An Aston Martin DB5 replica stunt car featured in No Time To Die (2021) has raised £2,922,000 for good causes in a charity auction at Christie’s to celebrate 60 years of the James Bond films. Two Land Rover Defenders used in the film No Time To Die helped raised £352,800 for charities and they were sold as part of 60 lots from EON Productions to mark the iconic jubilee. UK car manufacturing … [Read more...]
Britains best and worst cars listed
Britain’s most and least reliable cars have been revealed in the 2022 What Car? Reliability Survey, held in association with MotorEasy. Feedback from 24,927 car owners on 248 models and 32 brands was analysed by the country’s leading consumer champion and new car buying platform, What Car?, to find the most dependable vehicles. Four models achieved a perfect 100% score: the current versions of … [Read more...]
Eyes are focussed on BMW X1
Research by the UK's largest automotive marketplace Auto Trader has revealed the BMW X1 is the most anticipated car release of the year. Its newly released study compared the number of Google searches made in the last 12 months for over 50 popular cars which are set to be released in 2022 and 2023. The BMW X1 takes top spot, followed by the Honda Civic Type R, and the Nissan X-Trail takes … [Read more...]
It’s getting tougher for Welsh automotive sector
The UK Automotive industry is unlikely to return to previous high levels of production and component suppliers in Wales must look elsewhere to survive, delegates to the Autolink 2022 conference were told yesterday. The gloomy outlook and warning was given by Prof Ian Henry, managing director of AutoAnalysis and a HM Government advisor on the motor industry speaking at the annual Welsh Automotive … [Read more...]
Stellantis struggling in showrooms
Franchised car dealers have been rating their manufacturers in the annual survey. An analysis of the ‘overall average score’ across all questions of the survey (6.4) put Lexus at the top with 9.2 points out of 10, followed by Mercedes (8.4) and Kia (8.4). The bottom of the table saw Fiat (3.7), Abarth (4.4), and Alfa Romeo (4.7), which is bad news for the parent Stellantis group. Sue Robinson, … [Read more...]
Halve your new company car costs
With the cost-of-living crisis heading the domestic political agenda, an EV salary sacrifice car scheme costs nothing to introduce, works for all employees, and can save workers hundreds of pounds per month. An innovative electric car scheme holds the key to solving the two crises facing the world today – the climate emergency and the cost-of-living crisis. After a summer of record-breaking … [Read more...]
Flying Spur Speed completes Bentley’s new portfolio
The Launch of the Flying Spur Speed completes Bentley’s new portfolio, offering customers more choice than ever. Flying Spur Speed will be one of the last models to feature the iconic W12 engine; as the standard Flying Spur W12 ceases production. The newcomer tops the performance range over Flying Spur S with more power (+85 PS) and more torque (+130 Nm), now equivalent to 635ps with up to … [Read more...]
Newslines 12 September
The balooning sales of electric cars could be about to burst. High costs of the models with the majority over £30,000 combined with escalating electricity costs make them far less attractive than the current petrol cars and more economical diesel models and British sales of evs has stalled in recent months. The stark reality of Britain’s cost of living crisis has been revealed as new research … [Read more...]
Chinese cars hit top safety marks
Euro NCAP published its fifth round of safety ratings this week and Chinese newcomers hit top scores. The highly anticipated Tesla Model Y did not disappoint and shoots to the top of recently published five-star cars, while the new electric Genesis GV60 continues the 5-star success of the GV70 and GV80 models tested last year. Euro NCAP also tested two newcomers from China’s Great Wall Motor … [Read more...]
Welsh car registrations slipping most
Car registrations in Wales slipped back more than the rest of the UK in August. Figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders showed just 2,251 new cars registered in Wales in August, The top ten were: Vauxhall Crossland, Ford Puma, Ford Kuga, Vauxhall Corsa, VW Polo, Vauxhall Mokka, Hyundai Tucson, VW T-Rock and MG ZS. The total for Wales represented a 4.74% drop on August 2021, … [Read more...]
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