The Baglan School of Motoring in Port Talbot, is the first in the UK to offer driving lessons in the new Suzuki IGNIS. Alison and Kevin Crompton, who run the successful tuition business in South Wales, collected two dual-controlled flame orange-coloured compact crossovers from the J&J Motors Suzuki dealership in Bridgend, bringing the total number of … [Read more...]
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Newslines 11 April
Riversimple has raised over £1.1 Million through crowd-funding. Now the Rasa-model fuel-cell powered car designed in Wales can move closer to reality and series production before being leased to the first users. IAM RoadSmart and participating local groups across the country are embarking on a major free giveaway to riders to coincide with the start of … [Read more...]
UK roads open to motor sport today – but not Wales!
Motor sport on closed public roads in Wales is moving closer after it became legal in the rest of mainland Britain from today. Every Road Traffic Act suspension or amendment necessary to permit competing vehicles to travel above the speed limits on mainland roads has required an Act of Parliament but now it’s been streamlined. From today, local … [Read more...]
Newslines 10 April
A Swedish court acquitted former top managers at Saab of tax evasion and fraud charges relating to their failed attempts to save the Swedish automotive brand, which went bust in 2011. Former Saab CEOs, Victor Muller and Jan Ake Jonsson, were accused along with five other people of forging documents to secure funding from Russian tycoon Vladimir Antonov … [Read more...]
EESW schools winners announced
Secondary schools from all over Wales have been taking part in the finals of the EESW Awards 2017. Split between north and south Wales, the competition was supported by Welsh Government, companies and universities. The so-called Big Bang event fair in north Wales saw main awards go to Ysgol Glan Clwyd, Alun School 1, Ysgol Friars 1 and Ysgol Uwchradd … [Read more...]
Per Aston ad astra
The largest ever gathering of Aston Martin models and their owners in Wales converged on St Athan yesterday to mark the official “move in” by the car maker. Historic and European models were assembled in the enormous ex-RAF hanger, which is being converted to an assembly hall for the new sports cars, as part of their Spring Concourse. There was a … [Read more...]
Welsh firms can apply for £60M Aston Martin contracts
Aston Martin contracts worth over £60million are up for grabs to businesses across Wales. It comes as a result of Welsh Government’s decision to open up its Sell2Wales procurement channel to the luxury car maker, said First Minister Carwyn Jones. It is the first time that private sector contracts have been advertised on Sell2Wales and will … [Read more...]
Brakes going on Wales car sales
March car sales in Wales were 19,885, just 2.1% up on 12-months earlier and the lowest increase in Britain, said the SMMT. With a new plate being introduced, March is traditionally the highest month for registrations and across the UK and they were 8.4% up nationally to 562,337, the highest on record. The jump was largely due to the rise in VED rates … [Read more...]
Newslines 7 April
The Western European passenger car market is said to have grown by 10.3% y/y during March, according to IHS Markit forecasts. The different timing of Easter between 2016 and 2017 has been a big driver to the growth during March, but other factors in key markets have also come into play and IHS Markit is forecasting a slowdown and a consolidation of … [Read more...]
Special feature: UK Automotive opportunities & challenges
Britain’s exit from the EU raises questions on the competitiveness of UK auto manufacturing in the long run given the intertwined nature of both the outbound and inbound logistics supporting the UK automotive industry. With the UK triggering Article 50, IHS Markit Supplier Solutions team has completed an assessment of the impact on OEM sourcing … [Read more...]
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