Wales is a blackspot for some motor crimes. A survey shows 172,000 motoring offences recorded in Wales in 2015/16 and speeding accounted for 159,000 motoring offences in Wales while it ranks as fourth worst region for seatbelt crimes with 5,700 violations. Just one driver was prosecuted for lane hogging on a road in Wales. To highlight the research, … [Read more...]
Racing lines 23 February: Hyundai TCR plan
After successfully competing on the international rally scene, Hyundai will now use an i30 as the basis for touring car championships around the world. The racers will use a 2.0 litre engine, six speed gearbox and 100 litre fuel tank. … [Read more...]
Welsh international automotive economist dies
International automotive economist Professor Garel Rhys, CBE, has died. He was the chairman of the Welsh Automotive Forum, Professor Emeritus and President of the Centre of Automotive Industry Research at Cardiff University and an adviser to Welsh Government on economic and automotive affairs. He died in his sleep at his Cardiff home 21 February, a … [Read more...]
Diesel can still play a useful role
Diesel still has an important role to play for many fleets despite calls for a scrappage scheme designed to improve air quality by removing older vehicles, says Arval. The vehicle leasing and fleet management company believes that such initiatives can be very effective in removing old and inefficient vehicles, but there is a risk that all diesel vehicles … [Read more...]
Motorpoint Newport get new GM
Motorpoint, the UK’s leading car supermarket, has appointed Chris Brown as General Manager in Newport, writes Robin Roberts Chris was the Sales Manager and will oversee the 50-strong team on Newport Retail Park. Motorpoint, the principal sponsor of the world-renowned Motorpoint Arena Cardiff, has been based in Newport for over a … [Read more...]
High mileage owner benefit launched
Fleet Evolution, one of the country’s leading providers of car salary sacrifice schemes to SMEs, has launched a scheme to give drivers who cover a lot of miles peace of mind when it comes to their vehicles. The newly-announced Employee Car Ownership (ECO) scheme will allow employees who do high business mileage to own a company car with employer volume … [Read more...]
Tradelines 22 February
Volvo UK is launching a nationwide recruitment drive for 300 new technicians to join its 119-strong dealer network by 2020, in line with the brand's increasing sales and its growing product range. The award-winning S90 and V90 models most recently joined Volvo's impressive line-up, and with more new products set to arrive in the coming years, Volvo aims … [Read more...]
Newslines 21 February: Vauxhall pensions mountain
The pensions deficit at Vauxhall stands at about £1 Billion, Reuters has been told. Peugeot is considering taking over GM's European divisions Vauxhall and Opel, and many multinational companies including Tata Steel have had to deal with increased pension spending, and it could be a factor which influences Peugeot in where to make any possible cuts … [Read more...]
Newslines 20 February
As Welsh Government scrutinises a detailed financial proposal to build the £425M Circuit of Wales, it has emerged that nearly £1M was given by the developers to another consultancy headed by the project's chairman. Michael Carrick set up the Heads of the Valleys Development Corporation, which has received £9M grants and loans from Welsh Government for … [Read more...]
Sunday drive: Volvo V90 D4 AWD Estate
Volvo’s award winning large S90 saloon and V90 estate ranges see the addition of sporting R-Design derivatives for both body styles with front wheel drive and AWD drivetrains and AWD Cross Country versions are added for the V90 estate line-up, reports David Miles. All are diesel powered with an eight-speed automatic gearbox for now although … [Read more...]
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