Lorry drivers and companies who cut corners on satnav technology are facing a new clampdown. The Local Government Association (LGA) has called for all lorry drivers who use sat navs to be compelled to use commercial models following a "fresh catalogue of chaos on the nation’s roads". The Trucker sat nav from TomTom is designed to stop lorries, trucks … [Read more...]
Industry
Newslines 3 February
Germany's auto industry is losing hope that trade tariffs with the UK can be avoided, several executives have told Reuters, despite warnings from British Prime Minister Theresa May that an overly tough stance on post-Brexit commerce would seriously harm the country's EU partners. " Merkel may force us to walk away from UK profits for the sake of … [Read more...]
Giving the Audi R8 a blast
Owners have always been able to make an impression with the Audi R8, but now they can also make their mark on one thanks to a new Audi-developed process for the partial matting of painted surfaces that enables virtually any lettering or graphics to be precisely ‘blasted’ into the painted surface of the car’s distinctive side-blades. A special powder … [Read more...]
Newslines 31 January
A Parkers investigation revealled that more than half of the most popular new models will cost consumers on average an extra £536 if they want to have a choice of more than one colour. Car manufacturers have reduced the palette of solid colours available to just a single offering on 30 of the country’s most popular cars. For those … [Read more...]
Newslines 30 January
After four years at the top, Toyota has been overtaken by Volkswagen for the title of the world’s best selling group. Toyota was hit by falling US demand for its Camry while VW enjoyed booming Chinese sales which more than offset other losses due to the emissions controversy, but the Japanese group still turned in better profitability. Germany's motor … [Read more...]
Car production in UK highest this century
Britain’s car industry is really motoring again. Car production hit a 17-years high in 2016 with exports at record levels and 1.35M shipped worldwide. Half of those went to Europe while Americans took nearly 50% more than they did in 2015 and it became the UK’s biggest single consumer country. Figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and … [Read more...]
BMW & Toyota plans for plants
BMW will build its X1 SUV at a Dutch contract manufacturer that also produces some of the automaker's Mini models. The new X1 production will begin in August at the VDL Nedcar plant in Born, Netherlands, and global markets will be served from here and Regensburg, German plant. Meanwhile, Toyota will add 400 jobs to build more SUVs at one of its US … [Read more...]
Newslines 27 January
The Volvo S90 and V90 received Five Star Euro NCAP ratings this week as a result of their class leading safety. Both cars follow the trend set with the XC90, with excellent occupant protection, and a full suite of AEB functionality that includes pedestrian and cyclist crash prevention technology as well as its unique AEB system that is capable of … [Read more...]
Ford Mustang bucks safety trend with just 2*
The Ford Mustang has bucked the improving trend and is the least safe new car launched by a major brand in the last eight years, say testers. What is more, buyers should be troubled by Ford’s attitude towards safety in general as it decided to remove protection equipment fitted to versions sold in America, where there are tougher consumer protection laws … [Read more...]
Newslines 24 January
A record number of drivers were caught illegally using mobile phones during a police crackdown. Almost 8,000 fixed penalty notices were handed out during a week-long campaign in November - the highest figure yet for a seven-day National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC) crackdown on "distraction driving" and the totals for the three previous initiatives were … [Read more...]
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