Volkswagen Group has been ordered by a German court to take back a 2.0-litre diesel Skoda Yeti caught up in its emissions scandal and pay the buyer about 26,500 euros (£23,000), the full price of his car. VW intentionally committed fraud and can't defend itself by saying it hasn't clarified who was responsible for software that allowed the vehicle to cheat on emissions tests, the court in … [Read more...]
Severn Crossing plans fall short for Welsh economy, say FTA
Government plans for the future of the Severn Crossing are a missed opportunity, say transport businesses. The Freight Transport Association represents the transport interests of companies moving goods by road, rail, sea and air, and has welcomed the announcement from the Department for Transport that tolls payable at the Severn Crossing are to be reduced. The reductions, which are to be … [Read more...]
Newslines 13 January
National breakdown cover provider Green Flag expect over 80,000 breakdowns to take place on British roads over the next three days - a 16 per cent increase on an average weekend following severe thundersnow warnings across Britain. Today will be busiest with anticipated 36,211 calls and a further 24,771 tomorrow before Sunday closes with 20,588 requests. US car and pickup sales hit an all … [Read more...]
VW faces no-win, no-fee fight in UK court
Around ten thousand UK owners of VW Group cars affected by the diesel emissions scandal have begun proceedings for a class action lawsuit demanding around £3000 each in compensation. To date, VW has not offered compensation to UK owners of 1.2M affected cars, arguing that its cars didn’t breach the laxer European emissions regulations and if successful it could cost VWG £30m and potentially … [Read more...]
Newslines 10 January
To mark the 10th anniversary of one its most successful models, the Qashqai, Nissan is running a special sales offer this January with up to £1254 in savings on the popular crossover. Available on all grades, the offer includes an additional £750 Nissan Deposit Contribution on 3-year finance packages (on top of existing £1,500 deposit contributions for up to £2,250 deposit contribution) as well … [Read more...]
Newslines 9 January
Despite all its diesel issues and bad publicity, Volkswagen ended 2016 as the world’s best selling group. It knocked Toyota from top spot and the merged Renault-Nissan company was third with Hyundai in fourth place, GM beat Ford followed by Honda and Fiat Chrysler and top marques were completed by PSA Peugeot Citroen and Suzuki. A South Korean court sentenced an executive of Volkswagen … [Read more...]
Newslines 6 January
Petrol and diesel prices rose by around 3p a litre in December taking them to their highest average since July 2015. RAC Fuel Watch data for the last month of 2016 showed unleaded hit 117.23p a litre and diesel 119.63p having been 114.24p and 116.56p a litre at the beginning of the month as petrol went up the most in Scotland and the north east while it rose 3.07ppl in Wales to 116.57ppl and on … [Read more...]
‘Grey sales’ are bringing colour to UK market
New car registrations are booming but there are doubts over who is actually making sales. The SMMT said yesterday that 2,685,724 new cars were registered last year, a 2.3% increase on the year beforehand and fifth year of growth. But the registrations in Wales, the only part of the country to see a fall, dipped 1.4% to 91,940. That could be due to the fact that few companies are … [Read more...]
EV revolution threatens Welsh parts’ jobs
There has been a stark warning of what could happen to the automotive components industry in Wales as electric vehicles increase around the world. The global developments of electric vehicles will cut demand for diesel cars in particular and to a lesser extent, petrol cars. Companies supplying traditional parts for internal combustion engines and related emissions, exhaust systems and … [Read more...]