Engine manufacturing for UK models has risen nearly 9%, according to the SMMT. But exports dipped almost 8% and Mike Hawes SMMT ceo said, “Manufacturers need stability and economic certainty in order to remain globally competitive, and that means agreeing an ambitious free trade agreement with the European Union that safeguards the many thousands of jobs that depend on UK Automotive.” Light van … [Read more...]
Giving the Audi R8 a blast
Owners have always been able to make an impression with the Audi R8, but now they can also make their mark on one thanks to a new Audi-developed process for the partial matting of painted surfaces that enables virtually any lettering or graphics to be precisely ‘blasted’ into the painted surface of the car’s distinctive side-blades. A special powder roughens the clear lacquer on the surface to … [Read more...]