The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders and the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency are calling on UK fleet operators to join the millions of consumers who have checked if their vehicles have an outstanding safety recall. In the first three months of this year, SMMT’s online Vehicle Safety Recalls Service was used 2,334,385 times by drivers to check their car was safe. Manufacturers … [Read more...]
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Newslines 11 May
The Rolls-Royce Cullinan has been unveiled and is likely to cost from £240,000. The unique three-box 2.6 tonnes SUV blends bespoke craftsmanship, engineering and design and will be powered by the 563bhp 6.75V12 engine with all-wheel-drive and all-wheel-steering when it goes on sale towards the end of this year offering up to 1930 litres adjustable loadspace and lifestyle boot-pods for an … [Read more...]
Fire risk BMWs recalled after consumer probe
BMW is recalling of almost 312,000 cars following an investigation by the BBC’s consumer series Watchdog Live. The company had already issued a safety recall in 2017 affecting 36,410 petrol cars, but after Watchdog found that the same issue could affect a wider number of cars, the recall is being extended. The programme tonight features the case of Mwape Kambafwile, whose BMW 3 Series car cut … [Read more...]
Gas grid plan to feed hydrogen to vehicles & consumers
Using the gas grid to store excess electricity could boost UK renewables. The Institution of Mechanical Engineers has called for Government support to change pipes and materials to allow hydrogen to be stored in the gas grid which would make the UK energy system greener and more efficient. One of the barriers to increasing renewable capacity in the UK is the inability to store excess … [Read more...]
£25M boost for Tech Valleys project over three years
Welsh Government is accelerating its emerging technologies investment, particularly in the automotive sector. Ahead of this evening’s Blaenau Gwent Business Awards, the Welsh Government says it will invest £25m over the next three years to help make Blaenau Gwent and the wider Valleys a globally recognised centre for the development and delivery of emerging technologies, particularly in the … [Read more...]
Welsh haulier cleans up at awards ceremony
John Raymond Transport Limited based at Bridgend has scooped the Freight Transport Association's Logistics Emissions Reduction Scheme Award for its 135-vehicle fleet. The award, previously known as the Low Carbon Reduction Scheme Award, is given to the logistics organisation which, in the opinion of a panel of industry expert judges, has made the most significant step in reducing its impact on … [Read more...]
85% of Welsh drivers don’t trust mechanics
If you have you ever walked into the garage feeling you are about to get overcharged for car parts that you don’t need, you are not alone. With nearly 28 million cars going to the garage for MOT tests each year, new research by Confused.com reveals drivers in Wales distrust the experts responsible for fixing their cars. In fact, car mechanics have been ranked one of Britain’s least trusted … [Read more...]
Keyless Brits spend £181M to get into cars
Brits are a careless bunch when it comes to car keys. Millions of drivers waste hours every year searching for missing keys and those unfortunate enough to lose them have spent an eye-watering £181m on replacements. An RAC survey found that one in 20 drivers, or almost two million, admit they have lost their car keys for good and 6% of these say they have actually managed to do this … [Read more...]
Welsh car sales soar in spring
Ford filled the top three places in Wales’ best selling cars in April as the region dramatically out-performed the rest of the country. Fiesta, Kuga and Focus accounted for 760 registrations and comfortably beat the next, VW Golf. The Vauxhall Mokka X just outsold the Ford EcoSport and they led over the Dacia Sandero. The Vauxhall Viva was ahead of the Peugeot 3008 and just one sale infront … [Read more...]
From rally to road, Wales’s sporting Ford Transit
A new era has begun for Wales's automotive industry. Launch pricing and official photographs of the new motorsport-inspired MS-RT Ford Transit Custom have been revealed as the model made its official debut this week. The MS-RT Transit Custom has a fusion of style and practicality offered by no other vehicle on the road, with a choice of panel van or double cab options and two … [Read more...]