Mazda has given its Motability programme a spring boost with the inclusion of its all-new supermini model in the scheme.
The all-new Mazda2 went on UK sale earlier this year and four models are now included in the Motability programme with the Mazda2 1.5 75ps SE air con manual available with nil advance payments while on-road prices begin at under £12,000.
Ford Motor Co. is following Tesla Motors in opening up hundreds of patents on electric-car technology to competitors in a move aimed at accelerating development of electrified vehicles.
Ford’s plan differs from Tesla’s, though, in that Ford is licensing its patents for a fee, whereas Tesla last year made its patents available to anyone for free.
London’s newest green cab is going into Midlands production with a £50 Million investment.
Frazer-Nash Research Ltd and Ecotive Ltd, the makers of the all-new Metrocab – the only zero-emissions capable black cab currently operating in London, say it will enter volume production in Coventry next year, as part of a new partnership with manufacturing specialist, Multimatic.
UK engine output has fallen in 12 months and is now where it was at the end of 2010.
Manufacturers in the UK have been hit by the European and global slump in new car sales but the markets are slowly recovering and British investment for the latest Euro-6 petrol and diesel units should start to see an upward trend return.
Honda Japan has added another 260,000 models to the Takata airbag recall.
It is also looking at records for other markets and may extend the call-back already announced in them, but it may go further back to 2008 models.
