Aston Martin St Athan plant will play a crucial role in the company's recovery and future plans. The luxury car maker will almost double production at St Athan and its Garden, Warwickshire sites this year after working through stock it's held and which has plagued them since its 2018 shares floatation. The British company plans to make 6,000 vehicles this … [Read more...]
Driving Combe for Christmas ideas
As Lewis Hamilton clinched his seventh World Drivers' F1 Championship crown, Chippenham’s Castle Combe Circuit has unveiled an array of thrilling experience days and gifts aimed at providing local motorsport enthusiasts with presents they’ll never forget this Christmas. The local race track has been a hub of high-speed petrol-infused action for over 70 … [Read more...]
Vanwall is back for £1.65M
The Vanwall F1 car of the late 1950s is being recreated with six models costing £1.65M excluding VAT. They are likely to form the vanguard of more racing and road cars from the newly established Vanwall Group, whose MD Iain Sanderson pioneered the high performance Lightining GT electric supercar in 2008. … [Read more...]
Breaking news: F1 teams agreement
The top ten teams in F1 have committed to the sport for the next five years. The agreement with rights holder Liberty Media will change governance and prize money allocation and ensure a better spread of revenue down the grid. … [Read more...]
Sunday drive: On the road and in the news 7 June
Although the lockdown measures have eased with some people already back at work, or they should be working from home, some schools in England open for some age groups, most car dealerships ready for business with some car manufacturing plants already producing vehicles even if in limited amounts and sporting events happening again under restrictive measures, … [Read more...]
Sunday drive: On the road & in the news 30 May
Although the lockdown measures are easing it will take time for the wheels of society to return to something like normal life, writes David Miles. But from tomorrow, after the bank holiday week, English schools for certain age groups will open where they can and more employees should be returning to work and that includes the motoring industry. So hopefully … [Read more...]
Tradelines 27 May
Around 1,200 jobs are going at McLaren. The group’s applied technology, automotive and racing businesses will be hit, the company said in a statement, as the cancellation of motorsport events, the suspension of manufacturing and retail activities around the world and reduced demand for technology solutions dashed the group’s revenue generating … [Read more...]
Sunday drive: On the road and in the news 24 May
With the continued absence of new cars to evaluate or product launches to attend I’m still sifting through newspapers and the dwindling supply of worthwhile press releases to keep readers in the picture as to what might be of interest in the motoring world, writes David Miles. It seems as though getting the country back close to normal life, if it ever will … [Read more...]
Sunday drive: On the road and in the news 26 April
As the COVID-19 lock-down continues for another three weeks at least the motoring world needs to carry on, as does our service to supply interesting news items you may have overlooked. Here are a few I have selected for this week’s news briefing. Still ‘Moving the Metal’ via on-line virtual showrooms Numerous car brands are now operating virtual … [Read more...]
Bond film’s supercar heading for Middle East sale
One of the world's rarest and yet most seen super cars is about to go on sale for over a cool $ 1 Million. Following RM Sotheby’s sale of the James Bond Aston Martin DB5 this summer, it's presenting another Bond car at its first auction in the Middle East in partnership with Formula 1 on 30 November at the F1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi GP. Every Bond film … [Read more...]
