Welsh automotive suppliers are lining up to supply the new Aston Martin being made in South Wales from 2019. There are a handful of Welsh suppliers to the Midlands car maker but since it said it would be building its futuristic electric DBX at St Athan and creating 750 jobs, the car component makers in Wales have been thinking what additional equipment … [Read more...]
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Host of new models on their way
The reinvention of the MINI brand continues apace with the launch of the all-new MINI Convertible in four new versions from £18,475. With major refinements against its predecessor, the car features a striking new design and significant enhancements to make open-topped MINI motoring even more appealing and there is a special edition Open launch series … [Read more...]
Newslines 26 February
Transport Minister Edwina Hart says construction work on the £53m Newtown bypass will start on Monday, 7 March. The 6.5km bypass will follow a west to east route to the south of Newtown and has been designed with a 2+1 carriageway for alternate overtaking. Five Cardiff taxi drivers have had licences suspended for refusing short distance … [Read more...]
Davies and Richards claim Bro Caron victory
Lampeter & District Motor Club hosted the latest round of the Welsh Road Rally Championship, the Rali Bro Caron last weekend, and attracted a full entry of 90 cars. With midnight striking on the Lampeter town hall clock the first cars started the challenging event with the first half of the route heading west towards Aberaeron. Leaders at the … [Read more...]
Welsh dealer is top of Skoda
A Welsh Skoda dealer shares the importer’s award for service. Fred Rees Garages (Pembrokeshire), Winner Garage (Cinderford) and RRG ŠKODA (Rochdale) emerged victorious, in recognition of their outstanding all-round business performance in 2015. Having been benchmarked over a year-long period against a range of different criteria across sales, … [Read more...]
Newslines 24 February
Traffic congestion in Cardiff is expected to be particularly bad on Friday evening. Normal commuter traffic will be mixed with rugby fans attending the Wales v France game and police and council staff have advised spectators to allow a lot of time to travel, park and get to their seats with enhanced security measures in place. According to the latest … [Read more...]
Aston Martin DBX electric supercar will be built in Wales
Wales has won the bid to build the futuristic Aston Martin DBX crossover. Executives from the company and Welsh Government leaders will hold a press conference in Cardiff this morning to formally announce the project and give more details as well as unveil the electric super car. About 750 jobs will be created when the revolutionary car is … [Read more...]
Maserati and Ford show newcomers
Maserati has revealed the exterior form of the Levante, the first SUV in the brand's history. It will join the Quattroporte, Ghibli, GranTurismo and GranCabrio models and be available with petrol or diesel engines with full details next week at the Geneva show. The next generation Ford Kuga is now on sale. It gets the new 120PS 1.5 … [Read more...]
Welsh students shortlisted for GB prize
It has been an amazing few months for STEM initiatives at Glan-y-Mor, Burry Port. They culminated in the school being short-listed as one of the five schools for the Young Engineers’ School of the Year in Britain. This competition will be judged at the Big Bang Event at the NEC in March, where it already has pupils competing in another National STEM … [Read more...]
Mitsubishi will honour EV orders after subsidy deadline
Mitsubishi Motors has distanced itself from news that some manufacturers are cancelling customer orders for plug-in vehicles because demand is significantly rising ahead of changes to the Government Plug-in Car Grant. The announcement that the plug-in car grant will reduce from £5000 to £2,500 for plug-in hybrid vehicles bought after 1 March, 2016 has … [Read more...]
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