Sales of electric cars have overtaken petrol and diesel in Norway. Tesla has also been knocked off the top spot by Volkswagen as BEVs collected 54.3% of registrations in 2020. As it eased into its second century, luxury Bentley sales soared to their highest ever despite the pandemic last year. The Crewe-based company saw 11,206 registrations around the world and the new Flying Spur was a major … [Read more...]
Weekend roadtest: Nissan Juke Tekna+ manual
Designed and built in Britain, you can expect a loyal following for the Nissan Juke which is now in its second generation after more than a decade setting the trend for family SUVs. Since September 2010 it has been snapped up by over 1.5 million owners around the world who wanted to add style to the school-run and other social outings. Building on its link with Renault and … [Read more...]
Newslines 7 September
The trendsetting Nissan Juke has been improved for 2019 and comes into showrooms from £15,505. It gets a new look to the body and a BOSE sound system with new personality pack for greater customer choice. The rush to register cars before the tighter WLTP emissions kicked in this month saw a 27% rise in “sales” across Western Europe in August. Dealers registered 1.02 M models compared to … [Read more...]
Tradelines 18 July
Eight years after it created the compact crossover segment, the one millionth Juke has rolled off the line at Nissan Sunderland Plant. On average, a Juke is built at the plant every 105 seconds, while three million Qashqai have been built there since 2006. Ford in America will pay the equivalent of over £226M to settle a civil actions arising from claims of failed or faulty Takata airbags … [Read more...]
£100M pumping into new Nissan Juke in UK
Five years after inventing the small crossover, Nissan announced a new generation Juke will be made in Britain. The expected £100m investment is a further endorsement of the quality of output from the Sunderland plant. Following the launch of the second generation Nissan Qashqai in 2013, future Juke allocation points to a secure future for Sunderland and 34,000 people employed by Nissan and … [Read more...]