Volvo parent Geely Automobile of China will use its Lynk brand to launch a modest priced SUV. Using technology it has in Volvo engineering, the new car (right) is expected in Europe in 2018 with a 3-cylinder 1.5 petrol engine and an electric motor to boost performance and economy. Sunderland will learn next month if it gets the next generation … [Read more...]
Motorsport
Two-wheeler stars at WRGB next week
World Rally Champion Sébastien Ogier will not be the only multiple world champion in high-flying action at this month’s Wales Rally GB 27-30 October. Two of the biggest names from global mountain biking – elite athletes Kenny Belaey and Gee Atherton – will also be wowing the crowds. Legendary trial biker Belaey (pictured) aka The Magician, … [Read more...]
Dare to be Different experience comes to WRGB
The ‘Dare to be Different’ campaign is delighted to announce a special additional ‘headline’ event which will take place later this month at Wales Rally GB – the UK’s round of the FIA World Rally Championship. This extra date on Wednesday 26 October will be based in the central Rally Village in Deeside, Flintshire – the international event’s busy pits and … [Read more...]
Sportslines
Circuit of Wales are right holders to the British MotoGP event and have offered cut price “early-bird” tickets for next year’s three day race festival at Silverstone. The Welsh track will not be ready to host the series on August Bank Holiday Monday so have again contracted the event to Silverstone. Michelin has signed a new agreement to extend its … [Read more...]
Circuit of Wales moves closer to reality
The Circuit of Wales development is moving a step closer to reality. WheelsWithinWales understands promoters of the £370m project at Ebbw Vales have now raised additional private capital for the scheme which should meet Welsh Government requirements. Two previous bids for Welsh Government support to fund part of the project were rejected as falling … [Read more...]
McRae returns to WRGB in Magnum
This month’s Wales Rally GB 27-30 October will mark a very special milestone in the career of British rallying legend Jimmy McRae. It is 40 years since the ever-enthusiastic Scot first appeared on Britain’s round of the FIA World Rally Championship and, to celebrate that anniversary, he’s contesting the WRGB National Rally back behind the wheel of an … [Read more...]
Last entries filling up WRGB
Wales Rally GB 27-30 October will feature the world’s top crews for what promises to be a longer and faster event than in recent years. Entries for the penultimate round of this year’s pulsating WRC closed last week, with a field of 64 International cars representing no fewer than 23 nations lining up to compete against-the-clock on the 22 gruelling … [Read more...]
Wales’s leading driver in doubt for WRGB
With Wales Rally GB now just four weeks away, Wales’s leading driver still doesn’t know whether he will be contesting the British round of the World Rally Championship, writes Peter Hughes. Newly crowned British Rally Champion Elfyn Evans says there are currently more pressing matters where his rallying career is concerned. Speaking at the media launch … [Read more...]
Cameron gets WRGB drive after championship win
Llandovery rally driver Cameron Davies put in a mature drive belying his youth to clinch the prestigious 2016 DMACK Fiesta ST Trophy with one round of the series still to spare. With the title, Cameron’s fifth in a six year rallying career, comes the opportunity to compete for a place in the 2017 World Rally Championship. Despite missing the opening … [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...]
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