With less than two months before the FIA World Rally Championship arrives in the UK, plans for this year’s Dayinsure Wales Rally GB 27-30 October are close to completion. Showcasing Wales’ official ‘Year of Adventure’, the competitive route for 2016 is the longest and most challenging since the event’s widely-acclaimed move to a new base in the … [Read more...]
Welsh racer aims to clinch British GT crown on Sunday
Seb Morris hopes to clinch the British GT Championship at Donington Park Grand Prix Circuit on Sunday where the Welshman and his and team-mate Rick Parfitt Jnr are one of just three pairings in with a chance of lifting the coveted title. In his maiden season of GT racing at the wheel of the No.31 Bentley Continental GT3, the 20-year-old MSA Team UK driver … [Read more...]
EC toughens stance against Volkswagen
The European Commission is tightening screws on Volkswagen this week. The European Commission has found that Volkswagen Group broke consumer laws in 20 European Union countries by cheating on emissions tests, German daily Die Welt reported, citing Commission sources. Among them are the Consumer Sales and Guarantees Directive -- which prohibits … [Read more...]
Drivers confused over AdBlue in new diesels
Some fleet drivers are seeing red over AdBlue. Many LCV fleets are under-prepared to use the NOx reducing AdBlue in new models that meet Euro 6 emissions legislation, says Arval, a leading vehicle leasing and fleet management company. Euro 6 for LCVs took effect at the start of September although compliant vehicles have been making their way onto … [Read more...]
Tradelines 7 September
The coming weeks will be a frantic scrabble to shift metal to the customer in the most efficient way possible, to meet both profit targets and volume commitments given to the manufacturers earlier in the year, reports Glass's. Market feedback in recent months shows that the retail consumer has been a little less prevalent on the forecourts and the SMMT … [Read more...]
Investment cut at Ford Bridgend plant
Ford intends to cut back its next stage of investment in Bridgend Engine Plant. It planned to spend £180 M and safeguard 750 jobs when 250,000 Dragon petrol engines went down the lines from 2017 but a year after making the announcement, Ford said yesterday it would now put in £100 M to build 125,000 units and protect 550 jobs. Welsh Government said it … [Read more...]
Planners not calculating true transport costs
Planners are pushing traffic problems down the road, according to analysis of a new report. A recent survey by consultants Emmerson Hill Associates indicates that travel costs by road are most severely impacted, not by the cost of operating cars, but by congestion caused through bad junction design, poor road infrastructure, bad planning and … [Read more...]
Newslines 6 September
Infiniti's all-new Q60 premium sports coupe will be available from £33,990 when sales start in Europe in October this year. As entry-level option, Q60 will be available with a four-cylinder 2.0-litre gasoline engine turbocharged to produce 208hp. Expect some traffic disruption tomorrow around Pembroke Castle where BBC Antiques … [Read more...]
August new car sales surprise
The UK new car market achieved modest growth in August as registrations rose 3.3% against the same month last year, according to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders. There were 81,640 new cars registered in the month, with year-to-date performance remaining positive, up 2.8% to 1.68 million units. The fleet sector drove the growth buoyed by … [Read more...]
Sunday drive: Kia Optima saloon
Sales of D-Segment models in the UK are hard work even if you are classed as a premium brand manufacturer offering such models as the Audi A4, BMW 3 Series, Mercedes-Benz C-Class and from the UK the Jaguar XE. Only the heavily advertised Merc C-Class is in the UK’s top ten new car sales chart thanks to its low PCP/lease finance offers. Non-premium brand … [Read more...]
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