Diesel still has a real future, despite the tirade of criticism, says economist Prof Garel Rhys, who in four decades studying the automotive industry, has seen in all before. The current furore over the fuel has raised a number of issues not only about the fuel itself but the way Governments have supported it, how carmakers have embraced it and how … [Read more...]
Car sales pass 2.4M in 2014
Britain is on the verge of a new boom in car sales, according to leading automotive economist Prof Garel Rhys. Early last year he dismissed gloomy predictions for the new car 2014 UK market from the SMMT and international accountants and predicted they would rise above the 2007 total of 2.4M. As the year progressed the SMMT and others gradually altered … [Read more...]
