Eight of the UK’s major car brands united at the Eiffel Tower in Paris on the eve of the key international motor show to demonstrate the diversity and quality of cars currently produced in the UK. Senior executives from British-based manufacturers, including Aston Martin, BMW MINI, Honda, Jaguar Land Rover, McLaren, Nissan, Toyota and Vauxhall, were … [Read more...]
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Nissan demand protection from UK Brexit deal
Nissan want tariff protection compensation for any eventual trade costs resulting from Britain's exit from the European Union before committing to more investment in its UK plant, said CEO Carlos Ghosn. Nissan is due to make a decision early next year on where to build the next Qashqai SUV - long before the terms of Brexit are likely to be known. "If I … [Read more...]
SUVs not putting a wheel wrong on forecourts
Boasting practicality, presence and efficiency, subcompact SUVs are all the rage in the UK at present and clearly an increasingly popular choice with drivers. The latest analysis from cap hpi looks at the total cost of ownership (TCO) to reveal the 10 SUVs with the lowest motoring costs over the first 3 years. The Dacia Duster Estate 1.6 SCe 115 … [Read more...]
Tradelines 28 September
The automotive industry quality standard ISO/TS 16949 is being updated after seven years of operation. The International Automotive Task Force document IATF 16949:2016 will be released 1 October and there is less than two years for companies to comply. UK car production rose 9.1 percent in August compared with the same month last year, the Society of … [Read more...]
In the cloud and on road technology around the corner
Renault and Nissan will work with Microsoft to develop cloud-based services for vehicles. The services will be based on Microsoft's Azure cloud service and will include advanced navigation, predictive maintenance and over-the-air software updates as the businesses move towards autonomous cars over the next four years. Renault and Nissan plan to launch … [Read more...]
VW called to cull big salaries and extravagance
Volkswagen should reduce the "huge sums of money" paid to executives and any bonuses should be given in shares, activist investor TCI Fund Management. In May the investment company demanded an end to boardroom "extravagance" after VW paid its top 12 managers a total of 63 million euros or £54.07 for 2015, even though the company plunged to a record loss … [Read more...]
MG UK car production ends
MG has pulled the plug on its Longbridge assembly operation. Production of the MG3 and GS suv will end and 25 line workers will be made redundant as the only other jobs in the West Midlands centre are 400 technical, reasearch and development, which will continue. Longbridge opened over 100 years ago and in its heyday covered 400 acres straddling two … [Read more...]
EV parts making is new opportunity for struggling car plants
Car-makers have an opportunity to save jobs and protect themselves against future technology threats if they fully embrace design and manufacture of electric vehicles and their parts. Unions at Daimler, the world's oldest mass car-maker, have been working with the company to manufacture more components in their own plants for the new generation of EVs … [Read more...]
First Minister meets Ford to discuss Bridgend investment
First Minister, Carwyn Jones, and Economy Secretary, Ken Skates, met the Vice President of Ford Europe, Linda Cash to discuss the future of the Ford site in Bridgend. The meeting came on the day Ford executives were in the plant to see it complete its 20M engine in exactly 37 years and speaking after the meeting in Cardiff Bay, First Minister … [Read more...]
20M engine is today made at Ford Bridgend plant
Ford Bridgend Engine Plant this afternoon built its 20-millionth engine, exactly 37 years after the first engine was built in September 1979. Linda Cash, vice president of Manufacturing, Ford of Europe joined Bridgend Engine Plant manager, Ian Pearson, in marking the achievement saying, “Bridgend has a proud record of high-quality engine production and … [Read more...]
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