Aston Martin has lost money for the fifth year in a row.
It reported a pre-tax loss of £127.9 million in 2015 as the number of cars it sold fell below expectations, and it invested in expansion, including its new Welsh factory plans and in 2014, the company reported a pre-tax loss of £71.8 million and said that it had sold 3,615 cars last year, down from 3,661 in 2014.
The UK’s leading road safety charity with a focus on improving driving and riding skills has become an official supporter of TyreSafe, the UK’s not-for-profit tyre safety awareness organisation.
Formed in 1956, IAM RoadSmart has 60 years’ experience in making Britain’s roads safer by improving driver and rider skills through coaching and education.
In Q1 2016, 558,700 more LCVs and passenger cars were sold compared with the same period in 2015 said JATO Dynamics.
Global car sales totalled 20.44 million units, a 2.8% increase on the same period in 2015 and the market’s biggest brands posted declines, with Volkswagen declining by 1%, Hyundai by 3% and Chevrolet by 9% while Ford, Honda and Mercedes posted the biggest increases amongst the top 10 at 7%, 5% and 14% respectively.
Volkswagen should offer European drivers similar compensation to US customers, Europe’s Industry Commissioner Elzbieta Bienkowska told a newspaper on Sunday.
“Volkswagen should voluntarily pay European car owners compensation that is comparable with that which they will pay US consumers,” Bienkowska told Welt am Sonntag newspaper.
