From 9 to 14 April for the first time at Milan Design Week, Lamborghini presents Living in the Fast Lane: the interactive Lamborghini Lab where design merges with technological and engineering development. In addition, presented as a world preview (above) at the Geneva Motor Show, the new Huracán EVO Spyder will be on show for the first time in … [Read more...]
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Cost conscious drivers have a new tool to use
Cost-conscious motorists are set to benefit from a new online tool that reveals the total cost of ownership (TCO) of cars. TCO Check created by automotive data and valuations expert HPI is a new online calculator which allows drivers to take costs into account and tells them how much they can expect to spend over the next three years of ownership. The … [Read more...]
Ford C-Max family is axed
Ford will stop production of the C-Max and Grand C-Max MAV inside three months at Saarlouis and reduce petrol engine demand from Bridgend as a result. It will also cut out the night shift and run day shifts only making Focus in the plant and build more of the higher variants, as announcements continue about its transformation strategy which has also seen … [Read more...]
Tesla Model 3 tops EU EV charts in first month
The new Tesla Model 3 has shot to the top of European electric car registrations in its debut month. The European car market registered its sixth consecutive month of decline in February 2019, as 1.14 million vehicles were registered. This was largely because February marked a month of uncertainty for many of the bigger European markets, such as … [Read more...]
Car making stalls but commercials speed up
UK car production fell by -15.3% in February, with 123,203 units manufactured, according to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders. Declining demand in the UK and in key European and Asian export markets resulted in output falling for the ninth consecutive month. Production for home and export markets dropped year-on-year by -11.0% and -16.4% … [Read more...]
Welsh councils must be more ambitious with travel schemes
Welsh councils must be more radical and ambitious implementing active travel, they were told yesterday by Transport Deputy Minister Lee Waters. Speaking at a workshop in Cardiff, Lee Waters warned authorities that the latest round of funding will reward ambitious ideas rather than be based solely on geographical spread, and he pledged to support those … [Read more...]
Newslines 29 March
ŠKODA’s dynamic SportLine series will expand with the introduction of an Octavia variant with two engine options and an automatic box. Featuring a dramatic black design package and a fully loaded specification list, the new Octavia SportLine is the latest addition priced from £23,870. A tuned 300PS 2.0 litre engine and quattro grip underpin the new … [Read more...]
Pull the plug on plug-in hybrids, say green group
"Fake" electric cars should be banned, says green group Transport & Environment. On the day the European Parliament rubber-stamps stricter CO2 limits for new cars and vans, Transport & Environment warns that carmakers can exploit loopholes in the regulation to push sales of fake plug-in cars over electric vehicles with no tailpipe emissions. As … [Read more...]
What Brexit means to Welsh automotive businesses
Welsh Government and the Welsh Automotive Forum have been looking at the implications of a no-deal Brexit and produced guidance notes for businesses. UK import tariffs in a no-deal scenario - The Government has published details of the UK’s temporary tariff regime for no deal. The regime would be temporary, and the Government would closely monitor the … [Read more...]
Role of HGVs is given light thought by Government
The primary role of the lorry in urban freight has been ignored once again in a major policy publication, says FTA, the organisation which speaks for the logistics sector, following publication of the Department for Transport’s 'Future of mobility: urban strategy' paper. According to Christopher Snelling, FTA’s Head of UK Policy, the document fails to … [Read more...]
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