Not only has history been made, but rules have been rewritten following the debut of the first British made sports car successfully powered by a single rotor rotary engine. Millbrook Proving Ground was the setting for a dynamic ride and drive test of a ground-breaking low carbon rotary engine integrated within a popular British open-top Westfield … [Read more...]
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Newslines 19 September
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles is recalling 1.9 million vehicles worldwide for an airbag defect that is linked to three deaths and five injuries. The recall is to resolve a defect that may prevent deployment of airbags and seat-belt pretensioners in some crashes and covers models sold between 2010 and 2014, including the Chrysler Sebring, 200, Dodge Caliber, … [Read more...]
Bare bikes growing in popularity
Automotive data cap hpi, has revealed that naked motorcyles have enjoyed a boost in registrations over the summer with a 7.1% increase on last year’s figures. The analysis shows a jump to 3,316 new registrations for July 2016 from 3,095 in July 2015. For the year to date naked motorcyles have over a fifth (21%) of the total bike market. Market share … [Read more...]
Cenex-LCV hailed as success
Over 3,000 delegates attended this week’s Cenex LCV2016 event at Millbrook. That’s a 25% increase over the previous year and shows interest in this future sector of the industry is rapidly expanding. There were over 20 advanced vehicles available to test drive or ride in and engineers from dozens of companies were on hand to explain their products … [Read more...]
Britain’s greatest economy event nears
The Olympics may be over and the Paralympics in full swing, but there’s one more major sporting competition about to catch the nation’s attention. The annual MPG Marathon on 18 and 19 October will highlight the benefits of fuel efficient, economical driving, while at the same time providing a shop window into some of the most innovative, eco-friendly and … [Read more...]
First Welsh employees of Aston Martin St Athan begin work
The first Welsh recruits have started work at Aston Martin, to gear up for their future careers in the new vehicle assembly plant at St Athan. Earlier this year, Aston Martin announced significant new investments in its long term future in the United Kingdom, choosing St Athan in Wales as the location for its second manufacturing facility. As a … [Read more...]
Honda improve dealer relationship
Honda UK has made major advances in satisfaction levels across its dealer network according to the results of a major industry survey. The brand made the biggest gains in the influential Car Dealer Power Survey 2016, climbing 20 places and establishing itself as one of the industry’s leading manufacturers, particularly when it comes to aftersales, new car … [Read more...]
High five sales celebrated in Europe
Registrations in Europe’s ‘Big 5’ markets saw a healthy increase of 9.3% in August, as market conditions improved following the 2% decline seen in July. Overall, registrations for August totalled 562,046 units, up from 514,428 in August 2015. Registrations YTD totalled 7.33 million units which is a 7.6% increase on the same period in 2015, SAAR figures … [Read more...]
Diesel electric hybrid Ford Focus unveiled
An advanced diesel electric hybrid Ford Focus will make its public debut today at the Cenex LCV show. The one-off model built in a collaboration by Ford, Control Power Technologies and the ADEPT consortium including Ricardo, Faurecia, Advanced Lead Acid Battery Consortium and Nottingham University uses a 1.5 litre diesel engine and 48V electric motor it’s … [Read more...]
Tradelines 14 September
Motorists hoping to bag a bargain following the Volkswagen Group emissions scandal will be disappointed, because residual values of models from VW, Audi, Skoda and Seat have barely moved, according to research. One year ago on 16 September 2015, when the VW emissions scandal broke, canny drivers might have hoped that sales of VW Group cars would drop and … [Read more...]
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