The Future Mobility Challenge is a major new initiative to spawn new partnerships, investments and acquisitions between the world’s leading automotive brands and innovative technology start-ups and SMEs. Five of the world’s biggest automotive brands, BMW, Jaguar Land Rover, Bosch, Ford and Toyota, have partnered with SMMT to challenge ambitious SMEs and … [Read more...]
Newslines 11 May
The Rolls-Royce Cullinan has been unveiled and is likely to cost from £240,000. The unique three-box 2.6 tonnes SUV blends bespoke craftsmanship, engineering and design and will be powered by the 563bhp 6.75V12 engine with all-wheel-drive and all-wheel-steering when it goes on sale towards the end of this year offering up to 1930 litres adjustable … [Read more...]
Welsh car sales soar in spring
Ford filled the top three places in Wales’ best selling cars in April as the region dramatically out-performed the rest of the country. Fiesta, Kuga and Focus accounted for 760 registrations and comfortably beat the next, VW Golf. The Vauxhall Mokka X just outsold the Ford EcoSport and they led over the Dacia Sandero. The Vauxhall Viva was ahead of the … [Read more...]
Newslines 27 April
An Uber-style community transport app for NHS patients in the Valleys is being considered by the Ministerial Taskforce for the South Wales Valleys. The app for patients who need to travel to hospital for appointments and treatment would bring together all providers of community transport to share vehicles and reduce wasted trips. Car thieves have … [Read more...]
Sunday drive: Ford EcoSport 1.0 manual 2WD
The latest Ford EcoSport compact SUV is the best yet after a troubled start in 2014, but it's still behind rivals, says David Miles Under Ford’s then current ‘One Ford’ global vehicle policy, to meet the demand for SUVs, which started in 2010 and has grown rampantly since then, Ford brought their Brazilian designed chunky looking EcoSport to the UK and … [Read more...]
Newslines 20 April
Aston Martin has announced the re-birth of an iconic name destined for the marque’s flagship Super GT. The DBS Superleggera completes the brand’s ambitions to replace each of its existing two-door sportscar models as part of its Second Century Plan. Drug-testing was carried out on some competitors in last weekend's Rallynuts stage event when it … [Read more...]
Ford hint at German EV plant – with subsidies
Ford could make electric cars in Germany after 2023, when the life cycle of its Fiesta model is due to end, chairman of Ford Germany Gunnar Herrman told the Handelsblatt business daily. "Purely hypothetically that (2023) could be a good time for it," Herrmann told Handelsblatt in an interview this week. Herrmann said it would take around 15 months to … [Read more...]
Newslines 23 March
Skoda has joined Aston Martin and withdrawn from the UK’s Vehicle Certification Agency. Uncertainty over post-Brexit testing legislation means the two car makers are the first to get EU approval from Continental testers. Ford will put a showroom in the Next store in Manchester Arndale Centre. It will display five cars and handle demonstrations while … [Read more...]
Newslines 20 March
Pricing and UK specification has been announced for the latest Renault ZOE. Starting from £18,420 including Plug In Car Grant but excluding battery rental, the latest version of Europe’s best-selling EV now features the new R110 electric motor offering increased power but still with the same 186-mile real-world range and deliveries are expected in late … [Read more...]
Tradelines 14 March
Ford sales grew 8% in Europe's 20 markets in February, marking its best February in 10 years and after a 21% jump to 12,000 in the UK. The growth was powered by strong demand for SUVs up nearly 37% in February, driven by record EcoSport sales up 68 %, record Kuga sales up 28% and “Ford of Europe built momentum in February, continuing our best start to the … [Read more...]
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