An MG GS SUV will be launched in the UK in 2016.
The Chinese version of the car upon which the UK model will be based is being shown this week at the Shanghai Motor Show but it will have different power train for the UK and final specification of the UK market vehicle is currently being determined and further details will be released in due course.
Prodrive has completed its move to larger premises in Banbury, Oxfordshire.
The British motorsport has new 110,000 sq ft facility alongside the M40 motorway and has started manufacturing its first parts for its Motorsport business, which runs the Aston Martin Racing team as well as the MINI and VW Golf in rallying, and its Advanced Technology division, which works with businesses in the automotive, aerospace, defence and marine sectors.
Lotus will build cars and engines in China.
It is creating a joint venture with China’s Goldstar Heavy Industrial Co., which already makes cars in Fujian.
A record number of UK car buyers are opting to reduce their fuel bills by choosing ultra-low emission vehicles (ULEVs), according to research by Go Ultra Low.
The latest registration figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) reveal that more than 41% of all alternatively-fuelled cars registered in the first quarter of 2015 qualified for the government’s plug-in car grant, up from 13% over the same period in 2014.
BMW says its new 7-series flagship saloon will be able to garage itself without anyone at the wheel.
The feature will help make the automaker’s flagship the most technologically advanced model in its class, said research and development head Klaus Froehlich.
Mahindra & Mahindra, India’s largest maker of SUVs, is in final stages of negotiations to buy Italian design and engineering firm Pininfarina.
Mahindra may reach an agreement to purchase the company that has designed some of the most iconic Ferrari sports cars as early as next week.
