strong demand for the luxury and supercar sectors in the UK as sales of high value vehicles in 2017 often substantially outperformed guide price expectations. BCA sold a range of vehicles from the luxury and supercar sectors for over £100,000 last year, including Audi R8 Spyder, … [Read more...]
Britain plans gaol terms in emissions fraud
It will be made a criminal offence in Britain to attempt to manipulate vehicle emission test results. In a tougher stance than current EU rules dictate, the UK Government could levy unlimited fines on businesses and even jail engineers and company executives found to be cheating tests. The measures have been put to public consultation and are aimed at … [Read more...]
UK car and cv production stalls but engines rev up
UK car production declined in 2017, according to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders. Some 1,671,166 vehicles rolled off production lines last year, a -3.0% decrease on 2016 and the first decline for eight years – but still the second highest output in 17 years. A -9.8% fall in output for the domestic market drove the overall decline, … [Read more...]
Sales slide indicating worse to come, warn analysts
New car sales in Wales slipped 5.5% in January. Dealers reported 5,333 new cars registered in Wales last month compared to 5,641 12 months ago, the SMMT reported. That was a slightly better performance than the UK combined figure which saw a 6.3% decline with 163,113 new cars leaving showrooms. Bad weather in Scotland seriously impacted on sales north … [Read more...]
Welsh Road Race meeting cancelled for 2018
A Manx-style TT-road race series planned for August in Mid Wales has been called off. The all-new Welsh Road Race event was announced at the bike show last autumn but has been beset with difficulties and the UK body which has to approve such racing said the organisers have failed to meet a strict list of safety and administrative requirements. In a … [Read more...]
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